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Bill helps with low-power, license-free broadcasting
In reference to our post, Dave’s FM Station Empire, SWLing Post reader Bill writes: Nice article on the use of low power broadcasting. For the last 5 years my site, HobbyBroadcaster.net, has been helping radio enthusiasts along with schools and … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Radio Modifications
Tagged AM, FM, hobbybroadcaster.net, license free broadcasting, Part 15, shortwave
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C.Crane: CC Witness on sale, while supplies last
Though not a shortwave radio, the CC Witness is a very capable AM/FM radio with a built-in digital recorder. In fact, I know of no other portable with on-board digital recording that receives such stellar reviews. As a result, many … Continue reading
Posted in Radios, Retailers
Tagged AM, C. Crane, C.Crane CC Witness sale, C.Crane Company, CC Witness, Digital Recording Radios, Medium Wave, Recording
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A review of the Sony SRF-59 — cheap, fun Mediumwave DX thrills
A few years ago, I heard a lot of buzz in AM/Mediumwave radio circles about a small, inexpensive radio called the Sony SRF-59. Discussions were focused on the incredible performance of this diminutive low-cost radio and how it held it … Continue reading
CNN reports on new Voice of Russia studios in DC
Many long-time shortwave listeners may find it ironic that the likes of Voice of Russia now broadcasts from a studio in downtown Washington DC. I just read this news article posted on CNN about VOR’s new presence: Jordan Hostetter doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, News
Tagged AM, China Radio International, CNN, CRI, Medium Wave, MW, Voice of Russia, VOR
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China Radio International now on your local AM station
As local AM broadcast (a.k.a. mediumwave) stations around the world struggle to find their local niche, a new global angle may be taking shape. Much like the proliferation of political talk shows in the late 80′s which began to give … Continue reading
Posted in AM, Broadcasters, Mediumwave, News
Tagged AM, China Radio International, CRI, Mediumwave, MW, WILD, WILD AM
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Radio Caroline seeks a spot on the British AM dial
(Source: NY Times) “Since first taking to the air from a makeshift studio on an offshore ship in 1964, Radio Caroline has endured government raids, shipwrecks and a decade of radio silence before finding a land-based studio in the southeastern … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Current Events, News, Pirate Radio
Tagged AM, Medium Wave, NY Times, Pirate Radio, Radio Caroline, United Kingdom
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