Shortwave is old technology, but folks at WRMI will tell you there are plenty of shortwave radios in Russia and Eastern Europe.and most important “shortwave is known as crisis radio and in times of crisis people will look to their shortwave radio and start tuning around,” White says.  And what will they find? Unfettered news of the invasion, no censorship and they can hear the news in Russian, Ukrainian and even in English being beamed their way from that cow pasture in Okeechobee, Florida.