cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/40710441

Solar events as well as nuclear can cause an EMF pulse that destroys all transistors, thus inherently all DAB radios. Or has someone managed to build an EMF-proof DAB transmitter and receiver using vacuum tubes?

Post-Internet, radio has surely lost listenership. From there, I think it’s fair to say that emergency/apolyptic scenarios that would kill both household Internet and TVs, essentially making analog radio quite important. If FM is decommissioned, do we compromise the option of broadcasting to survivalists who have tubes receivers?

Consider that in extreme events like an EMF pulse, Denmark is fucked. They eliminate their postal service this year and they will eliminate FM radio. They seem to have no concept of minimising points of failure for any sort of robust engineering, as they create apartment building laundry rooms with washing machines that cannot function without the cloud and electronic payment. Denmark apparently sets a good example of what /not/ to do in the face of digital transformation.