The Grundig Yacht Boy 550PE is a small shortwave radio that pulls in the stations with a sound quality that bests even some models that cost much more. Review by Gary Krakow.

But no matter, the SW7600GR does fine without it. The radio’s scan mode (a particularly useful feature in shortwave) is efficient and smartly designed, allowing strong stations to be easily found.

A good radio will still be crap without a good antenna to recieve signals with.<BR><BR>I personally use a G5RV JR attached to an old Icom 706 as my shortwave reciever, though I do want to replace ...

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 ...

Before the Internet, if you wanted to hear news from around the world, you probably bought a shortwave receiver. In the golden age of world band radio, there was a great deal of high-quality progra… ...

A cross-post from reader Matt Comstock’s blog: My son is working on his Radio merit badge. I’ve had a shortwave radio for years, but I’ve never figured out when to listen and where on the ...

Minneapolis-based journalist Katie Thornton tells the story of shortwave radio in the second season of The Divided Dial. It’s an award-winning series of the WNYC program On the Media.