24-06-2018, 08:51 AM
Many of the poorer Pacific Islanders would only own cheap non smart type mobile phones that do not have any internet capability.
If they own a mobile phone at all.
VHF FM would not be accessible to them due to terrain and distance or the low population levels.
You can bet a friendly Chinese trader has gone around selling nice cheap Chinese shortwave radios with all of the Chinese S/W broadcast frequencies already programmed in.
Along with a set of cheap AA batteries or rechargeable like the Techsun PL880. More than capable of picking up clearly the powerful Chinese broadcasters.
From my listening of these Chinese S/W broadcaster they certainly present a slick high quality programme with plenty of music, current affairs commentary and news.
So if Western politicians suddenly find pro Chinese viewpoints being sprouted by the Pacific Islanders they have only their unbelieveably blinkered petty cost cutting measures to blame and nothing else.
Radio Australia is gone and it would be unbelievably costly to acquire a site and rebuilt a transmitter.
And the frequencies are gone.
If they own a mobile phone at all.
VHF FM would not be accessible to them due to terrain and distance or the low population levels.
You can bet a friendly Chinese trader has gone around selling nice cheap Chinese shortwave radios with all of the Chinese S/W broadcast frequencies already programmed in.
Along with a set of cheap AA batteries or rechargeable like the Techsun PL880. More than capable of picking up clearly the powerful Chinese broadcasters.
From my listening of these Chinese S/W broadcaster they certainly present a slick high quality programme with plenty of music, current affairs commentary and news.
So if Western politicians suddenly find pro Chinese viewpoints being sprouted by the Pacific Islanders they have only their unbelieveably blinkered petty cost cutting measures to blame and nothing else.
Radio Australia is gone and it would be unbelievably costly to acquire a site and rebuilt a transmitter.
And the frequencies are gone.