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This Digital Radio Gets Messages to the World’s Remotest Locations
Shortwave radios offer a way to connect one location on Earth to practically anywhere else with minimal infrastructure. But these radios come with some drawbacks—a significant one being that, unlike satellite communications, their transmission rates for digital data are typically measured in just…
By Margo AndersonIEEE Spectrum

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Originally published by IEEE Spectrum on Sep 21, 2026.
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