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The Hobbyists Obsessed With Picking Up TV Signals From Thousands of Miles
Away - Motherboard

Posted: 18 May 2016 06:51 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...-of-miles-away


Motherboard
The Hobbyists Obsessed With Picking Up TV Signals From Thousands of Miles
Away
Motherboard
The reason why the subject of that Cowboy Junkies song was able to hear all
those long-distance radio signals is that the AM waves are particularly
attuned to long trips, partly because theres more room to tune. Shortwave,
likewise, is easy to pick up ...



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Plan to return Radio Vanuatu to its former glory - Radio New Zealand

Posted: 21 Apr 2016 08:39 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...s-former-glory


Plan to return Radio Vanuatu to its former glory
Radio New Zealand
As Bridget Tunnicliffe reports, short wave radio is being seen as important
as ever in the Pacific. The need to get early warnings to people,
especially in more remote areas has been highlighted by the increased
frequency of severe tropical cyclones.

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Record Review: Brian Eno Couldn't Have Made a Better Farewell Album Than
The Ship (Whether It's a Farewell or Not) - TheStranger.com

Posted: 17 May 2016 04:22 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...arewell-or-not


TheStranger.com
Record Review: Brian Eno Couldnt Have Made a Better Farewell Album Than The
Ship (Whether Its a Farewell or Not)
TheStranger.com
Shortwave-radio chatter, sonar bleeps, and mysterious warped voices seep
into the sound field, too. Near the end, a narcotized individual
intones, "Wave after wave after wave after wave..." This is the song you
want to play to end your party—hell, to ...



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Music: Greg Sinibaldi - Cincinnati CityBeat

Posted: 18 May 2016 10:10 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...sinibaldi.html


Cincinnati CityBeat
Music: Greg Sinibaldi
Cincinnati CityBeat
The opening act for Sinibaldi, who has collaborated with Gunther Schuller,
Jimmy Giuffre and Bill Frisell, is the duo QAkcISXU1qc5umgXGzyM, who make
experimental music using small chord organs, shortwave radio signals,
sticky tape and more.



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Australian War Memorial named Australia's number one landmark in
TripAdvisor awards - The Canberra Times

Posted: 17 May 2016 06:27 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...17-goxiz1.html


The Canberra Times
Australian War Memorial named Australias number one landmark in TripAdvisor
awards
The Canberra Times
She was a nine years old when the Second World War broke out and remembers
listening to her mothers short wave radio to hear if her cousin had been
taken as a prisoner of war. The Sydney Harbour Bridge came in third in
TripAdvisors landmark awards.

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