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    "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T01:16:06Z",
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      "Claude"
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      "engine": "claude",
      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T23:55:00Z",
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        "review by codex: pass"
      ]
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      "ACT.ACT"
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      "describe services and regulation",
      "support listening and amateur radio",
      "describe history and culture"
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      "Spectrum licensing",
      "Cultural medium"
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      "Communication by electromagnetic waves",
      "Broadcast and two-way",
      "Television adds video; the internet carries streams rather than radio waves"
    ],
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      "community and hospital radio",
      "pirate and unlicensed radio",
      "two-way, aviation, maritime and emergency radio",
      "amateur radio"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "telecommunications",
        "why": "category"
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      {
        "relation": "is related to",
        "target": "broadcasting",
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        "relation": "is related to",
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        "relation": "is related to",
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      "Amateur radio licensing rules"
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      "Loss of local radio services"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Explain how radio broadcasting and communication work."
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        "Transmit on emergency, aviation or maritime frequencies except in a genuine emergency or with authority.",
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        "Intercept and disclose private radio communications without lawful basis.",
        "Broadcast false emergency alerts or impersonate a station or service."
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        "Broadcast radio shapes public information and can be used for propaganda."
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        "Listeners",
        "Emergency services, pilots and mariners",
        "Other licensed users"
      ]
    },
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      "master_systems": [
        "National spectrum licence registers"
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Radio",
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      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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                  {
                    "text": "How do radio transmission, modulation and reception work, and how do AM, FM and digital radio differ?",
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                    "text": "Is radio as technology, as a medium or as a receiving set meant?",
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            "id": "services",
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                    "text": "How do public, commercial, community, hospital, pirate, two-way and amateur radio differ?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits a specific service?",
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                  }
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              }
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      {
        "id": "use",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits a specific station?",
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                  }
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            "id": "amateur",
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                    "text": "How can someone become a licensed amateur radio operator, and what rules apply?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits amateur radio?",
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        "id": "regulate",
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                    "text": "How is spectrum allocated and licensed, and what content rules apply to broadcasters?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the regulator?",
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                    "text": "What is the history of pirate radio in places such as Britain, Ireland and Taiwan, and how do regulators treat unlicensed broadcasting, with positions attributed?",
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                    "text": "Is the presentation neutral and not encouraging illegal transmission?",
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                "id": "history-finding",
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                    "text": "How did radio develop from Marconi and early broadcasting to digital and internet radio?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "What roles has radio played in news, music, community and emergencies?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which misconceptions arise?",
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                  }
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    "Should each service type be a separate entry?",
    "How should regulators be linked?",
    "How should station directories be linked?"
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    "layers": 8,
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}