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BlogOrDie.com is a private website that publishes an opinion, educational articles, and research information on current events, politics, travel, technology, and religion. It also includes personal commentary from the site's owner, Kevin Davidson. The Shortwave blog is here to provide you with information about radio technologies along with some product review articles.
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
1M ago
The Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS), as it is called in the North America, or simply RDS in the rest of the world, is a protocol for embedding data in an FM/VHF broadcast. The data can include the station name ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
1M ago
Weather radios are an interesting genre of radio. Some of them are specifically designed as emergency radios and some are general coverage radios with a weather feature added. I seem to have accumulated 8 weather radios. Here’s the photo array ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
1M ago
I have a new radio this week, an iRonsnow IR-688 emergency radio. I bought it on sale for $34.99 from Amazon, not to collect or to test, but to sit in the window and get weather alerts. It did arrive ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
1M ago
I’ve never seen a radio with more tuning modes than the Qodosen SR-286. I thought it might be worth the time to go through everything related to the topic in a tutorial. Broadly speaking there are 5 areas in tuning ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
1M ago
I’ve never seen a radio with more tuning modes than the Qodosen SR-286. I thought it might be worth the time to go through everything related to the topic in a tutorial. Broadly speaking there are 5 areas in tuning ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
5M ago
I bought my LiJiANi Rd239 in November of 2023, with Version 2.8 firmware. Prior to November, the radios had V2.7, and now in December, I’ve learned it’s 2.9! I emailed the address in the user guide and they sent me ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
5M ago
These two radios, arriving within a couple of days of each other, cry out for comparison. Both are in roughly the same price range: the Rd239 was $41.92 including tax from Amazon and the D-109WB costs $46 including shipping direct ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
5M ago
A Black Friday sale item caught my eye on Amazon for just under $40. The first thing that jumps out is the coverage: FM/MW/SW/AIR/VHF/Weather. It also has weather alerts, MP3 Play/Record, external antenna jack, AUX in jack and a flashlight/reading ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
8M ago
I talked about my Under $50 Radios and my Under $100 Radios and now it’s time to take a look at the much smaller top shelf. The group is: Model Amazon.com price1 Firmware Eton Elite Executive $199.00 Unknown Tecsun PL-660 ..read more
Blog or Die! » Shortwave Radio
9M ago
Here I compare 4 great Tecsun radios; Three are still in production, and the PL-660 can still be purchased new. PL-660 Introduction The PL-660 was introduced in 2010 and I’ve owned mine since December of 2011; it’s been a great ..read more