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BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA

c/world · u/technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 69 points

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/37237021

> Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channel

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250424195113/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/24/bbc-launches-satellite-news-channel-myanmar-trump-silences-voa

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u/SarcasticMan@lemmy.world · 3 points

I'm not a radio wizard, I don't know all the technical terms but with a cheap AM/FM Shortwave radio like a C. Crane knock-off with a wire antenna, you can pick up all sorts of shit, especially in the evenings.

As for my sanity? Well, it helps pass the time. We used to hunt on a ranch on the Devil's River it was 40k acres. You get back there away from everything, it can get boring, lol.

I used it during Harvey as well. It has a weather band, and, I think, an emergency band. I got it on Alibaba or Wish IDR.

u/SarcasticMan@lemmy.world · 3 points

AM, FM, NOAA Weather band plus Alert, Shortwave (2300 - 26100 kHz), VHF Aviation. I will dig it out and take a picture when I get home. I don't know shit about radios so maybe I am explaining it wrong.

u/SarcasticMan@lemmy.world · 6 points

Just a little AM/FM Shortwave radio like the ones C Crane makes. You can get them off Alibaba or one of those sites for under $50. They do AM, FM, NOAA Weather band plus Alert, Shortwave (2300 - 26100 kHz), VHF Aviation.

I used mine during Harvey and I keep one in my hunting bag for listening to whatever I can find in the evenings when we aren't hunting especially if we are in some far-flung place.

u/who@feddit.org · 3 points

Everyone should have a short wave of some sort and a good portable antenna.

Do you mean a two-way radio, or just a receiver? Why?

Mine has saved my sanity a couple of times out in Nowhere, West Texas.

How?

u/SarcasticMan@lemmy.world · 14 points

Everyone should have a short wave of some sort and a good portable antenna. You can get them just a little bigger than a deck of cards and USB C rechargeable. The antenna can wrap around it for the total size of a small field notebook. Mine has saved my sanity a couple of times out in Nowhere, West Texas.

Edit: AM, FM, NOAA Weather band plus Alert, Shortwave (2300 - 26100 kHz), VHF Aviation!

This is what I am talking about.