Shortwave Radio

Does anyone listen to shortwave radio anymore?

I found this intro video at Youtube interesting

 

Does anyone think shortwave radio might make a bit of a comeback with the recent issues with the traditional media?

 

I found this list of religious stations on shortwave.
Religious Shortwave Radio Broadcast Stations

Is it current? I am having trouble finding the station numbers.

EDIT: hmm. It seems the information is easier to find for the less well known stations. Okay, I am figuring it out.

 

You had the Eton E10? I wonder which newer version is similar.
https://www.amazon.com/Eton-E10-Shortwave-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B0006G0IHI

 

For anyone that is as much of a newbie as me:

Shortwave Listening Tips:

• Listen to Asia and Australia in the morning and listen to Europe at night.
• No SW frequency operates 24 hours. You may not hear anything unless you are listening at the right time, or you may hear another language, or you may hear some other country sharing the frequency.
• Many countries are better heard in non-English broadcasts. Explore the dial and you will hear many fascinating things, including exotic music.
• Some stations only air a few minutes of English; or only in ID announcements (Mexico); or only language lessons (Ecuador).
• Country of origin is shown. Many of the frequencies are relayed from elsewhere. In the case of China, all of them shown below are relays. Don't assume any particular frequency is actually coming directly from the originating country.
• Some major countries no longer broadcast to North America intentionally, such as Australia, Germany, South Africa or the UK. Longer frequency lists for these give you more chances to hear something directed elsewhere.
• More than one station may be involved under some countries, or even outside broadcasts to that country (Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan).
• Many of the strongest signals from strictly religious broadcasters in the US and elsewhere are not shown.

This is a quick-reference list of frequencies from each country which carry some English and which may be heard in North America. Many are easily heard; some are difficult and rarely audible.

Shortwave Frequency List

USA AFRTS 4319-USB, 5446.5-USB, 5765-USB, 6350-USB, 7811.5-USB, 10320-USB, 12133.5-USB, 12759-USB, 13362-USB
USA VOA 4930, 4960, 5960, 6080, 6105, 6110, 7125, 7175, 7205, 7405, 9645, 9760, 9785, 9885, 11655, 11885, 11890, 11975, 12015, 12150, 13600, 13640, 13710, 13735, 13755, 15150, 15185, 15205, 15290, 15445, 15580, 17640, 17715, 17730, 17895
USA KAIJ 5755, 9480
USA WBCQ 5110-LSB, 7415, 9330-LSB, 18910-LSB
USA WEWN 5810, 5850, 7560, 7570, 9450, 9955, 9975, 15785, 17595
USA WRMI 7385, 9955
USA WWCR 3215, 5070, 7465, 9985, 12160, 15825

 

Do you mind sharing what model your wife chose and how well it works. The reviews are scary.

 

I am very discouraged by the prices and reviews of even models that are far outside my price range. I do not know enough about the science of radio waves and electronics to be able to able to evaluate the reviews.

 

It is interesting to me that Christian radio is still so often in shortwave, when so many other genres of radio dropped it long ago.

Shortwave radio is still most active in the poorest countries, but here in the USA any radios that are cheap have horrible reviews. I am trying to figure this out.

I am currently living in a mountainous area and am curious how much mountains block shortwave signals. But overseas, it seems like it is used in mountainous areas, specifically.

 

https://www.newsobserver.com/living/religion/article166300127.html

TWR president and chief executive officer Lauren Libby says the group started increasing its broadcast time into North Korea about a year and a half ago.

“We could see what was coming, and we really needed to be able to respond to give people hope,” Libby said in a phone interview on Wednesday. “Our goal is to speak hope in the middle of not-so-much hope.”

Every day, TWR transmits to 190 countries in 230 different languages. The Christian messages TWR broadcasts to North Korea – currently 1.5 hours each day – are produced in Asia, in the Korean language, and sent via the internet to Guam and then into North Korea through “extremely high-powered short wave transmitters” in Guam.​

But they are increasing their broadcast time in North Korea?

 

Thanks! I found an AM talk station and an FM music station

 

This. If shortwave becomes the way some people start to spread information, I want to be able to hear it.

The 'Amateur' Tech That Could Penetrate the Kashmir Blackout
On August 15, AFP reported that the BBC plans to expand its shortwave radio coverage in Kashmir “to ease the impact of a communications blackout imposed by the Centre”. The report added that “short wave transmissions travel thousands of miles and are able to bounce over mountains that dominate the region.”

And thanks for the link!