Hundred third edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:03:34 +0100)

Jammers / Clandestine stations

In December, I published Mathias Kropf's "2005 Clandestine Activity Survey". As I said last month, Clandestine Stations are not covered by N&O but we do regularly mention the jammers who are chasing them. I have compiled a list of the jammers that were heard in the past few weeks. Quite an impressive list for such a short period. I received reports about jammers from China, Cuba, Iran, Iraq?, Libya, Morocco, N.Korea, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Some of the info was derived from the Clandestine Radio Watch (CRW) bulletin.

China

Jammed stations	:	Voice of China, Sound of Hope Intl., Voice of Han, Radio Free Asia
Frequencies	:	7270, 7310, 7355, 9635, 9745, 11765 kHz.

Cuba

Jammed station	:	Radio Marti
Frequencies	:	7405, 11845, 11930, 13630, 13820, 15330, 17670 kHz.

Iran

Jammed stations	:	Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, Voice of Iranian Revolution, Voice of Communist Party of Iran, Voice of the Struggle of Iranian Kurdistan
Frequencies	:	3856, 3861, 3865, 3881, 3896, 3960, 3968, 3970, 3980, 4365, 4376, 4400, 4406, 4615, 4850, 4860, 4862, 4870, 4886, 6421 kHz.

Iraq?

Jammed station	:	Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan
Frequency	:	3970.5 kHz.
Note	:	It is not clear of this one comes from Iraq. Some say that either Iran or Turkey is jamming the station. It used to be jammed by Iraq before the US invasion.

Libya

The following item reached me via the CRW bulletin.

Protest to Libya after satellites jammed

David Hencke and Owen Gibson, The Guardian
December 3, 2005

Article originally posted at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/libya/story/0,14139,1656914,00.html

British and US diplomats have protested to the Libyan government after two international satellites were illegally jammed, knocking off air dozens of TV and radio stations serving Britain and Europe and disrupting American diplomatic, military and FBI communications. Among stations hit were digital broadcasts by Five, BBC World, CNN International, US sports channels, cable TV networks and 23 radio stations. According to an email sent by one of the satellite owners, Loral Skynet, the US state department said it "would take it into their own hands" unless the interference stopped.

Morocco

Jammed station	:	National Radio of the Arab-Saharan Democratic Republic
Frequency	:	1550 kHz.

North Korea

Jammed station	:	Radio Sea Breeze/Shiokaze
Frequency	:	5890 kHz.

Vietnam

Jammed stations	:	Degar Voice, Que Huong Radio
Frequencies	:	7350, 15680 kHz

Zimbabwe

Jammed station	:	Voice of the People
Frequencies	:	7120, 11705 kHz.

Pirate stations

2097 kHz	:	beacon "I", slow morse.
4095.75 kHz	:	"I" or "M"
13558 kHz	:	beacon "HI", slow morse. Location is said to be Monroe, CT, USA.

The infamous religious CW pirate has been active on its usual frequency 6998 kHz in January. Callsign: "SSA49"

Info via Glenn, Gabriele, Bob and Kurt