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article-tgtimes-bbc-reviving-the-radio.mw (2051B) |
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1 .SH tgtimes |
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2 BBC Reviving the Plain Old Radio |
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3 .2C 31v |
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5 .PP |
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6 BBC, one of the earliest if not the first radio broadcasting ever, |
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7 comes back to using a WWII era technology, to overcome limitation |
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8 Russia imposes over Ukraine. |
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10 .PP |
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11 In between a rain of missiles and a short moment of temporary peace, |
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12 fetching information on what is happening around is a relief, maybe |
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13 even a requirement for survival. |
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15 .PP |
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16 Internet infrastructure of Ukraine are being impacted, and the |
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17 backbone getting shackled by all kind of limitations, provoked the |
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18 BBC news bulletin to be unreachable. |
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21 A more primitive way to broadcast critical headlines than Internet: |
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22 \fBshortwave radio\fR, which can live off a simple emitter for covering |
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23 a large region. |
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25 .QP |
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26 It has launched two new shortwave frequencies in the region for |
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27 four hours of World Service English news a day. These frequencies |
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28 can be received clearly in Kyiv and parts of Russia. |
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29 . |
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30 .FS |
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31 https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/millions-of-russians-turn-to-bbc-news |
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32 .FE |
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35 Shortly after, possessing a shortwave radio device at home became |
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36 forbidden, proving that in spite of being a low-technology solution, |
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37 it was efficient enough to disturb the control of the press by the |
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38 government. |
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39 . |
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40 .PP |
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41 This showcases how quickly-deployed and resilient simple technologies |
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42 can be in comparison to fragile, high-tech interdependent ecosystems. |
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43 . |
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44 .PP |
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45 Radio is also trivially interfaced with high-tech: Any person with |
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46 an analog emitter may start broadcasting a radio signal, reading a |
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47 news digest out loud. |
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49 .PP |
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50 Given instructions, a receiver is also very easy to build with |
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51 scavenged parts. An antenna is simply a wire producing an input |
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52 signal, that after demodulation, becomes a sound signal to be fed |
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53 to a speaker. |
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54 . |
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55 .PP |
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56 It also shows benefits of putting all the technically difficult |
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57 parts onto the side of the content producer. It helps with adoption of |
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58 a new technology: Making the client device/software trivial and safe |
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59 to build, setup and use. |
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60 . |
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61 .FS |
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62 https://hackaday.com/2022/03/17/owning-a-shortwave-radio |
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63 .FE |
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