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Never been in a tropical storm but I have been forced to leave areas ahead of bushfire fronts and travel close to fire effected areas. I dread the day some extremist nutcase defunds ABC Radio. You can’t always rely on phone reception.

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Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

A lot of old tech is better

The Battlestar Galactica effect.

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BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I urge people to keep a handheld radio on their shelf with a couple of good batteries in it. Just a speaker and an analogue tuner.

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- TimePencil@infosec.exchange ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  @BlueSquid0741
  Better to keep the batteries 'out' of the radio, but stored 'with' the radio.
  If fitted to even a simple device like a torch, pretty much any battery can leak.
  If the radio's battery terminals become corroded from a leaking battery...
  ...well, it's not good.
  (Please don't ask me how I know this...)
  @shirro
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