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 to the ...

A new short wave station, equipped with a beam antenna which allows the broadcasting of radio waves in a straight line, has been constructed on the roof of the Physics Building by Harry R.

Since World War One, numbers stations have been transmitting coded messages to spies around the world using shortwave radio. And they're still transmitting right now. We're going to listen to a few in ...

Despite the advent of satellite and internet broadcasting, shortwave radios still have an important role to play. The Yamata Transmitting Station is broadcasting NHK’s World Radio Japan program.

On Aug. 1, RNZ Pacific — the international service of New Zealand’s public media organization RNZ — did something rather unusual by current international broadcasting standards. Rather than take a ...

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 ...

An international transmitting station on the Shropshire-Herefordshire border is marking its 80th birthday. Woofferton has been on-air since October 1943, when the BBC's international services were ...

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 ...