shortwave

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"It's really difficult for the regime to jam shortwave because it's a long-distance broadcast," executive director Rieneke van Santen told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Many are small Chinese tankers that make their presence and origin known to the Revolutionary Guard through loudspeakers and shortwave radio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

They’ll deliver higher-resolution images and include shortwave infrared scanning that will enable imaging at night and through clouds.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

The spectrometers that gaze downward from the aircraft capture images in hundreds of wavelengths, from the visible spectrum to shortwave infrared.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

We hear of atrocities on the shortwave, then hear them exaggerated on Mobutu’s official newscasts, and it’s hard to know what’s real.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver