You can find a lot of older shortwave receivers that are in perfectly fine condition on Ebay, and for under $100 for sure. I'd say go that route IMHO. when I was a kid, we had an old Zenith ...

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; ...

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 ...

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 ...

[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 author is president/CEO of World Christian Broadcasting. These are his remarks about shortwave broadcasting to the recent HFCC B11 Conference in Dallas. HFCC manages global databases of ...