[grc] the relevance of local radio

[Brian Shiratsuki]

In Syria, a German group called Media in Cooperation and Transition
(MiCT) has been equipping towns with transmitters called PocketFM,
built around Raspberry Pis, to provide Syrians with independent radio.
Each transmitter has 4 to 6km (2.5 to 3.75 miles) of range, which is
sufficient to reach a whole town.

In many parts of Syria, it’s impossible and politically unwise to
build large transmitters, so a small device like PocketFM that can be
easily concealed and transported, and that can be run off solar power
or a car battery, is ideal...

<https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pocket-fm-independent-radio-syria/>