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Shortwave radio - The dark web of the airwaves (makertube.net)
submitted 3 weeks ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
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The Internet made shortwave radio obsolete over 20 years ago, yet it somehow still lives on today, home to Cuban propaganda, Vietnamese music, time signals, and religious groups and conspiracy theo...

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[โ€“] rimu@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reminds me of usenet. Still there but overrun with spam and crazy talk!

[โ€“] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly it's so deserted that even the spam bots are becoming rarer. It's mostly a couple dozen boomers schizo-posting at each other now