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 ...

Most shortwave receivers for use ‘in the shack’ have a 50-coaxial input (usually a SO239 socket) which is not directly suitable for the high impedance of a typical long-wire antenna. The problem is ...