The Shuttle To Short Wave

August, 1983

If E.T. Had Tuned in to Earth's short-wave-radio spectrum instead of landing in a California suburb, he could have learned everything he needed to know about our planet and avoided all the mess. While he was busy collecting samples of bushes, the British Broadcasting Company was broadcasting an intelligent overview of world events. Radio Moscow was interviewing a Soviet scientist in English on a biological breakthrough and Radio Australia was sending out musical sounds recorded earlier that day...