BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
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Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#2Due to the high possibility of censorship on so many sites, coupled with a constantly shifting mainstream narrative, it’s hard to believe any headline coming from a mainstream (approved) source.
Ukraine, for instance, seems to be a divided country, much like the US, where there is an approved narrative and near blanket censorship.
Some Ukrainians want to return to Russian rule, and some want the West to intervene. In Russia, there are citizens who love and ones who hate their government. Some embrace the West, some distrust and hate the West (especially America—based on the mainstream narrative, which is heavily censored).
Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#3If you'd like to listen to the broadcast over shortwave but don't have a radio at home, there are many SDR receivers online throughout the world. I've had good luck with this map https://rx-tx.info/map-sdr-points
Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#4Doesn't look like very sophisticated blocking, on MTS at least they seem to intercept DNS traffic and respond to www.bbc.com wtih their own
If you ignore the certificate warning you get a redirect to http://blocked.mts.ru/?host=www.bbc.com
Which states (in Russian):
Access to the information resource is limited on the basis of the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 N 149-FZ "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection
If you override the DNS entry, it loads fine, at least for me on my MTS circuit.
Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#5Due to the high possibility of censorship on so many sites, coupled with a constantly shifting mainstream narrative, it’s hard to believe any headline coming from a mainstream (approved) source. Ukraine, for instance, seems to be a divided country, much like the US, where there is an approved narrative and near blanket censorship. Some Ukrainians want to return to Russian rule, and some want the West to intervene. In…
Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#6What measures does the Russian government take to prevent access to foreign media?
Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#7Due to the high possibility of censorship on so many sites, coupled with a constantly shifting mainstream narrative, it’s hard to believe any headline coming from a mainstream (approved) source. Ukraine, for instance, seems to be a divided country, much like the US, where there is an approved narrative and near blanket censorship. Some Ukrainians want to return to Russian rule, and some want the West to intervene. In…
A very small minority wanted to return to Russian rule on the eve of the invasion according to polling of Ukrainian people.
And even if they did want to return to Russian rule (which they didn't), the just thing would've been to hold a referendum. They are a democracy after all.
Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#8Due to the high possibility of censorship on so many sites, coupled with a constantly shifting mainstream narrative, it’s hard to believe any headline coming from a mainstream (approved) source. Ukraine, for instance, seems to be a divided country, much like the US, where there is an approved narrative and near blanket censorship. Some Ukrainians want to return to Russian rule, and some want the West to intervene. In…
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Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#9Shortwave is neat and everything, but isn't this also the bailiwick of Tor and pluggable transports and the whole internet anti-censorship ecosystem?
Re: BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
#10What is the best type of radio, or best type of radios, to have in the event of a protracted, possibly nuclear conflict?
Ready.gov suggests a hand crank or NOAA weather radio. Specifically, I suppose some good goals would be:
1. Receive instructions from any functioning local or state government. This would require that the local government know which type of radio the populace is likely to be listening on, which gives an advantage to FM or weather radios.
2. Communicate with other regional survivors.
3. Global news, for which shortwave would be indispensable.
Maybe multiple radios that can receive on different frequencies would be best? I really know very little about this topic other than basic physical signal characteristics.
Edit: I don't "prep," but I occasionally browse this website when doomscrolling, which has a few suggestions: https://theprepared.com/gear/reviews/emergency-radio/