Cuba Jamming Radio Marti So Hard "It Could Break The Radio"

Cuba Jamming Radio Marti So Hard "It Could Break The Radio"

The Communist dictatorship running Cuba is interfering with the
broadcast signal of US government radio station Radio Marti 24 hours a
day, leaving some listeners feeling their radios could break from the
vibrations.

The practice, known as "jamming," applies noise and distortion to a
broadcast frequency that makes it impossible to listen to the
transmission. Listeners report that the only thing allowed to air are
major-league baseball games from America.

"If it's broadcasting news or hot commentary, it's impossible to receive
the signal," reports one listener inside Cuba. "It's as if the radio is
going to break because of the vibrations."

The increased jamming comes at a time when Barack Obama is looking to
open relations with the Castro regime by lessing travel and other
restrictions. The Obama Administration is getting a fresh chance to
examine the Bush Administration's hard-core plan to beam Radio Marti and
TV Marti to those on the island.

Some American radio operators in the Southeast have long coped with a
related problem – the illegal high-power broadcasts originating from
Cuba on their own licensed frequencies. The FCC has allowed them to
compensate by cranking up the wattage, but it's not a great solution.

Cuba Jamming Radio Marti So Hard "It Could Break The Radio" | The Right
Perspective (8 May 2009)

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