3 ms·
> Widespread blocking of radio requires a totally different magnitude of effort. Like bombing every location someone transmits from? It sounds like they very m
by krisoft 3y ago
> Widespread blocking of radio requires a totally different magnitude of effort.
Like bombing every location someone transmits from? It sounds like they very much have the means to do it if they want to.
- LordShredda 3y agoI was going to say that targeting civilians is a war crime no matter who does it, but that doesn't seem to be an issue
- objclxt 3y ago> Like bombing every location someone transmits from? This is a Medium Wave service, it doesn’t work that way. The signals are reflected by the ionosphere, you can broadcast from thousands of miles away. Nobody is going to be bombing Cyprus, where the BBC transmit from. The best you could do is jam the signal, but that’s cat-and-mouse at best.
- gruez 3y ago>but that’s cat-and-mouse at best. How hard is it to buy jammers for the common frequencies?
- sandworm101 3y agoPowerful enough to jam the BBC across Gaza? Hard.
- vr46 3y agoI’m sure a lot of people would love to bomb the BBC out of existence but that might be hard.
- krisoft 3y agoI really don’t mean the BBC. The comment i responded was comparing the ease of shutting down the internet to the supposed hardness of shutting down amateur radio transmissions. If you were in Gaza and in posession of a radio amateur set would you dare to turn it on? I woudln’t. I would be too affraid that would lead to a strike on my location. Besides with what fuel to power the radio?