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| As far as I can work out, if you want radio reception in the remote parts of the UK Highlands then you are out of luck - unless you like Radio 4 and have a long wave receiver. | As far as I can work out, if you want radio reception in the remote parts of the UK Highlands then you are out of luck - unless you like Radio 4 and have a long wave receiver. | ||
| - | As it happens, I like Radio 4, but I don't have a long wave receiver. These aren't made anymore, which is fair enough given that Radio 4 is the only station broadcast in the UK and that will go offline as soon as [[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/oct/09/bbc-radio4-long-wave-goodbye|the next ancient valve breaks}}. | + | As it happens, I like Radio 4, but I don't have a long wave receiver. These aren't made anymore, which is fair enough given that Radio 4 is the only station broadcast in the UK and that will go offline as soon as [[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/oct/09/bbc-radio4-long-wave-goodbye|the next ancient valve breaks]]. |
| But what happens if you want to go hiking away from it all except for a bit of news? | But what happens if you want to go hiking away from it all except for a bit of news? | ||
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| + | Well, a ferrite rod, a few turns of copper wire and a three leg amplifier may work - I'll update if it does... | ||