Shortwave radio has a charm all its own: part history, part mystery, and a whole lot of tech nostalgia. The Hallicrafters S-53A is a prime example of mid-century engineering, but when you get your ...

On Christmas Eve, scientists at field stations across Antarctica sing carols to one another...via shortwave. On today's episode, the Short Wave... Kids can talk to Santa through Christmas Eve thanks ...

[Sjef Verhoeven] still loves radio and enjoys the challenge of listening to radio signals from far away. He wanted to build his own radio and turned to the TEF6686 chip, a device often found in car ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Somewhere on a lonely mountaintop on a starry night, or maybe in an apartment on a bustling city block, someone is channeling the whole world onto a mobile device. It's not a ...

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A massive shortwave radio antenna sits in a cow pasture north of Lake Okeechobee in Central Florida. "We have 14, 100,000-watt transmitters and 23 antennas beaming to all parts of ...

The author is chairman of Digital Radio Mondiale. When is the last time you heard a shortwave radio transmission? And why should you put up with possible crackly audio and some interference when we ...

There’s actually a very specific point I developed an interest in shortwave radio. I was 13 years old. I was at a family barbecue with my grandfather and a bunch of other family members. I was closest ...

In Kabul, families huddle around a shortwave radio, listening to a foreign voice transmitting from an EC-130 aircraft circling the city. The broadcast comes in loud and clear. The Taliban is unable to ...

Like many of you, I attribute my career in electronics and wireless design to shortwave listening (SWL) and amateur radio. My father gave me an old S-38 Hallicrafters receiver when I was in junior ...

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