Grundig Mini 400 Shortwave Radio

The Grundig Mini 400 Super Compact AM/FM Shortwave Radio with Digital Display is the perfect travel radio for keeping informed of natural and man made disasters and emergencies around the globe. What makes this compact radio stand out is its capability to not only receive normal AM/FM broadcasts but to also receive Shortwave Radio broadcasts over extremely long distances. Shortwave radio was initially thought to not be a reliable form of communication but over the years, we have found it to be just he opposite. Using a principal known as skywave or propagation, shortwave radio transmissions are broadcast then, using the earth's ionosphere, are bounced back to earth over incredible distances. This means that these radios can communicate farther than VHF which relies on "line of sight" transmissions. Shortwave transmissions actually curve with the shape of the earth which means one can literally talk, or listen, to the other side of the earth if the conditions are right. Because of