Re: [Swprograms] CCTV International CCTV-9

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, I do agree that there is a fundamental disconnect when we 
actually sell the Chinese the transmitters they use to jam our 
broadcasts.  Perhaps that could be the point where we demonstrate some 
displeasure with their actions.

John Figliozzi

On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 02:40  PM, Glenn Hauser wrote:

> Altho my previous suggestion that the US jam CRI in reprisal for China 
> jamming
> VOA, RFA, was rather tongue-in-cheek, the more I think about it, the 
> better it
> seems, tho it is not likely to happen. Altho it was dismissed out of 
> hand, I
> did try to make clear that this would not be an all-out attempt to 
> prevent CRI
> being heard by American SWLs, but enough to cause China concern and to 
> waste
> some of is resources. Sure, it might escalate, but ``who started it?``.
>
> Any idle IBB transmitters at Greenville or Delano could be used for 
> this,
> perhaps to keep them in shape. We don`t need any more bubbles or other 
> digital
> types of jamming, but how about some nice, loud American music along 
> the lines
> of ``firedrake``? Keep the cobwebs out of the modulators!
>
> Another option would be to pick CRI times and frequencies for DRM 
> tests. Hey,
> that`s not jamming, it`s the latest thing in SW broadcasting 
> technology. BTW,
> CRI is doing that, too, with little regard for QRM caused to analog
> transmissions.
>
> The Chicoms must really think we`re wimps, for allowing them to jam 
> whatever
> they like with no consequences, and even sell them the transmitters to 
> do so!
>
> Any deliberate interference by IBB transmitters should be publicly
> acknowledged, unlike the usual jamming subterfuges. The interference 
> should be
> announced on the air periodically, and by all available media, as ``in 
> reprisal
> for Chinese jamming of the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, 
> attempting to
> speak to the Chinese people; and will be eliminated as soon as the 
> Chinese
> jamming stops.`` Then listeners should be referred to a certain 
> non-jammed CRI
> transmission, with time and frequency, as proof that the US is not 
> engaging in
> censorship. Say, one of the crummy Cuban relays.
>
> Nor am I suggesting that CCTV-9 or any other satellite TV service be 
> jammed or
> prevented; that would really open a can of worms (Glenn Hauser, DX 
> LISTENING
> DIGEST)
>
>
>
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