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shortwave

[shawrt-weyv] / ˈʃɔrtˈweɪv /


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He regularly gets on the subspace shortwave looking for any others of his kind left on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

"It's really difficult for the regime to jam shortwave because it's a long-distance broadcast," executive director Rieneke van Santen told AFP.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Many are small Chinese tankers that make their presence and origin known to the Revolutionary Guard through loudspeakers and shortwave radio.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

But her exposure to the Arctic territory began decades ago, she said, when she would hear Greenlandic Inuit songs as a child through her grandmother's shortwave radio.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

Even the poorest pit houses usually possess a state-sponsored Volksempfanger VE301, a mass-produced radio stamped with an eagle and a swastika, incapable of shortwave, marked only for German frequencies.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Last week the Commission issued regulations which put a new complexion on U. S. shortwaving.

From Time Magazine Archive




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