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Hainan would be a logical place as it is at one extreme edge of China.
However, that would entail a skip zone of several hundred km on the higher
freqs, so to be really efficient they would be using at least two and
probably more sites on the same freq at the same time in widely separate
regions of China. So don't assume that it is only Hainan, and don't assume
that all Firedrake mx jammers on many different freqs, in-band and out,
are necessarily coming from there. Also, are we to take this that
Firedrake jamming is done by the military, and other jamming audio (such
as CNR-1 which was used for this same target originally) is non-military?
I would not call that a "puny commercial facility". And does it really
matter, since it is all PRC govt-controlled? As for it stopping, you don't
say what time in the "afternoon" it went off, but on August 10 I was still
hearing it on 14260 at 1249 UT, but not when rechecked at 1332. However, I
would not leap to the conclusion that it is really over with just yet.
Anyhow, it will be interesting to see if what pressure has been applied
has had such effect.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 10)
On 14260 // 18160 kHz AM Firedrake Jammer from Hainan Is.
Yes, the Firedrake Jammer from Hainan Island was active (at least) 0230 -
1400 s/off on 14260 kHz. I have heard it myself all day long with the same
Chinese music.
Just now I have also got the very end of the transmission on 18160 kHz and
have heard it // 14260 from 1355 - 1400 UTC s/off.
Right now both QRGs are free from "Puff, the Shitty Dragon..."
(Uli Bihlmayer DJ9KR, Vice Coordinator of IARU MONITORING, Aug 11)
Clandestine. 6280, 2245-2255, Aug 5, (Sound of Hope, pres) stunning
signal from Chinese mx jammer, but once in a while allowed Chinese talk
underneath to be senced/heard. SoH sch here Fri/Sat 2200-2400 (and not
there when I passed the freq ard 2150). From where is SoH 6280 kHz?
(Finn Krone-DEN wwdxc BC-DX Aug 6)
Wegen des Musik-Dauersenders auf 14260 kHz bzw. 18160 kHz habe ich sehr
viele Meldungen erhalten. Deshalb auf diesem Weg die Bestaetigung
Ihrer/deiner Meldung mit etwas Hintergrundinformation zu dem Stoerer.
Bei dem Musik-Dauersender, er ist seit dem 5. August non-stopp zugange,
handelt es sich um einen "Music-Jammer" der Regierung der VR China. Dieser
ist aktiv, um die Aussendungen des Clandestine-Senders "Sound of Hope" aus
Taiwan zu blockieren. Die Sendepause des Jammers jeweils zur vollen Stunde
fuer 5 Minuten dient offensichtlich dazu, festzustellen, ob der Taiwanese
noch da ist.
Die VR China betreibt eine Unzahl solcher Music-Jammer vor allem auf
Frequenzen der BBC, der VOA, der DW und von RFI.
Ich habe laengst die BNEtzA ueber den Stoerer unterrichtet, und auch die
auslaendischen Bandwachten und die Regionalen Koordinatoren sind
informiert.
Ausserdem habe ich mehrmals die chinesische Botschaft in Bonn angefaxt,
angemailt und mit ihr telefoniert.
Fax der Botschaft: 030 - 27 588 221
Telefon (Herr Zhang oder Frau Ju, beiden sprechen sehr gut Deutsch, sie
freuen sich sicher ueber Ihren/deinen Anruf): 030 - 27 588 596
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Auch den "Sound of Hope" habe ich am 8.8.06 um Frequenzwechsel gebeten.
Ob's was nuetzt?
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