shortwave

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"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

Within days of the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, cryptic messages were broadcast globally on a new shortwave radio frequency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Although authorities in some of these countries block the broadcasts - VOA, for instance, is banned in China - people can listen to them on shortwave radio, or get around the restrictions via VPNs.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Almost immediately, on a shortwave band, they can hear someone talking in a strange language full of zs and s’s.

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