shortwave

Example Sentences

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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

At night, she turns on the shortwave radio to eavesdrop on other starving families without being tempted to help.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

Although BBC radio programmes have been suspended, the website is not blocked and the radio can still be accessed on shortwave.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

In early 1941, when Gerhard Kunkel returned from war service in France, he brought home a broken shortwave radio and gave it to Helmuth Hübener, his younger half-brother, who lived with his grandparents in Hamburg.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti