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World Service can be picked up on Short Wave from a long distance from the transmitters https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2x9tqt6mc05vB2S37j8MWMJ/globa

• BoxOfRain 5y ago
  That's cool, I'll have to have a listen on a nearby SDR. Interestingly the World Service's old mediumwave frequency 648 kHz is now being used by none other than the famous pirates Radio Caroline. They still use their radio ship, though the studios link over 4G to a land-based transmitter now to save fuel. Those guys would definitely have featured on HN quite often if it'd been around then, the engineering and hacker spirit that went into their operation was insane.
  • iso1210 5y ago
    I listen to WS in my car in the UK via DAB. I knew someone from student TV who worked on DRM for BBC R&D for a while - DRM being "Digital Radio Mondiale", or Digital Shortwave. DAB struggled to gain traction over the last 20 years, I don't know anywhere near enough about shortwave transmissions in general to know if DRM has any chance, but a quick look doesn't look very impressive compared with normal shortwave.