If you spent the 1970s obsessively browsing through the Radio Shack catalog, you probably remember the DX-160 shortwave receiver. You might have even had one. The radio looked suspiciously like the ...

RadioShack Portable Retro AM/FM/SW 3-Band Radio: This week I have a blast from the past from RadioShack, a brand that needs no introduction. RadioShack stores once graced most every shopping mall in ...

For those who purchased their first personal computer, shortwave radio or set of walkie-talkies from this Texas-based electronics retailer, this could signal an end to an era. RadioShack has filed for ...

[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 ...

As a long-time RW contributor (my first article was in June 1990) and even longer-time shortwave radio fan and broadcaster (Radio Canada International, HCJB in Ecuador, radioEARTH, and Monitor Radio; ...

There are all kinds of shortwave radio stations in the world, but WBCQ seems unique. Allan Weiner at the foot of the rotatable antenna installed in 2018. Located in Monticello, Maine, WBCQ is an up-to ...