How to tune in AM talk radio and shortwave from your PC, tablet, or smart phone - anywhere with internet access. Listen to live signals, in any country, without your own radio, for free and no strings attached. It may sound crazy, but such a thing is real. This book shows you how to tune in the world using remote radio receivers located all over the world. It is a recent and powerful technology combining software defined radio with broadband internet. With KiwiSDRs, you can be anywhere and enjoy AM radio from Brazil or Australia on your PC or phone. You can be in Athens or Singapore and tune in ham radio signals heard in Vancouver or Dublin. Internet connected receivers like the KiwiSDR democratize shortwave radio. This book is an operator's reference, giving technical knowledge, best operating practices, and techniques which really work. Whether you a ham radio operator, journalist, or simply a person who enjoys radio, this book will help you make the most of the hundreds of KiwiSDRs around the world. Where did this nifty internet connected shortwave radio come from? A confluence of trends made the KiwiSDR possible. Computing power was becoming less costly and more compact. Radio and software engineers were improving in methods of digitally processing signals, relying less on coils, crystals, diodes, and capacitors and more on mathematics. Funding for the KiwiSDR came from crowdfunding: amassing a lot of small donations from people around the world who learned about the project on and believed it was worth supporting. Smaller than a cigar box, the KiwiSDR contains an RF board paired with a small single board computer, which runs a snappy little web server. Users hear the stations they tune and see the actual radio signal, shown on a "waterfall display." Multiple listeners may connect to the radio at once, listening to different signals, as the KiwiSDR samples the radio spectrum and serves up virtual slices on demand. As a listener, you only need a web browser and an internet connection. You don't need your own radio and antenna. The KiwiSDR is a tool of freedom, in a way, as people subject to censorship in their countries may tune in and listen to free media beyond their borders. Some governments block internet access to broadcasters like the BBC, trying to cut their people off from news the government can't control. But anyone can open a KiwiSDR located overseas and access the blocked programming. Censors cannot find or track the hundreds and hundreds of KiwiSDR sites set up around the world. KiwiSDRs defeat censorship. This illustrated guide was written by a daily KiwiSDR user, who tells you about the radio's history, how to get connected, and how to operate it. If you own a KiwiSDR, this book is a great reference for setting it up and getting the best performance out of it, while avoiding the pitfalls which await all radio operators. It is a fun to read book - technical topics mixed with a pinch of dry humor.