Shortwave radio as a broadcast medium is holding its own, despite the intrusion of the internet, transmission cutbacks by some major broadcasters. Meanwhile, the ways in which people listen are ...

It is easy to blame the Internet and international satellite television for the decline in shortwave radio listenership. But shortwave was in trouble before these new media took hold, said Larry Magne ...

If you’ve ever owned a shortwave radio, you’ve probably listened at least a little to the BBC World Service. After all, they are a major broadcasting force, and with the British Empire or the ...

Before the Internet, if you wanted to hear news from around the world, you probably bought a shortwave receiver. In the golden age of world band radio, there was a great deal of high-quality progra… ...

Radio transmission in the 1.7-30 MHz frequency range worldwide. Like AM radio, shortwave signals reflect back from the ionosphere and follow the curvature of the earth. As a result, shortwave (SW ...

Shortwave radio enthusiasts acknowledge the thrill -- the romance, in a way -- of going out at night and snaring news, music, odd bleeps, religious zealots and other broadcasts from the wild sea ...

BBC revives shortwave radio dispatches in Ukraine, and draws ire of Russia. The British broadcaster is turning to frequencies that still work during a communications blackout. Share full article ...

Former EDN editor Bill Schweber has a great editorial in the EE Times about how the BBC is discontinuing the broadcast over the shortwave bands. As I kid I remember sitting in front of the old ...

A cross-post from reader Matt Comstock’s blog: My son is working on his Radio merit badge. I’ve had a shortwave radio for years, but I’ve never figured out when to listen and where on the ...

A grassroots funding effort is underway to raise money to transmit Voice of America programming into Eastern Europe through shortwave radio, a more dated form of technology that can circumvent… ...