(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 ...

Buying a shortwave radio to hear foreign broadcasts requires no special knowledge and it does not need to be an expensive proposition. But shoppers should avoid cheap knock-offs of better quality ...

Last night, I listened to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” I heard static crashes in the background, and then the sound of a French announcer speaking words I couldn’t translate but that my heart ...

Palo Alto, Calif. — Eton said it will continue to market Grundig-branded shortwave radios in the U.S. following an announcement that German-based Grundig will be taken over by U.K. electronics maker ...

I'm developing an interest in shortwave radios (listening only - no transmitting) for broadcast listening - mainly interested in picking up overseas broadcasts. Utility listening would be nice, but ...

The proliferation of Web-based radio stations should mean that a traveler with a modem and a laptop is never without up-to-the-minute news, conversation and music from home. But I found a major flaw ...

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.

Turn on the radio from anywhere in the U.S. and you'll likely hear one of two things: music or talk. And pretty much any commercial radio station sounds exactly like dozens or hundreds more around the ...

A NOVEL explanation of some peculiar whistles audible under certain conditions in short-wave radio receivers is put forward by S. R. Khastgir (Indian J. Phys., 17, 239; 1943). Weak short-lived ...