[Mikrowave1] had a Unelco shortwave receiver as a kid. This was a typical simple radio for the 1960s using germanium and silicon transistors. It also had plug-in coils you had to insert into sockets ...

Even with the loss of the Voice of America, the international shortwave radio bands are still alive with stations worth listening to. But what can you do if you don’t have a shortwave radio receiver, ...

[Dan Robinson] picked up a shortwave receiver known as the “stressless” receiver kit. We aren’t sure if the stress is from building a more complicated kit or operating a more complicated receiver.

The author is sales and business development manager for Ampegon Power Electronics AG. My first car, a 1984 vintage, had a shortwave radio receiver, but I didn’t bother using it. I was young while it ...