“Private shortwave stations generally lease out airtime to programmers who want to get their programs on the air,” Weiner said. “The antenna consists of low- and high-band array antennas, positioned ...

Today, numbers stations remain a reality on shortwave radio, even in the Internet Age. The reason for these stations’ longevity isn’t hard to understand. Unlike communications over the internet that ...

Sure, you can now listen to the major shortwave stations on your computer via the Internet, but what about when you are traveling or camping or just want to get away from the computer?

The shortwave stations today are a niche market mostly to 3rd and 4th world countries. The days of shortwave are numbered but will continue on for many decades to come.

The frequencies assigned to broadcast shortwave are chopped up into separate groups known as meter bands. The ICF-SW7600GR can receive all 14 bands, but a few inexpensive radios omit a couple of ...

And WINB, a shortwave station in York County, Pa., known for its ultra-conservative programming that sometimes featured Mr. Koernke and other militia officials, went off the air in April.

Numbers stations are shortwave stations that broadcast cryptic messages that are widely assumed to be used for communications between nation states and spies. But who’s to say it’s up t… ...

Bill Oliver laughs when he recalls the last time shortwave listening caught the attention of the U.S. public. It happened during the Persian Gulf War, when sales of shortwave radio receivers skyroc… ...

Sometimes, late at night when the rest of the house is asleep, I’ll go down to the basement and settle into a chair that has seen better days. Then I flip on a master switch, and seconds late… ...