Shortwave

Time accuracy superior to telephone time accuracy is available throughout Canada and in many other parts of the world by means of NRC's radio time signals broadcast continuously from short wave radio station CHU. If corrections are made for the propagatio

Canada's iconic CHU shortwave time signal station will shut down on June 22, 2026. Learn the history of CHU, why it mattered to radio hobbyists, and what its closure means for shortwave radio in Canada.

I was saddened to learn this morning (from multiple readers) that Canada's venerable shortwave time station, CHU, may soon fall silent. According to a notice posted by Canada's National Research Co…

The regime is overmatched militarily, but still has tools for returning fire.

Shortwave radio has a charm all its own: part history, part mystery, and a whole lot of tech nostalgia. The Hallicrafters S-53A is a prime example of mid-century engineering, but when you get your han...

Aeschylus is credited first for the time-worn aphorism that in war, truth is the first casualty. But in the next major conflict, truth could find itself joined by virtually all information. As a society at war, we face becoming blind, deaf and dumb once t