I get that this is legacy technology that’s been shoved mostly out if the way. But I also think most people are packrats and buried in many basements or the back of many more closets than we think is a radio with shortwave capability that’s been forgotten about. This is probably truer in Europe where the memory of war is more visceral.
For better or worse, this legacy tech still “works” in some dire circumstances where the newer ones don’t in much the same way that an analog signal gets through —albeit in degraded form — when digital completely disappears. What’s the harm in trying then? John Figliozzi Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2022, at 9:19 AM, craig.51...@juno.com wrote: > > > In my travels abroad I have observed that even inexpensive "boom boxes" have > at least one short-wave band. Knowing where to tune is a horse of a different > color. During WWII they dropped leaflets with such info. > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Richard D angelo <rdange...@aol.com> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <swlfest@hard-core-dx.com> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] [NASWA] Radio in Wartime > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2022 10:30:37 -0500 > > Interesting segment on the historic benefit of shortwave broadcasting to > tyrant ruled areas but how relevant is it today when democratic governments > stopped using shortwave as a communications device on a regular basis? Who in > the Ukrainian world or Russia knows where to tune in the shortwave spectrum > for such new broadcasting activities? > > Maybe too little too late? > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 6, 2022, at 8:55 AM, John A. Figliozzi <jfigl...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > The BBC Radio 4 program “The World at One†today had a brief (too > brief, in my opinion) piece on the ability of radio — the “wireless†> — to penetrate sequestered locations with information where all else, > including social media and the Internet fails. Maybe the tiniest bit of > intelligence in this regard is just starting to be realized again in the > wider world of communications. > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00153y7 > > > The report starts around 27 minutes into this 30 minute program. > > John Figliozzi > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > swlfest-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > swlfest-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com
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