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Re:BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news... by zrm on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:19AM (#30564869)
Shortwave is neat and everything, but isn't this also the bailiwick of Tor and pluggable transports and the whole internet anti-censorship ecosystem?
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Re:BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news... by pabs3 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:28AM (#30564912)
BBC added an onion server too:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50150981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21343241

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Re:BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news... by LeoPanthera on Saturday March 05, 2022 @02:13AM (#30565180)
Receiving shortwave radio doesn't require a functioning internet. Actually it doesn't require any infrastructure at all. Just a radio and a battery.
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Re:BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news... by updatedprocess on Saturday March 05, 2022 @03:55AM (#30565756)
What, no wind up short wave radios available?
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Re:BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news... by LeoPanthera on Saturday March 05, 2022 @03:09PM (#30571386)
Yes there are, but the crank usually charges a battery, rather than powering a dynamo.
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