Even though it is made for car radios, the device is versatile and can pick up shortwave as well as the usual broadcast bands, with the right configuration.

With the push to having most of a radio receiver as part of a PC ... the small form factor would be great for backpacking or portable use and it isn’t that expensive. It does seem to work ...

In the last few years, the interest in listening to Deutsche Welle radio broadcasts via shortwave has decreased rapidly in North America. As a result Deutsche Welle decided to cease shortwave ...