[Mikrowave1] had a Unelco shortwave receiver as a kid. This was a typical simple radio for the 1960s using germanium and silicon transistors. It also had plug-in coils you had to insert into sockets ...

Numbers stations - those ghostly shortwave broadcasts where synthetic voices read strings of digits into the void - have been sending one-way coded messages to intelligence agents since World War I.

Paul, a belated note with regards to your very interesting interview with John Zimmer (“Five Challenges for Small- and Medium-Market Radio”): Getty Images/bulentgultek As a group owner, each of the ...

[Dan Robinson] picked up a shortwave receiver known as the “stressless” receiver kit. We aren’t sure if the stress is from building a more complicated kit or operating a more complicated receiver.

In this letter to the editor, the author responds to Kim Andrew Elliott’s recent commentary “Why We Need ‘Shortwave 2.0.’” Comment on this or any article. Email [email protected]. The shortwave debate ...

I'm developing an interest in shortwave radios (listening only - no transmitting) for broadcast listening - mainly interested in picking up overseas broadcasts. Utility listening would be nice, but ...

The second season of The Divided Dial, a series by WNYC's On the Media, explores the ideological battles playing out on shortwave radio, which can reach across continents. NINA MOINI: We've been ...