Shortwave radio is radio on the spectrum from 1 MHz to 30 MHz
Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations that transmit numbers or words using a voice synthesizer, Morse code, or some other method. They are used by spies and other government officials to communicate securely. The numbers or words are typically used to represent a message, which can be decoded by the recipient. Numbers stations have been … Read more
The WTWW shortwave radio station in Lebanon has the following programming schedule. WTWW, a Lebanon-based worldwide shortwave radio station, asks its listeners to help civilians in Ukraine who have been under a Russian military onslaught since February. The radio station is broadcasting messages of encouragement to the people of Ukraine, where WTWW comes in as … Read more
The newest version of the Global Radio Guide is out. In this 18th edition, author Gayle Van Horn discusses “familiar players and familiar places” as the radio industry responds to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Just like these events have brought up once buried feelings, it has also brought what many thought to be “old” technology … Read more
Here is my new RTL SDR: 100KHz-1.7GHz Full Band UV HF RTL-SDR Receiver. RTL is short for RTL2832U. The Realtek RTL2832U chipset was a popular choice for digital video broadcast (DVB-T) receivers, whose original purpose was to receive video. It was discovered that these could be repurposed and turned into wideband SDR receivers. These devices … Read more