As a long-time RW contributor (my first article was in June 1990) and even longer-time shortwave radio fan and broadcaster (Radio Canada International, HCJB in Ecuador, radioEARTH, and Monitor Radio; ...

(click thumbnail)Clockwise from upper left are the Grundig Classic 960, Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium, Sun-Mate Info-Mate, Grundig Mini World 100 PE, Sangean ATS-505 and Panasonic RF2200.Despite all ...

As the roaring twenties came to a close, radio technology would continue to evolve with significant improvements to consumer sets, particularly in the area of shortwave reception. Read my past ...

[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 ...

Even before war began in the Persian Gulf, American troops in Saudi Arabia were hearing the propaganda broadcasts of “Baghdad Betty,” a female announcer on Iraqi Radio who warned soldiers their ...

The circuit replaces the old circuit that uses ZN414 with a newer MK414 IC but still integrates the same features. It features high quality audio, low current consumption, no alignment and complete ...

Commuting is a pain. Luckily, nearly every car has some sort of radio or other audio player to while away the hours stuck in traffic. However, most of those radios sport AM and FM bands, along with a ...

From the receiving side of the circuit, the antenna was made of random wire coupled with the inductor L1 having a single turn while inductor L2 has 4 turns wound around a 35 mm film container. Both ...

Does this even exist? Everything I can find online is either Windows or Linux. I want to listen to some numbers stations but don't want to fork out on a bunch of ham gear I'll use once and relegate to ...

A prior version of this story stated incorrectly that “the higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength, and the farther signals can travel.” It has been corrected as follows: “Such shortwave ...