Probably because most of us listened to shortwave radio or even transmitted with ham radio gear. These days, if you try listening to shortwave, you have to be pretty patient.

NUMBERS STATIONS. Not a relic of the past. Intelligence agencies use shortwave to communicate with spies, agents and assets ...

In Kabul, families huddle around a shortwave radio, listening to a foreign voice transmitting from an EC-130 aircraft circling the city. The broadcast comes in loud and clear. The Taliban is ...

These are kind of pricey in general. Any specific reason to listen through a computer? For what you're interested in, a cheapo handheld and a good index site on the internet could be just as ...

Man, it's been awhile since I listened to shortwave. I got one for my 15th birthday. I can still remember listening to radio china, radio vatican, and some african station on a good night.

Listening to shortwave radio requires skilful tuning, and sometimes a knack with aerials, but it has delivered BBC news across the world for 80 years.

Listening to shortwave radio requires skilful tuning, and sometimes a knack with aerials, but it has delivered BBC news across the world for 80 years.