A QSL Card from Radio Moscow probably got many 14-year-olds on government watch lists. (Public domain) Between World War II and Y2K, shortwave listening was quite an education. With a simple ...
The seven transmitters are installed with vacuum ... resulting in shorter travel distances than shortwaves. Shortwave radio broadcasting was particularly valued during wartime.
"It was the last of the shortwave sites to be built in the UK," transmitter engineer Matt Porter told BBC Radio Shropshire. "It was excellent at getting into Europe and further afield. With the ...
The Buzzer, also known as UVB-76 or UZB-76, has been a constant companion to anyone with a shortwave radio tuned to 4625 ... speculation on the current transmitter locations.
Shortwave radio is often used by the military, emergency services and industries that require extremely robust long-distance communication without external infrastructure. But the half-loop ...
Its 10-kilowatt shortwave radio transmitter cooked meat and potatoes between metal plates. In 1946, Ratheon introduced its Radarange oven using the company's magnetron tubes, and Raytheon engineer ...
The then Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin sent a message, published in the Radio Times ... from the transmitter hall, pictured here in 1936 In December 1932, the Empire Short Wave Service, which ...