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Small and Powerful Travelling Companion
Sony's ICF-SW1 receives the whole broadcast radio spectrum and comes with lots of extras
8 mins21 Apr 1988
Celebrating Global Telecommunications
World Telecommunications Day celebrates 123 years of invention
8 mins12 May 1988
FM Radio gets Added Digital Value with RDS
Radio Data Systems (RDS) technology will transform in-car listening
8 mins02 Jun 1988
Inside the ��ý Radiophonic Workshop
Roger Limb at the home of the electronic music and sound effects heard across the ��ý
8 mins18 Sep 1988
Changing Seasons and Frequencies
News about frequency changes
9 mins22 Sep 1988
'We broadcast to the world, about the world' – John Tusa
��ý Radio Show in London, plus interview with John Tusa, managing director World Service
9 mins03 Oct 1988
The Sun: How it affects Radio on Earth
The Sun and how solar activity affects radio broadcasting and reception on Earth
8 mins03 Feb 1989
The Sun: The Power of Solar Radiation
How radiation from our "local star", the Sun, affects short wave broadcasting on Earth
9 mins19 Feb 1989
The Sun: Radio Telescopes unlock its Secrets
How radio astronomy is helping to discover how the Sun works
9 mins02 Mar 1989
Is this the end of Morse's dots and dashes?
Has Morse code a future in the internet age?
8 mins09 Mar 1989
The Sun: How it controls the invisible Reflector above the Earth
How short wave radio depends on the ionosphere and the Sun
9 mins16 Mar 1989
The Sun: Listening to Sunspots
Listening to sunspots: last in series about our "local star" and how it affects radio
9 mins30 Mar 1989
Sun-Storm Warning for Radio Listeners
Storm warning in the ionosphere for short wave listeners
9 mins06 Apr 1989
What does that Acronym Mean?
More letters in the Wave Guide Alphabet series: U and V
8 mins15 Jun 1989
Heading for a 'Solar Maximum'
Sunspot and solar flare activity is approaching a very large 'solar maximum'
9 mins22 Jun 1989
Fax that sends Photographs by Phone
New photo-fax machine transmits photographs by telephone
9 mins03 Sep 1989
W is for Waveband
W is for 'waveband' in the Wave Guide Alphabet series
9 mins04 Sep 1989
Radio Tech Clinic
Richard Lamley answers listeners' technical questions abour their radio sets
8 mins04 Jan 1990
The ��ý gets 'the pips'
��ý takes over the radio time signal from the Royal Greenwich Observatory after 66 years
8 mins08 Feb 1990
World Radio TV Handbook 1990
Why the 1990 World Radio TV Handbook has a new section for satellite broadcasters
8 mins22 Feb 1990
Finding all Europe on your Dial
'Dial-Search': one man's mission to help radio listeners
9 mins12 Apr 1990
Radio Frequencies are Key to the Mobile-phone Market
Deregulation of radio frequencies has allowed rapid growth in mobile communications in UK
9 mins02 Aug 1990
World Service jammed by Iraq after Invasion of Kuwait
��ý World Service programming jammed in the Middle East at the start of the Gulf War
8 mins16 Aug 1990
Radio waves: Look, no wires!
Radio waves carry many non-verbal signals to and from men and machines
7 mins06 Sep 1990
Why short wave Listeners need the Sun
The Sun is 93 million miles away but solar activity controls short wave reception on Earth
8 mins07 Nov 1990
The Broadcasting Year: Review of 1990
World Service's response to events such as the invasion of Kuwait and German reunification
9 mins20 Dec 1990
World Service TV could start in Spring
World Service television could start in spring, reports this 10th anniversary edition
8 mins14 Jan 1991
World Radio TV Handbook 1991
The latest World Radio TV Handbook is indispensable for listeners and professionals alike
9 mins07 Feb 1991
How the Portable Radio started in a Saucepan
Radio design and technology: from blue saucepans to transistors and RDS
9 mins14 Feb 1991
Back to Basics: Choosing a short wave Radio
What to look for when you're choosing a short wave radio set
9 mins23 Feb 1991