shortwave
shortwave
Definition
short·wave (-wāv′)
noun
- an electromagnetic wave that is shorter than those used in commercial broadcasting, usually a radio wave 60 meters or less in length
- a radio or radio band for broadcasting or receiving shortwaves
- the band of frequencies (approximately 1.7 to 30 megahertz) used for shortwave transmissions by international broadcasters, licensed amateurs and other operators
- the transmissions that are broadcast
shortwave
Telecom Definition
Referring to the short wavelength of high frequency (HF) radio, which is in the frequency range of 3
shortwave
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Western governments still use shortwave as the main way to project foreign policy overseas, according to Radio Netherlands.
Modifies a noun
- sportfishing: Shortwave Sportfishing... thats kind of the point of the test isn't it?
- transmitter: Some opposition groups beam radio broadcasts to Ethiopia using hired shortwave transmitters overseas.
- radiation: At sunrise, the shortwave radiation from the Sun begins to heat the ground.
- radio: Talk over shortwave radio with York Amateur Radio Society Find out how beer is brewed during a special Science Tour at York Brewery.
- broadcast: Your friends are right, you'd be better off with a multiband radio that can receive AM, FM and shortwave broadcasts.
- frequency: Many stations around the world broadcast on shortwave frequencies.
Noun used with modifier
- khz: Radio Monte Carlo - Broadcasts from Montevideo, Uruguay, on 930 kHz mediumwave and on 9595 kHz shortwave as well in RealAudio.
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