Shortwave Radio - Google News for Monday 1 August 2016
 

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The Evolution of Shortwave Radio - Radio World

Posted: 01 Aug 2016 02:02 AM PDT
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The Evolution of Shortwave Radio
Radio World
OTTAWA, Ontario — With the advent of radio in the 20th century, the
shortwave band (1710–30,000 kHz) soon became a hotbed of long-distance
radio broadcasting. Used primarily by state-run international broadcasters,
plus ham radio operators and ...



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World War II veterans remember: Al Weber was gunnery officer on the 'Lucky
Lang' in the Pacific - Tulsa World

Posted: 31 Jul 2016 10:03 PM PDT
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Tulsa World
World War II veterans remember: Al Weber was gunnery officer on the Lucky
Lang in the Pacific
Tulsa World
A console unit, it came with AM and shortwave dials, and most importantly,
was battery-powered — the family had no electricity. “We listened to ...
That was the day — an otherwise peaceful Sunday — that the family radio
brought the news about Pearl ...



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We must crack down on Putin's lie machine - The Times (subscription)

Posted: 31 Jul 2016 04:08 PM PDT
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The Times (subscription)
We must crack down on Putins lie machine
The Times (subscription)
During the abortive coup to topple him in 1991, the Soviet president
Mikhail Gorbachev kept in touch with developments by listening to the BBC
World Service. Felicitously, the Soviet Union had stopped jamming
international shortwave radio broadcasts ...