“Whiskey, Five, Echo, X-Ray, India. GOTA Station Field Day in Lafayette, Louisiana. W5EXI, CQ, CQ.” Jess Gillion repeatedly called out the alphabet soup of words and acronyms over the short-wave radio ...

[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 ...

(click thumbnail)A beautiful RCA BTA-1R is freed after years entombed behind some remodeling. The transmitter is now at the home of a Pennsylvania ham who plans to put it on 160 m shortwave. Ever ...

As recently as 25 years ago, shortwave radio was a preferred source of breaking international news in North America. Most hours of the day, the BBC World Service boomed in, especially at night on 6175 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. My trip around the world took less than an hour. Chris in Paris, France, ...

[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 ...

The ABC has defended the axing of its Northern Territory's long-distance radio service, despite calls from federal representatives to reverse the decision. This month the broadcaster announced its HF ...

As long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by shortwave radio. Radio from around the world! Spy stations! Morse code! Random bits of buzzy static! <BR><BR>When I was a kid, I'd spend hours ...

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) ...