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
Within days of the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, cryptic messages were broadcast globally on a new shortwave radio frequency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 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 rebels must have taken down the Internet and cell networks, as we could establish no com-munication with the outside beyond what we heard on the shortwave radio.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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Last week the Commission issued regulations which put a new complexion on U. S. shortwaving.
From Time Magazine Archive
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