Carrying a long wave radio for hiking is indeed niche - none have been made for years and even then are relatively big to carry. DAB personal radios are however a thing e.g. Roberts Sports DAB 5.
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I bought this wind up/solar one especially because it has AM🥺😔🥹 I suppose I will have to move into the 21st century.🙄
jul 10, 2025, 3:18 pm • 0 0 • view
No long wave on that though!
jul 10, 2025, 3:20 pm • 0 0 • view
But it does pick up BBC radio 4 LW which is where the cricket was...
jul 10, 2025, 3:22 pm • 0 0 • view
In some parts of the country Radio 4 was also on medium wave but those transmitters were already switched off a year ago.
jul 10, 2025, 3:28 pm • 0 0 • view
Booooo! The great thing about dial based analogue radio is that even when the signal is rubbish, you can just about hear what's being said. But with DAB if the signal is poor it just doesn't work at all. The ensh*tification continues!
jul 10, 2025, 4:08 pm • 0 0 • view