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Transistor radios are great in a crisis - cheap devices on comeback trail after PM's comments


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7 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Wrong from start to end.

You want to rely on mobile gadgets and internet?

Maybe you should check with your home country disaster plans/offices?

Batteries and radio on every list.

 

 

you are wrong from end to start and from start to end and from middle to start.

 

I got satellite emergency signals regardless if my phone gets a signal.

 

u gotta get with the 19th century, bro.   batteries are so 1000 BC

 

transistor radios have tik tok?  no!!!

 

smartphones are the future......   even my iphone watch will work!!!!    will call 911, do everything....   radios and batteries???? hahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha

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2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Wrong from start to end.

You want to rely on mobile gadgets and internet?

Maybe you should check with your home country disaster plans/offices?

Batteries and radio on every list.

 

 

Your not incorrect.

 

In a disaster which you are directly involved.

 

Im 60. Below are # of life threatening disasters I've been directly involved with:

 

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Radios (including CB) are used in cases of disasters all  over the world. I know people can't resist an opportunity to bash Prayut, and he deserves it more often than not, but using radios in case of "emergencies" is the way to go.

 

It's been used regularly in hurricane affected areas when the electricity / internet are down.

 

 

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And no doubt his next brainwave will be pigeon farms:- 

However , joking apart, "trannies" are a pretty good idea as long as the Gov't/Opposition don't use them as a political tool!

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  I’ve always had a few a.m./f.m./s.w. transistor radios around.  Using Eveready Lithium AA batteries.   And I have always kept several sets of extra batteries.  My radios can run for months on and off, on a set of batteries.  
   Also receiving shortwave..they can pick up signals around the world. Especially if you connect an extra 20 or 30 feet of wire to the antenna, or plug an extension antenna in. 
    Kaito KA1102.  And Eton E100    Great little radios. And the Kaito also gets single side band (SSB) on shortwave.  They don’t make them anymore unfortunately.  I keep mine in protective zipper cases that fit them snuggly.  They’re like brand new. 
   Absolutely a great source of information in the event of disaster. 

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