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First shortwave broadcast Last shortwave broadcast Currently broadcasting on SW Currently broadcasting online Notes Afghanistan Radio Kabul: 2011 2020 No No Albania Radio Tirana: 1937 2022 No Yes Relayed by Radio Miami International (WRMI) from 2017-2022. Online as Radio Tirana International. Algeria Radio Algérienne: 1962 Yes Yes
Shortwave bands are frequency allocations for use within the shortwave radio spectrum (the upper medium frequency [MF] band and all of the high frequency [HF] band). Radio waves in these frequency ranges can be used for very long distance (transcontinental) communication because they can reflect off layers of charged particles in the ionosphere and return to Earth beyond the horizon, a ...
6160 Shortwave AM Radio Winsen 16:00-18:00 ... Charleston Radio International Bozen 00:00-24:00 1234567 English 1 ND ... [Broadcast technology] Perunica ...
Shortwave: MW: Mediumwave (AM Radio) LW: Longwave: FM: FM broadcasting: DAB: Digital Audio Broadcasting (digital radio) DVB-T: Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (digital terrestrial television) DVB-H: Digital Video Broadcasting – Handhelds (digital television for hand-held receivers) VHF: Very high frequency (Television) UHF: Ultra ...
This sort of map is used by radio engineers to determine the best frequencies to reach international audiences on shortwave bands. In this case, a transmitter is sited in the Southern Vancouver Island, using a frequency of 12095 kHz and transmitting at the 500 kW power level. The picture shows a good signal over the Southern Pacific.
An example of notable shortwave programming was the Happy Station Show, popularly called the “world's longest-running shortwave radio program”. The show originated on Philips Radio's PCJJ shortwave station in 1928, continuing until 1940. After World War II Radio Netherlands broadcast the show from 1946 until it terminated in 1995. Producer ...
CBS used shortwave to support its Latin American international network, which consisted of 64 stations located in 18 countries and GE's KGEI opened in San Francisco in 1939, transmitting to Asia. [16] [17] [18] On November 1, 1942, all 14 private U.S. shortwave stations ended commercial operations and were leased to the Voice of America. [19]
Grundig Satellit 400 solid-state, digital shortwave receiver, c. 1986 [1]. Shortwave radio is radio transmission using radio frequencies in the shortwave bands (SW). There is no official definition of the band range, but it always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (approximately 100 to 10 metres in wavelength).