Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave radio frequencies.
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11 Facts About Shortwave radio
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Shortwave broadcasts of radio programs played an important role in the early days of radio history.
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Guglielmo Marconi, pioneer of Shortwave radio, commissioned his assistant Charles Samuel Franklin to carry out a large-scale study into the transmission characteristics of short-wavelength waves and to determine their suitability for long-distance transmissions.
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Shortwave radio stations had cost and efficiency advantages over massive longwave wireless installations.
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Long-distance radio circuits reduced the need for new cables, although the cables maintained their advantages of high security and a much more reliable and better-quality signal than shortwave.
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Amateur radio operators discovered that long-distance communication was possible on shortwave bands.
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Shortwave radio does possess a number of advantages over newer technologies, including the following:.
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Shortwave radio's benefits are sometimes regarded as being outweighed by its drawbacks, including:.
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The future of shortwave radio is threatened by the rise of power line communication, known as Broadband over Power Lines, which uses a data stream transmitted over unshielded power lines.
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Shortwave radio is a legacy technology, which is expensive and environmentally unfriendly.
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Shortwave radio remains the most accessible international communications medium that still provides listeners with the protection of complete anonymity.
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