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 ...

Shortwave radio has a charm all its own: part history, part mystery, and a whole lot of tech nostalgia. The Hallicrafters S-53A is a prime example of mid-century engineering, but when you get your ...

I went looking for radio broadcasts with online radios and stumbled upon some truly weird stuff with interesting history.

[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 ...

In this letter to the editor, the author responds to Kim Andrew Elliott’s recent commentary “Why We Need ‘Shortwave 2.0.’” Comment on this or any article. Email [email protected]. The shortwave debate ...

The second season of The Divided Dial, a series by WNYC's On the Media, explores the ideological battles playing out on shortwave radio, which can reach across continents. NINA MOINI: We've been ...

For decades, mysterious shortwave radio broadcasts transmitted eerie sequences of numbers, tones, and robotic voices to ...