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 later I start ...

Another shortwave radio under $100 — just what the world needs, right? Well, in this case it just might be. Eton’s Grundig Yacht Boy 550PE pulls in the stations and sounds really good doing so.

[Sjef Verhoeven] still loves radio and enjoys the challenge of listening to radio signals from far away. He wanted to build his own radio and turned to the TEF6686 chip, a device often found in car ...

(click thumbnail)Clockwise from upper left are the Grundig Classic 960, Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium, Sun-Mate Info-Mate, Grundig Mini World 100 PE, Sangean ATS-505 and Panasonic RF2200.Despite all ...

The circuit was designed to increase or amplify the short wave reception of radio frequency having a range of 5 MHz to 20 MHz. Shortwave (SW) – a term used to describe the radiant energy in the ...

The global trauma caused by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has spiked demand for shortwave radio service, much as it did during the 1991 Gulf War. Although broadcasters are shifting to the Internet in ...