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Plan to return Radio Vanuatu to its former glory - Radio New Zealand

Posted: 21 Apr 2016 08:39 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...s-former-glory


Plan to return Radio Vanuatu to its former glory
Radio New Zealand
As Bridget Tunnicliffe reports, short wave radio is being seen as important
as ever in the Pacific. The need to get early warnings to people,
especially in more remote areas has been highlighted by the increased
frequency of severe tropical cyclones.

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Vietnam: Capt. Gary Kline, of Bismarck - Bismarck Tribune

Posted: 21 Apr 2016 09:59 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...20a30bd33.html


Bismarck Tribune
Vietnam: Capt. Gary Kline, of Bismarck
Bismarck Tribune
A couple of times he and his wife, Barbara, who was in Iowa, were able to
use the MARS system, a shortwave radio. “One of our helicopter company
communication sergeants rigged up one of the low-frequency systems. They
would patch us back and forth," ...



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Next-generation space weather simulator to improve forecasting, satellite
tracking during storms - EurekAlert (press release)

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 07:32 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...a-ul042216.php


EurekAlert (press release)
Next-generation space weather simulator to improve forecasting, satellite
tracking during storms
EurekAlert (press release)
High-frequency radio waves, used in military, governmental and aviation
communications, weather stations, maritime sea-to-shore services and
distress communications and shortwave international and regional
broadcasting, are also affected by the ...



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Lunch with the FT: Jin Liqun - Financial Times

Posted: 21 Apr 2016 08:01 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...9ac32c284.html


Financial Times
Lunch with the FT: Jin Liqun
Financial Times
He spent three-quarters of his annual salary on a second-hand Websters
English dictionary, a worn-out Remington typewriter and a short-wave
transistor radio so he could listen to the 5pm news and radio plays in
English via the BBCs Far Eastern relay ...



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Better Flood Forecasting Methods Are In The Works - WBUR

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 11:36 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...asting-methods


WBUR
Better Flood Forecasting Methods Are In The Works
WBUR
(the mobile phone application alerts are far too general to be of any
specific value.....and let the record show that short wave and AM radio are
of far greater value in public emergency situations, than are
fancyfones--their networks remain vulnerable ...

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