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i     1 .SH tgtimes	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     2 BBC Reviving the Plain Old Radio	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     3 .2C 31v	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     4 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     5 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     6 BBC, one of the earliest if not the first radio broadcasting ever,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     7 comes back to using a WWII era technology, to overcome limitation	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     8 Russia imposes over Ukraine.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     9 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    10 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    11 In between a rain of missiles and a short moment of temporary peace,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    12 fetching information on what is happening around is a relief, maybe	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    13 even a requirement for survival.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    14 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    15 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    16 Internet infrastructure of Ukraine are being impacted, and the	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    17 backbone getting shackled by all kind of limitations, provoked the	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    18 BBC news bulletin to be unreachable.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    19 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    20 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    21 A more primitive way to broadcast critical headlines than Internet:	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    22 \fBshortwave radio\fR, which can live off a simple emitter for covering	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    23 a large region.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    24 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    25 .QP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    26 It has launched two new shortwave frequencies in the region for	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    27 four hours of World Service English news a day. These frequencies	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    28 can be received clearly in Kyiv and parts of Russia.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    29 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    30 .FS	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    31 https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/millions-of-russians-turn-to-bbc-news	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    32 .FE	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    33 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    34 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    35 Shortly after, possessing a shortwave radio device at home became	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    36 forbidden, proving that in spite of being a low-technology solution,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    37 it was efficient enough to disturb the control of the press by the	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    38 government.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    39 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    40 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    41 This showcases how quickly-deployed and resilient simple technologies	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    42 can be in comparison to fragile, high-tech interdependent ecosystems.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    43 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    44 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    45 Radio is also trivially interfaced with high-tech: Any person with	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    46 an analog emitter may start broadcasting a radio signal, reading a	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    47 news digest out loud.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    48 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    49 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    50 Given instructions, a receiver is also very easy to build with	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    51 scavenged parts. An antenna is simply a wire producing an input	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    52 signal, that after demodulation, becomes a sound signal to be fed	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    53 to a speaker.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    54 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    55 .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    56 It also shows benefits of putting all the technically difficult	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    57 parts onto the side of the content producer. It helps with adoption of	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    58 a new technology: Making the client device/software trivial and safe	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    59 to build, setup and use.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    60 .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    61 .FS	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    62 https://hackaday.com/2022/03/17/owning-a-shortwave-radio	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    63 .FE	Err	bitreich.org	70
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