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All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club changes game plan for future preservation

Charles City Press 15 Apr 2025
Press photo by John Burbridge ... By John Burbridge. [email protected] ... This dream originated circa 1962 when Mark Kuhn first became transfixed by the Wimbledon tennis tournament broadcasts on his grandfather’s shortwave radio ... .
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Why I love HCM City

Vietnam News 10 Apr 2025
This is the story of how I found my real home. By Ray Riches * ... My memories of lying in bed late at night with a shortwave radio, flicking and turning the dial in an attempt to hear the voice of Sài Gòn, came flooding back as I sat on the plane ... VNS ... .
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X-Class Solar Flare From Emerging Sunspot Causes Radio Blackouts

NDTV 02 Apr 2025
An unexpected X1.1-class solar flare erupted from sunspot AR4046, triggering shortwave radio blackouts over North and South America. The flare originated from the sun's eastern limb and was... .
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When night comes, we might all be listening for Radio Free Kansas

Longview News-Journal 30 Mar 2025
This is Kansas. Imagine. It’s late at night and you’re fiddling with the tuning dial of an old shortwave radio that’s been in your garage since your eccentric old uncle died and left you a pile of his favorite stuff ....
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Soviet Dissident Pavel Litvinov on Freedom of Speech Then and Now: ‘Nothing Is More Important’

Moscow Times 30 Mar 2025
What is VOA for us? In Russia, it was known as foreign radio. That included the BBC, VOA, Deutsche Welle and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ... How did VOA even reach us? We listened to it on shortwave radio ... That radio gave us life.
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EU citizens should stockpile three days worth of essential goods

Press TV 29 Mar 2025
The European Commission recommends that EU citizens should stockpile three days' worth of a dozen products considered essential for survival, including a bottle of water, a flashlight, identity documents, vitamin bars, matches, and a shortwave radio.
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The Latest: Major earthquakes strike Myanmar and Thailand

Asahi News 28 Mar 2025
After Cyclone Mocha in 2023, Radio Free Asia’s Burmese Service beamed more than 70 stories in 10 days to its audience via shortwave radio, satellite TV and social media.
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Why is the European Union urging citizens to stockpile crisis supplies and prepare for disaster?

The Oregonian 28 Mar 2025
... said it’s important “to make sure people have essential supplies for at least 72 hours in a crisis.” She listed food, water, flashlights, ID papers, medicine and shortwave radios as things to stock.
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Europe says 'emerging threats' mean people should stockpile enough supplies for 72 hours. Here's what ...

Business Insider 28 Mar 2025
Kelman said people should try to ensure they have a radio — either battery-powered or wind-up. Outgoing communication is "a lot more challenging" unless people want to invest in walkie-talkies or shortwave outgoing radios, he said ... He added ... ....
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For exiled Tibetans, U.S. funding was always about more than just aid

News India Times 28 Mar 2025
MUST CREDIT ... The U.S ... Tenzin Lodoe, a secretary in the Mundgod settlement office who fled to India when he was 11, recalled listening to VOA on his shortwave radio as a small child, hungry for news about the Dalai Lama and crackdowns by Chinese troops.
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EU urges citizens to stockpile essentials to last 72 hours for emergencies

The Times of India 27 Mar 2025
... necessity of maintaining 'essential supplies for at least 72 hours in a crisis.' The recommended items include food, water, torches, identification documents, medical supplies and shortwave radios.
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EU urges citizens to stockpile 72 hours of supplies amid war threat

Khaama Press 27 Mar 2025
This decision comes in response to growing threats of war, cyberattacks, and climate crises ... He highlighted the importance of preparing supplies, including food, medicine, identification documents, and a shortwave radio ... .
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The European Union urges citizens to stockpile supplies to last 3 days in case of crisis

Wtop 26 Mar 2025
... said it’s important “to make sure people have essential supplies for at least 72 hours in a crisis.” She listed food, water, flashlights, ID papers, medicine and shortwave radios as things to stock.
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European Union urges citizens to stockpile supplies to last 3 days in case of crisis

Toronto Sun 26 Mar 2025
... said it’s important “to make sure people have essential supplies for at least 72 hours in a crisis.” She listed food, water, flashlights, ID papers, medicine and shortwave radios as things to stock.
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Now that Trump has silenced Voice of America, could U.S. public media outlets be next?

Chicago Sun-Times 25 Mar 2025
... public media in America, including both National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service ... What became VOA began in 1942 as a shortwave radio service, broadcasting in German behind enemy lines.
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