Voice of America expands its Latin American audience Nov 23, 2009
VOA - which only broadcasts internationally - transmits its reports via shortwave radio, local FM affiliates and satellite television as well as its Web pages. Funded by the government, it is required to observe standards of "accuracy, balance, comprehensiveness, and objectivity.". (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case Nov 22, 2009
U.S. authorities say the Myerses delivered government secrets to Cuban agents over the past 30 years using a shortwave radio, by swapping carts at a grocery store and in at least one face-to-face meeting with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Cuba. Key evidence in the case came from an undercover sting involving an FBI operative who approached Kendall Myers on the street on the defendant's birthday, April 15. (MSNBC -- International)
Couple plead guilty to Cuba spying, will go to prison Nov 21, 2009
The case presented by prosecutors was something out of spy novel, complete with code names, messages delivered via shortwave radio and shopping carts in the local supermarket ... In a search of the Myerses' home, investigators say they found a shortwave radio, sailing charts for Cuban waters, a travel guide to Cuba and a book titled "On Becoming Cuban.". (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Accused U.S. spies for Cuba in court Nov 6, 2009
Prosecutors say the case against them includes allegations of low-tech intrigue such as Morse code messages on shortwave radio from and swapping shopping carts with a Cuban handler at a grocery store near their home in Washington. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton must decide how to protect sensitive U.S. while ensuring evidence is available for the couple to receive a fair trial. (CNN -- International)
Enough already! Oct 27, 2009
A hale and sharp 94, and a retired electronics engineer, he continues to operate his shortwave ham radio gear every day. It s just that he figures if he s been able to get along without one so far, who needs it. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
DISAPPEARANCE: Reporter's diary adds clue Oct 21, 2009
Long-dismissed notes taken of a shortwave distress call beginning, "This is Amelia Earhart...," are getting another look ... 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 ... Among reports of voice messages, two from teenagers using shortwave antennas rigged by their fathers were most disturbingly credible. (USA Today -- Life)
I Have to Tell You . . . Oct 1, 2009
He could listen to the radio from New York, London and Algiers on shortwave broadcast. He wanted Dorothy to try to pick up London on the radio because "nine times out of 10 I will be listening too somewhere in the world.". (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Radio Waves: The future of radio is here Sep 9, 2009
The CC Wi-Fi is compact; the sound is OK, but even Crane admits that it's "just a good radio, a lower-cost entry level Wi-Fi radio that is simple to use." Fortunately, he also sells other models (along with a wide variety of other radios - AM/FM, shortwave, weather and even HD - and loads of electronic goodies) at www. ccrane. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
ZERO COVERAGE: NY TIMES, WASH POST, ABC, CBS, NBC... Sep 5, 2009
" Give me a frickin break! DrD Sep 4, 2009 Of course they would not cover this, but if he had served in the National Guard and there were thoughts he got out in an improper manner, they would be all over it. But saying you are a communist and all the other rants he has made, that is not news. Gil Sep 4, 2009 That's why I don't bother watching those socialist networks anymore. They have to be socialist or else why are they covering up so much as to what is going on in our Government! Chuck Sep 4,... (The Drudge Report)
Country profile Jul 22, 2009
Voice of Sudan - operated by opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA), broadcasts on shortwave. Voice of Freedom and Renewal - operated by armed opposition group Sudan Alliance Forces, via shortwave. (BBC News -- Africa)
BridgeWave's Big Shortwave Bet Jul 19, 2009
Big hopes riding on shortwaves: BridgeWave's Pasternak and Makleff hope cell towers will use their gear to blast billions of bits a second to the Internet ... But shorter waves are abundant--and as long as one antenna has a clear line of sight to another, sending data over shortwaves can offer vastly more capacity. (Forbes -- Technology)
Country profile: Liberia Jul 7, 2009
- FM and shortwave station, operated in partnership with Swiss-based Hirondelle Foundation. - operated by United Nations mission. (BBC News -- Africa)
Hours lost in Air France search Jul 5, 2009
Specifically, BEA highlighted poor shortwave communication between aircraft crossing the area between the southern and northern hemispheres and ground based ATC centres. Flight plan. (BBC News -- Americas)
* Persian news service becomes Irans scapegoat Jul 1, 2009
In that respect, they say, the new TV channel has made a better start than the BBCs Persian-language shortwave radio broadcasts, started in 1941, which the BBC has conceded were used to promote British strategic interests in Iran during World War II.. They are very cautious, reminding viewers of what they can confirm and what they cant and of who their sources are, said Ali Ansari, a professor of Iranian studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, whose father was a diplomat under... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Foreign broadcasters walk a fine line in Iran Jun 30, 2009
The station's 90-minute daily broadcast by shortwave and satellite appears to have developed a significant following -- an Iranian diplomat accused the Dutch government, which funds the station, of meddling in Iran's internal affairs and financing propaganda. In Los Angeles, home to a large Iranian community, Farsi-language radio station KIRN has opened up its phone lines to let Iranians in the U.S. share news gleaned from friends and family back home. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
When the revolution isn't broadcast Jun 28, 2009
And its surrogate counterparts, Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (which broadcasts into Central Asia and the Middle East), use a variety of media platforms, from shortwave radios to social-networking tools on the Internet, to send reliable news to millions of people whose own media are censored. In Iran, the Persian-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty uses several different radio frequencies and the Internet, while Voice of America s Persian television service... (Boston Globe)
Always-on forecasts for lovers of the outdoors Jun 22, 2009
But it is more attractive than your run-of-the mill clock radio: Its rounded corners, colorful, chunky, popup buttons (for alarm clock status), and its honeycomb-grilled speaker give the Mist the look of a C. Crane shortwave or an iPhone base station. The Mist gathers its data from Ambient s radio network data service. (Boston Globe)
Bridget Kendall: History lessons Jun 18, 2009
In the old days of the Soviet Union, it was shortwave broadcasts the regime targeted. But as computers and satellite dishes replaced shortwave radios, the Politburo faced a dilemma. (BBC News -- Africa)
Cuba Spy Suspects Seek Release Jun 18, 2009
Authorities say the Myerses delivered government secrets to Cuban agents over the past 30 years using a shortwave radio, by swapping carts at a grocery store and in at least one face-to-face meeting with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Cuba. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola agreed with prosecutors last week that the Myerses should stay in jail because they were a flight risk. (CBS News -- World)
Former State Department Official and Wife Arrested for Serving As Illegal Agents of Cuba for Nearly 30 Years Jun 6, 2009
According to the affidavit, during this time frame, the CuIS often communicated with its clandestine agents in the United States by broadcasting encrypted radio messages from Cuba on shortwave radio frequencies. Clandestine agents in the United States monitoring the frequency on shortwave radio could decode the messages using a decryption program provided by the CuIS. Such methods were employed by defendants previously convicted of espionage on behalf of Cuba ... According to the affidavit, the... (PR Newswire)
Cuban spies caught in US Jun 6, 2009
The Washington couple were arrested last week on Thursday after an undercover FBI sting operation having allegedly passed on secrets for decades to Washington's Cold War foe via shortwave radio and in shopping carts ... The couple would allegedly get encrypted messages from Cuba via shortwave radio, and Gwendolyn Myers, who worked as an analyst at a local bank, would pass on information to her contacts by exchanging shopping carts in stores because she said it was "easy enough to do," it added... (iAfrica.com)
U.S. couple spied for Cuba for 30 years, 00003E91investigators allege Jun 6, 2009
The affidavit alleges that Cuba often "communicated with its clandestine agents in the U.S. through encrypted radio messages from Cuba on shortwave radio'' and that the Myers had "an operable shortwave radio in their apartment of the same make used by Ana Belen Montes. . (Fresno Bee)
Couple indicted on charges of spying for Cuba Jun 6, 2009
Their methods of communicating with the Cubans included Morse code on shortwave radio, changing shopping carts at the grocery store and a face-to-face meeting with President Fidel Castro himself, court documents say. David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security, described the couple's alleged spying for the communist government as "incredibly serious.". (USA Today)
FM mullahs spread the Taliban's word Jun 4, 2009
FM radio sets are also very cheap compared to shortwave and medium-wave brand radios. Poor people in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and NWFP prefer to buy a cheap FM transistor radio at a cost of only a dollar as opposed to a shortwave receiver, which can cost 10 to 100 times as much. (Asia Times Online)
Augustan was at Tiananmen Square Jun 4, 2009
When the group reached the airport, a military facility, one member used a shortwave radio to get BBC reports. There was no local news coverage, and they, as Americans in the middle of the crackdown, didn't want to ask any questions, he said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
5/22 :: Daily Trackside Report - Indianapolis 500 Miller Carb Day May 23, 2009
" *** The IMS Radio Network will broadcast the Indianapolis 500 to more than 350 affiliates, along with Sirius XM, American Forces Radio Network, shortwave radio worldwide and and . The IMS Radio Network Race Day lineup: Mike King, anchor; Johnny Parsons, driver analyst; Donald Davidson, historian; Paul Page, analyst; Dave Wilson, stats & garage/medical center; Jerry Baker, Turn 1; Jake Query, Turn 2; Mark Jaynes, Turn 3; Chris Denari, Turn 4; Kevin Lee, Kevin Olson and Dave Argabright, pits.... (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Some Friday travelin’ home music, courtesy of Dad May 16, 2009
I used to be a shortwave radio fanatic, and had all kinds of shortwave receivers around, but one by one, the stations stopped radio broadcasting in favor of internet streaming. Then there s Slacker Radio, which is a portable device that links up to a on online service that is pretty similar to Pandora, and the Ibiza Rhapsody, which is a pocket wifi device that connects to the Rhapsody music service. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
NASA Selects Northrop Grumman to Build Earth Science Instrument May 2, 2009
The CERES instruments are broadband radiometers that scan Earth, observing reflected shortwave and Earth-emitted radiance. These observations are used to measure the time and space distributions of incoming energy from the Sun and outgoing thermal and reflected energy from Earth (known as Earth's radiation budget). (PR Newswire)
Cool gadgets that you can take on short trips Apr 4, 2009
I carry along a portable radio capable of getting shortwave bands as well as commercial AM/FM stations ... Select shortwave portables from the search menu. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Karl Runkle (4) Mar 30, 2009
Raised amid the beautiful woods and shorelines of Door County, Wisconsin, Karl enjoyed picnics with his parents, Tom and Gwen; hamburgers on the hibachi; skipping stones with his brother, Paul; camping with his Boy Scout troop; collecting stamps; playing tennis; and listening for voices from faraway lands on his shortwave radio. During his undergraduate years at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, his dreams of exploring distant places led him to spend an inspiring year in Africa at the... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
VOA wins powerful base for broadcasts into NKorea Mar 28, 2009
That makes the signal much clearer than VOA's long-running shortwave broadcasts from far-flung stations in the Philippines, Thailand and the South Pacific island of Saipan. Moreover, it's an AM signal, so listening in doesn't require a shortwave radio ... "Radio can play a big role in changing people," said Kim Dae-sung, who fled the North in 2000 and is now a reporter at Free North Korea Radio, a shortwave radio broadcaster in Seoul. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Former Bush Aide Gets 30 Months In Prison Mar 19, 2009
Walton also criticized Sixto for accepting a job in the White House, knowing that he had been stealing from the center, an independent institution that receives millions of dollars in USAID funds for rent, travel and equipment such as shortwave radios and laptops. Sixto quit his job as a special assistant to President George W. Bush for intergovernmental affairs almost a year ago after learning that the center was beginning legal action against him. (CBS News -- US)
• COLUMN: A Buhl televangelist's odd legacy Mar 17, 2009
In 1990, he became an international shortwave radio voice which, at its peak, was heard worldwide. Scott's unconventional preaching earned him a reputation as an eccentric He chomped on cigars, delighted at having beautiful young women dance at his broadcasts and occasionally conducted services wearing a sombrero "With his white mane and beard, half-frame reading glasses cocked on his forehead, the Rev. Scott was a caricature of a modern day prophet He would alternately grin with his... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
New aerosol observing technique turns gray skies to blue Mar 13, 2009
Cairns' technique measures polarization more accurately, integrates more longwave and shortwave polarization information into the mathematical models, and is the first to provide accurate estimates of aerosol size and composition over land. The RSP instrument views a point in the atmosphere from more than 100 angles, enabling more complete characterization of aerosols by robust mathematical models. (EurekAlert!)
A guide for the right radio music on the highway Feb 8, 2009
Radio-Locator is for broadcast AM and FM stations only; radio networks and shortwave radio stations are not listed. -Jen Leo, special to the Los Angeles Times. (San Francisco Chronicle)
