[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 ionosphere is of great importance to shortwave radio transmissions, since it allows radio waves to be refracted and reflected over the horizon, and it’s therefore unfortunate that the height and ...

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 ...