"{FireArm}" wrote in message
om...
In regard to the last post about the voice of america getting jammed,
i was wondering if anyone could explain too me how jamming is achived
by countries and why they do it -

I am very new to the hobby of shortwave radio, i have just bought a
cheap portable radio and I am fascinated by how much I can recieve! -
I have in the past listened to shortwave on my IC-R5 (radio scanner) -
but because its not a dedicated reciver i had lots of trouble picking
anything up despite having an outside antenna -

Thanx
{FireArm}

The reason for jamming an international shortwave broadcast would be
socio/political. IE: A dictator that doesn't want the people/country he
controls to be exposed to any ideas or information that he doesn't see fit
for them to have access to.

The method would be to transmit a radio signal on the same frequency of the
broadcast that is strong enough to disrupt the original signal. Jamming can
sound like music, talk, constant electronic noise... etc...

Michael