shortwave radio
Americannoun
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Many are small Chinese tankers that make their presence and origin known to the Revolutionary Guard through loudspeakers and shortwave radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
They communicated with her via shortwave radio, playing a waltz and a song from the opera Madame Butterfly as signals that her handlers had a message for her.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
News of the Fulro president's death had never reached Hin Nie on his shortwave radio set.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
Ms. Scholte, who was involved in efforts to broadcast shortwave radio and other informational messages from South Korea into North Korea, said the hackers also impersonated a South Korean diplomat.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
I remembered him tucking me in, and us listening to a person speaking Greek on the shortwave radio, and him telling me a story about New York’s sixth borough.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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