classic33
Leg End Member
Wouldn't surprise me if it was.
Recomended wind up solar radio
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This looks remarkably the same for £31 albeit only in Orange
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005013111076124.html
Cycling Badger
Active Member
I was thinking about this yesterday.
As a child I had Six-Million Dollar Man doll that came with space backpack that doubled as a radio.
You clipped a cable to a long wire, such as a fence, and then put in an ear-peace.
You then pulled the antenna up and down to tune into a frequency.
No batteries required - maybe there’s a business opportunity there.
On different thought process I started looking for secondhand rollers and Googling “How to ride on rollers.”
My thought process was that riding the bike on rollers using dynamo to charge battery pack was a lot more appealing that hand-cranking a radio. May have just been looking for an excuse to but rollers!
Meantime, bedtime reading is Walden
As a child I had Six-Million Dollar Man doll that came with space backpack that doubled as a radio.
You clipped a cable to a long wire, such as a fence, and then put in an ear-peace.
You then pulled the antenna up and down to tune into a frequency.
No batteries required - maybe there’s a business opportunity there.
On different thought process I started looking for secondhand rollers and Googling “How to ride on rollers.”
My thought process was that riding the bike on rollers using dynamo to charge battery pack was a lot more appealing that hand-cranking a radio. May have just been looking for an excuse to but rollers!
Meantime, bedtime reading is Walden
presta
Legendary Member
A crystal set.
The problem with that is they're currently closing down all the AM broadcasts.
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OK, guys and girls, question.
I now have my radio - just arrived an hour ago, so reading the instruction book (I'm female, it's what we do
) will be left to tomorrow.
My question is: what channel are you supposed to tune in for emergency government broadcasts?
I normally listen to the radio on Spotify, last time I owned an old school radio there was only AM and FM, what's DAB?
I now have my radio - just arrived an hour ago, so reading the instruction book (I'm female, it's what we do
) will be left to tomorrow.My question is: what channel are you supposed to tune in for emergency government broadcasts?
I normally listen to the radio on Spotify, last time I owned an old school radio there was only AM and FM, what's DAB?
OK, guys and girls, question.
I now have my radio - just arrived an hour ago, so reading the instruction book (I'm female, it's what we do
My question is: what channel are you supposed to tune in for emergency government broadcasts?
I normally listen to the radio on Spotify, last time I owned an old school radio there was only AM and FM, what's DAB?
The emergency broadcasts are what they have been trailing on mobiles. With AM long wave transmissions being curtailed the use of radio seems to have been dropped
Cycling Badger
Active Member
OK, guys and girls, question.
I now have my radio - just arrived an hour ago, so reading the instruction book (I'm female, it's what we do
My question is: what channel are you supposed to tune in for emergency government broadcasts?
I normally listen to the radio on Spotify, last time I owned an old school radio there was only AM and FM, what's DAB?
I thought (maybe incorrectly) if the Today Programme on Radio 4 wasn’t on-air it was “launch nukes” and kiss your A goodbye. (Child of the 80’s so may be “miss-remembering” - is that double speak?)
classic33
Leg End Member
Radio 4 and local radio stations where the suggested ones. But I don't think Radio 4 is as easy find nowadaysOK, guys and girls, question.
I now have my radio - just arrived an hour ago, so reading the instruction book (I'm female, it's what we do
My question is: what channel are you supposed to tune in for emergency government broadcasts?
I normally listen to the radio on Spotify, last time I owned an old school radio there was only AM and FM, what's DAB?
Digital Audio Broadcast.
There'd have been LW and SW, but you probably didn't listen to anything on them.
Radio 4 is easy to find on DAB and FM
Until disaster happens. That was the whole point of continuing with LW and now use of the mobile network although how effective that would be is questionable unless some someone comes up with an effective solar / crank powered mobile.
