I took a break from shortwave listening during most of April and half of May. Time to get going again! I took my Eton E5 off the shelf and...

I like hearing mailbag shows on shortwave stations. It's a nice supplement to the news that a station covers, and it provides opinions ...

People shopping for their first shortwave receiver often have a budget in mind, and may have checked out one or more radios at retail stores...

7210 khz ssb, 12 Mar 2006, 0441-0445 UTC. Received in San Francisco, CA, USA with an Eton E5 and its whip antenna. This amateur operator wa...

On 11 March 2006, Art Bell mentioned the solar cycle forecast on Coast to Coast AM . Our sun was virtually devoid of sunspots in February 2...

I had a half-hour reception of Radio Netherlands tonight with my Eton E5, which I will write about in a future reception report post. Radio...

Part of the allure of shortwave radio for me is that interesting things happen outside the bounds of intentions. For example, while in Nort...

In February 2006, I emailed a shortwave reception report to the Voice of Russia. They replied quickly, stating that they could not confirm ...