In Myanmar, a resistance hero on the run Feb 29, 2008
But his Tecsum shortwave radio has taken on added value in military-ruled Myanmar's current oppressive climate. "The radio has become a social weapon for me and for our movement," added Tun Myint Aung over the phone, an act that could get him jailed. (Asia Times Online)
Solar storm disrupts spacecraft Feb 12, 2008
On 14 December, China's People's Daily reported widespread disruption of shortwave radio communications in China. Particles discharged by solar storms can disrupt telephone systems, broadcast signals, and navigation networks. (Yahoo News -- International Space Station)
Glimpse of history Feb 12, 2008
The service was attacked by German artillery fire as it was being broadcast by shortwave radio to the United States over NBC.. A video of the story can now be viewed online and has received thousands of viewings. (Florida Times-Union)
Blog: --> Don't drop out, tune in Feb 9, 2008
I m talking shortwave radio. I m also talking about becoming a shortwave hobbbyist the old-fashioned way, as opposed to over the Internet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Seven Oak LEGO robotic teams score in final competition Jan 3, 2008
Seven Oak Middle School Robomen Nathan Marler, Kyle Dearborn and John Beck show off their solar-powered shortwave radio robotics project ... After researching the needs of rural populations in Africa, the foursome decided to build a solar-powered shortwave radio device ... Using a Grundig shortwave radio powered by a hand crank, the Robomen used a LEGO robotics kit to build a device to automatically turn the crank using power harnessed from the sun's light. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Every regime cloud has a silver lining Dec 16, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. I can't believe I'm doing this former ABC newscaster Edwin Maher, who has become a minor celebrity as a news announcer in China. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Blog: --> The paradox of shopping for a geek Dec 15, 2007
A portable shortwave radio opens a universe of new experiences ... My recommendation: Consider small battery powered shortwave radios made by Sony, Sangean or Grundig. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Japan Cancels Myanmar Grant Oct 16, 2007
However, at least one senior abbot at a monastery in Yangon has reportedly refused to accept alms from officials, according to the Democratic Voice of Burma, a shortwave radio station and Web site run by dissident Myanmar journalists in Norway. A religious boycott of the junta was declared last month after monks were roughed up during a peaceful protest march in the northern town of Pakkoku. (CBS News -- World)
World News still creeping into Burma Oct 5, 2007
Everyone in the country, he explained, listens to the Burmese-language shortwave radio broadcasts from stations like the BBC, Radio Free Asia, Voice of America and especially the Norway-based. (The DVB alone sent dozens of correspondents into Burma before the big protests began, a source close to the group tells NEWSWEEK, many of them supplied with digital video cameras and satellite phones. (MSNBC -- International)
Downloading the Burma uprising: Did it help? Oct 3, 2007
Images and videos bounced from Internet cafes to foreign blogs and international media, then sometimes back again to Burma (also known as Myanmar) by satellite TV and shortwave radio. The leap in technology didn't prevent the military from choosing as it did in 1988 to launch a. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
READERS WRITE Oct 2, 2007
Shortwave radio crucial against censorship ... Shortwave radio is now the only uncensored form of communication linking Myanmar with the outside world ... This shows why shortwave radio, including amateur ("ham") radio, is essential for safeguarding freedom. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Exiles in desperate conditions Sep 30, 2007
Mohammed Salim, who feeds his family of eight by carrying mud on building sites, listens to the BBC Burmese Service on his shortwave radio to find out what he can. "We all support these demonstrations, the monks, and Aung Sang San Suu Kyi. We want the military to go, so we can go home," he said. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Pro-democracy radio key source on Myanmar protests Sep 30, 2007
The Democratic Voice of Burma broadcasts by shortwave radio. It also beams satellite television for several hours a day. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Huge Facebook group shows role of ... Sep 29, 2007
A shoestring opposition broadcaster called the Democratic Voice of Burma, based in Norway, also has been at the forefront of receiving and broadcasting cyber dispatches by satellite TV and shortwave radio. Suki Dusanj of Burma Campaign U.K. said new media technologies had been very important. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Burma authorities intensify crackdown efforts Sep 28, 2007
The Democratic Voice of Burma released video of security forces opening fire on protesters, including a man falling forward after apparently being shot at point-blank range, and the opposition shortwave radio station based in Norway said the victim was Nagai, 50. Another image posted on the website of Japanese TV network Fuji showed Nagai lying in the street, camera still in hand, with a soldier pointing his rifle down at him. (USA Today -- News)
Junta tries to shut down internet and phone links Sep 27, 2007
The Democratic Voice of Burma, originally just an opposition shortwave radio station, operates out of Norway. Its news editor said from Oslo last night: "We had been getting information through mobile phones but these have been cut off. Then our reporters used cybercafes but the traffic has really slowed down in the last few hours. Some of the landlines we used have also been closed, so we cannot get in touch with our people.". (Guardian Unlimited)
Open season on protesters Sep 27, 2007
Khim Maung Win, deputy editor of the Democratic Voice of Burma, an opposition-run shortwave radio service based in Norway, said five monks and three civilians were reported killed and at least four seriously injured. Zin Linn, information minister for the Washington-based National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, which is Myanmar's self-styled government-in-exile, said at least five monks were killed. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Monks lead Myanmar protests Sep 24, 2007
Win Min, a Myanmar analyst who teaches at Chiang Mai University in Thailand, said prominent Myanmar actors and celebrities had spoken on shortwave radio to throw their support behind the rallies and to urge the public to join. Sunday's crowd moved slowly through downtown Yangon and circled the famous Shwedagon and Sule pagodas, praying and shouting slogans calling for dialogue with the junta and freedom for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (iAfrica.com)
A rude awakening Sep 19, 2007
She said her husband keeps finding items missing such as a cordless drill, a shortwave radio and a flashlight. The good news is that Muffy came home this morning. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
* World News Quick Take Sep 16, 2007
Other dissident sources said that, in all, 50 mobile and landline telephones had been cut off, possibly to prevent contact with the foreign media or exile news organizations whose reports are broadcast back into the former Burma on shortwave radio. CAMBODIA Sex trade recruits virgins The strong demand for young virgin girls from men who patronize prostitutes in Cambodia fuels the entry of underage women into the commercial sex trade, a humanitarian group said in a report on Friday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
US Congress Set to Block Elimination of Voice of Americas Uzbek Service Sep 8, 2007
"In Uzbekistan, 21 percent of the adult population listens to FM daily and 45 percent have access to FM, but re-broadcasting on local FM affiliates is prohibited. Only 10 percent of the country own access to shortwave radio," he said. "VOA Uzbek radio only reaches 0.1 percent of the adult population." Even with a cutoff of VOA broadcasts, Uzbeks would still have access to Uzbek-language broadcasts by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, O Connell added. (EurasiaNet.org)
Report: Myanmar halts protest by monks Sep 6, 2007
The number of monks reported marching in Pakokku was 300, according to Radio Free Asia, while the Democratic Voice of Burma, an exile-run shortwave radio station based in Norway, said on its Web site that they numbered 600. Mizzima News, an online news service run by exiles in India, said 500 monks took part. (MSNBC -- International)
8 Myanmar Dissidents Go Into Hiding Sep 1, 2007
The Web site of the Democratic Voice of Burma, a Norway-based opposition shortwave radio station, said two men, Ko Sithu and Ko Than Lwin, held up protest signs at a marketplace. The report, which could not be independently confirmed, said a soldier punched Ko Sithu and that both protesters were arrested. (CBS News -- World)
Burma Fuel Protests Quashed Aug 29, 2007
A report on the Web site of the Democratic Voice of Burma, an opposition shortwave radio station based in Norway, said witnesses reported the protest lasted for at least an hour without interference. Protests triggered by fuel price hikes began Aug. 19 and have continued on an almost daily basis despite a security clampdown by the military government supported by organized bands of civilian toughs serving as law enforcers. (Time.com)
How to spice up Voice of America's dull broadcasts Aug 23, 2007
For nearly 40 years I have listened to America's official "voice" on shortwave radio. VOA editorials are also accessible on the VOA website. (Christian Science Monitor)
Former Kauaian takes a trip down memory lane Aug 19, 2007
Medical and other emergencies have been by shortwave radio. Deprived. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
George K. Otis Sr., 90; millionaire turned radio evangelist Jul 27, 2007
The evangelical Voice of Hope has since expanded beyond the Middle East and can be heard via shortwave radio on almost every continent. Otis once described himself as a "charismatic-flavored Presbyterian" and said he felt the need to make a difference after becoming a millionaire before he turned 35 in 1952. (Los Angeles Times)
FBI: Iraqis 'Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande'... Jul 18, 2007
This all reminds me of a scene from the HBO movie The Day After in which the movie ends with the lone voice calling over a shortwave radio. "Is anyone there..... Anyone at all?". (The Drudge Report)
Heroes in action Jun 19, 2007
She couldn't watch TV or listen to shortwave radio. She could e-mail people back home - but only after waiting a long time in line. (Florida Times-Union)
Country profile: China Jun 2, 2007
Beijing tries to limit access to foreign news providers by restricting rebroadcasting and the use of satellite receivers, by jamming shortwave radio broadcasts, including those of the BBC, and by blocking web sites. Ordinary readers have no access to foreign newspapers. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Hurricane season Jun 1, 2007
An emergency hand crank shortwave radio is available for $39. 99 at Target Stores. (The Daily Reflector)
Crystal clear: two new HD Radios from Sony May 30, 2007
So, in a world where we already have AM, FM, Satellite Radio, Internet radio and shortwave radio comes HD Radio, marking yet another high audio quality listening choice for today s consumer, with the benefit that once the actual radio has been purchased, there are no ongoing costs. That ll certainly be appealing to some customers, although given the wide breadth of choice available on satellite radio, it will, as always, be an interesting battle in the marketplace. (iTWire)
Hello, darling . . . its me. Im on Everest May 24, 2007
Love it or hate it, there is no escape from the mobile phone even on the roof of the world. A British mountaineer has become the first person to make a call from the summit of Everest. (Times Online)
No heart for home May 7, 2007
Growing up, my primary source of entertainment was a crackly reception of BBC World Service on an old shortwave radio. I would listen to it on our terrace, largely unpopulated in the miserable Indian summer, and it was here that I learned the meaning of the word "gay". (Guardian Unlimited)
Voices of America (Helle Dale) May 2, 2007
While shortwave radio used to be the primary medium of the broadcasters, today FM radio, television, the Internet and even Podcasts compete with each other. Each medium comes with its own set of audience demographics. (Washington Times, DC)
'After-Hours' Gene Explains Why People are Night Owls Apr 29, 2007
" Posted by Herratik on April 27, 2007 4:05 PMI'm a graveyard shift security guard. Just got home and can't get to bed fast enough. Of course I'll lay there awhile but eventually all is right with the world and off to daytime dreamland I go. My Grandfather, Father, several Uncles, and 1 Sister are the same way. And we all do (or did) shift work. So I knew I came by it honestly, but it's nice to have validation. Unfortunately we are all married to the dreaded "morning people". I had a sleep... (Newsmax)
BBC Mundo website wins award Apr 26, 2007
In recent years the section, which began broadcasting on shortwave radio in Spanish to Latin America in 1938, has been concentrating its efforts on the internet. Its website, BBC Mundo, is currently visited by about 14 million people every month. (BBC News)
Drugs, staff in fear ... life at Rye Hill Apr 16, 2007
While he was still a trainee - and so not equipped with either keys or shortwave radio - he found himself alone on a wing full of inmates. "There's shortages of staff everywhere," says one officer in the film. (Guardian Unlimited)
How a copyright ruling may end ironically Apr 8, 2007
It was not a surprising that TechBoy developed an interest in radio and particularly shortwave radio. First I had a Hallicrafters tube model that my uncle gave me. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New clue in 70-year-old Earhart mystery Apr 2, 2007
Betty Klenck Brown, 84, of Patterson says that as a teenager she heard Amelia Earhart plead for help over her shortwave radio ... Meanwhile, several shortwave radio listeners as far away as the U.S. mainland were picking up the faint voices of a woman and a man, sending apparent distress calls. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Tsunami floods villages in Solomon Isles Apr 2, 2007
At least 15 houses were washed away on Simbo island, close to the epicentre of the quake, according to David Leeming, the British administrator of a shortwave radio network on Honiara, the Solomons Islands' capital. "We are very alarmed for the rural villages along the coast of the western province. Our operator in Simbo said that the wave came at least 200 metres inland and destroyed about 15 houses," he told the Guardian. (Guardian Unlimited)
Dozens feared dead in Solomon Islands tsunami Apr 2, 2007
At least 15 houses were washed away on Simbo island, near Gizo, according to David Leeming, the British administrator of a shortwave radio network on Honiara. "We are very alarmed for the rural villages along the coast of the western province. Our operator in Simbo said that the wave came at least 200 metres inland and destroyed about 15 houses," he told the Guardian. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
The costs of winning hearts and minds Mar 15, 2007
And it wants to move away from its mainstay technology of shortwave radio, which it says is declining in global use, to increasingly popular but vastly more expensive television, Internet, and FM. ... But in the scheme of things, the ex-directors' request that lawmakers preserve $26 million in proposed cuts is not a lot to keep an estimated 18 million listeners in the VOA fold; to retain its main service in English (spoken by a quarter of the world's population, after all); to continue native... (Christian Science Monitor)
VOA Doing U.S. Harm in Iran Feb 15, 2007
But Ms. Ganji was also faulted for having shut down VOA's highly-regarded shortwave radio program, replacing it with simulcast broadcasts of television programs. "People have phoned me to ask why we shut down the radio," said a well-known VOA radio host, who spoke to NewsMax on condition we protect his identity. (Newsmax)
Wartime secretsWhy Britain gave away its biggest technology breakthroughs in 1940 Feb 6, 2007
Professor of military history at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, David Zimmerman, agrees: "The magnetron remains the essential radio tube for shortwave radio signals of all types. "It not only changed the course of the war by allowing us to develop airborne radar systems, it remains the key piece of technology that lies at the heart of your microwave oven today. The cavity magnetron's invention changed the world. (BBC News -- Science)
Court orders NHK to pay compensation over program on sex slaves Jan 30, 2007
The broadcaster is also subject to government orders and receives funding for international shortwave radio broadcasts. The Communications Minister caused a stir when he ordered NHK to place more emphasis on international shortwave radio broadcasts on North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens. (Mainichi Daily News)
Zachary Shore, author of "Breeding bin Ladens," on assimilation, language and inclusion Jan 29, 2007
When I was growing up my father had an incredibly old shortwave radio. It was the size of four bread boxes put together. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Japanese Broadcaster Fined Over Story Jan 29, 2007
The broadcaster is also subject to government orders and receives funding for international shortwave radio broadcasts. The communications minister caused a stir in November when he ordered NHK to place more emphasis on its international shortwave radio broadcasts on North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens. (The Ledger)
Crime Solvers Jan 16, 2007
A $1,425 Nikon camera and lens and a Grundig-brand shortwave radio were reported missing (07-1550). Several items were reported stolen from Courtland Elementary School Dec. 26-28. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Rightist threats in Japan raise fears about freedoms Jan 15, 2007
In October, Communications Minister Yoshihide Suga took the unusual step of ordering public broadcaster NHK to increase its coverage of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals through its international shortwave radio service. NHK, however, insists that it has not changed its editorial policy to please the government. (Boston Globe)
