Many thanks toSWLing Postcontributor Jeff McMahon, who notes thathe’s recently published a short review of the Tecsun PL-880 on his blog, The Herculodge. Jeff has discovered something that portable radio enthusiasts have known for more than a decade: the PL-880 sports some of the best aud...
It’s been a while since I listened to Nikkei Radio, a Japanese commercial broadcaster that operates on shortwave for a domestic audience. If I remember well, the signal was very weak and, since I don’t speak Japanese, I didn’t know what the content of its broadcasts was about. But ...
It’s been a while since I listened to Nikkei Radio, a Japanese commercial broadcaster that operates on shortwave for a domestic audience. If I remember well, the signal was very weak and, since I don’t speak Japanese, I didn’t know what the content of its broadcasts was about. But ...
Johan Was Resistance Hero at 10; YOUNG RADIO HAM RISKED EXECUTION LISTENING TO BROADCASTS FROM BRITAIN AND TAKING MESSAGES TO DUTCH UNDERGROUNDCoventry Evening Telegraph (England)
There are many English podcasts available on the internet and a few times a year I do a podcast myself with my newsletter. If you have not yet signed-up, please enter your name and email in the form. In these podcasts, I write a newsletter article and then read it so my learners ha...
Worried, I tried to apply the academic pressure to my son, but quickly gave in to his pleas, "Please, Mommy, I just want to play." Well, my son played through grade school and high school. He played at "making stuff," like computers and ham radio. He showed ...
I do enjoy listening to AM radio when the opportunity presents itself. There are a few talk shows that interest me. Even though I can listen to most any of these on the internet, I enjoy the good old fashioned ‘airwaves’ too. <grin> ...
The average Korean, keeping in mind that Seoul’s suburbs are no more than 10 miles from the border, really doesn’t think much of the perceived conflict. However, it’s very obvious to one upon tuning in on the radio, especially on AM and shortwave. The majority of the jammers on the...
With a powerful shortwave radio and a battery of TV screens, he broke national news long before the internet, scooping everything from the Entebbe raid to the first Gulf War Had he been born two or three decades later, Miki Gurdus would probably have been just another middle-aged man glued...
The enhancement of English listening ability cant just rely on the class. Students should strengthen daily training, for example, listen to English radio, and watch English TV or movies, to communicate with English speaking people, are the effective ways to improve the English listening. In ...