Iranian Alert: Cuba reportedly Jamming US Based Iranian broadcasters Uplink Signal Into Iran.

NITV | 7.8.2003 | DoctorZin

[DoctorZIn]

This just in...

Today is the day all Iran has been waiting for, the day the protests and strikes are to begin in earnest. As a result, the Iranian government has successfully, but temporarily jammed all the signals of the LA based Iranian broadcasters.

They are now jamming the uplink signal, here in the United States as well. The uplink signal is the signal from the broadcast studio to the satellite, which is then relayed to another satellite and finally broadcast over Iran. This started occurring a few days ago. I was told that the FCC now believes the jamming is coming from within Cuba.

This should be reported in all the media. But the media is still silent, (except for a brief mention of these jamming incidents in today’s National Review Online).

The broadcasters are convinced that one or more of them will eventually get a signal through. They are busily readjusting their systems to use different satellites. I wish you could hear what these broadcasters are saying to the people of Iran. They are essentially calling for the people to revolt. Giving specific instructions to the people regarding how to do this. They are able to say things our government would never say. They are also strong advocates of an American style conservative ideology replacing the Islamic regime. They are teaching the people of Iran what freedom is and what it requires. Most are conservative Republicans and they are considered heroes in Iran.

Good news, the phones still appear to be working, at least for the moment. I will keep you posted.

DoctorZIn

"If you want on or off this Iran ping list, Freepmail me”

[Frank_Discussion]

Be careful, you'll have Russian_Conservative asking why you're so mean to the capitalist Russian society. ;-)

(Hint for R_C, if he's reading this: the society may be craving capitalism, but the elite isn't. The elite never, ever does.)

Do you ever read J.R. Nyquist? He is rather firmly planted in the idea of a Sleeping Soviet.

[DoctorZIn]

...Please post links to your sources. This merits investigation from a certain media watchdog group...

Contact NITV and Azadi TV, both are LA based Iranian broadcast networks whose signals they report are being jammed. There are others as well but these are two of the most popular.

NITV:
818-716-0000
http://www.nitv.tv/main.htm

Azadi TV:
818 700 0666
http://www.azaditv.com/prog_01.htm

I hope this helps.

[ewing]

Turn that baby up to 11!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I am just reporting what the FCC is apparently telling NITV.

It would be much credible if this got confirmed somehow!!!!!!!!!

[jriemer]

Turn that baby up to 11!!

Don't have a cow man...

[thinktwice]

Sounds like some Predator action against Cuba is called for.

The following is from From President Bush's May speech aboard the USS Lincoln

Any person, organization, or government that supports, protects, or harbors terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent, and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

[cmsgop]

Thanks for your updates!

[Steel Wolf]

Okay, a weather balloon and a few modified MI-17's have NO chance to disrupt a satellite uplink two thousand miles away. I'm sure they're very effective at blocking radio and TV signals from entering Cuba. The satellites are going to be broadcasting in the GHz range, at least above 1.6, I'd guess. They're doing in Cuba what the Iranians are likely doing in Tehran, a screening, static pattern to block incoming signals.

If Cuba was blasting LA or communication satellites, it wouldn't be the FCC tracking it, it would be the NSA. Unless Iranian TV has its own satellite, the disruption would be noticed by other users.

I have no doubt that the Iranians are jamming the signal with everything they've got, I'm just saying the Cuban connection is probably not legit.

[DoctorZIn]

...I am just reporting what the FCC is apparently telling NITV.
It would be much credible if this got confirmed somehow!!!!!!!!! ...

I heard the report from the president of NITV myself, and as I said even the National Review Online reported this. " (Disturbingly, there are indications that the signals are being stopped from locations in Europe and the U.S.)... "

Check it out at:

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-dayanim070803.asp

I have not had time to talk with the FCC. Want to help? Check it out. I would love to hear their statement.

[jriemer]

The Cuban equipment used was used to block transmissions from line-of-sight transmitters in the Florida Keys. As we can both admit, nothing really fancy. Bang-rocks-to-make- fire technology.

If they're blocking the satellite transmission they're using something else a bit more sophisticated and not searchable by Google.com

[shadowman99]

You forgot to add his picture:

[blanknoone]

From an omni-directional perspective (radio tower) you would be right, but in directional broadcast, it would be easiest to direct a second signal at the satelite. This would prevent the satelite from locking onto the carrier signal. The garbled signal would never even be relayed to a satelite over Iran.
Blocking satelite transmissions on the receiving end is fairly difficult because of its directionality. You would need lots of power very close to overcome the directionality of a dish pointing up.

[DoctorZIn]

BTW, I was told by the president of NITV that it was the FCC who contacted him to tell him his signal was being jammed because they are required to investigate the jamming of any uplink signals that persist for over 2 hours.

[DoctorZIn]

BTW, I was told by the president of NITV that it was the FCC who contacted him to tell him his signal was being jammed because they are required to investigate the jamming of any uplink signals that persist for over 2 hours.

[Grampa Dave]

Another link between mass murdering Islamofacists and mass murdering Communists has been made.

[Grampa Dave]

There is the probable/possible answer to your question of who is/was jamming the satellite tv signal from here to Iran.

[Publius]

If Cuba was blasting LA or communication satellites, it wouldn't be the FCC tracking it, it would be the NSA.

Bingo. Go to the head of the class.

But let's go one step further: The National Security Agency itself is jamming the signals.

Now why would the NSA do that, I hear you ask.

Read the papers. Colin Powell is backtracking on the earlier idea of regime change in Iran, and he is making it clear to the mullahs that we're staying out of the current crisis. Powell would not make such a comment on his own. (And if he did, hard-liners in the Bush Administration would tear him a new one in the Washington Times.) Therefore, Powell speaks for the Administration.

Now why would the Bush Administration do something like that, I hear you ask.

Because we have enough problems stabilizing Iraq due to the urban insurgency we're fighting there. (And we're going into Liberia, no less!) We need the mullahs to keep their hands off Iraq. With so much on its plate, the Bush Administration has bowed to expediency and is jamming the broadcasts, effectively propping up the regime of the mullahs.

Realpolitik can be really nasty sometimes.

[Steel Wolf]

We had heard reports earlier that the FCC was investigating mobile vehicles suspected of being the source of the jamming. I am just passing along what I am hearing. I will keep you posted.

That is technically feasible, but I say this: You'd have to have some balls, real balls, to roll into Los Angeles with satellite jammers, and fire them up. The FCC (and others) will bag them like fish in a bucket.

Those responsible would be caught as foriegn agents operting electronic warfare equipment in enemy territory while out of uniform. I'm acquainted with that part of the Geneva Convention, and it's short. Very short. I dare say that neither the Cubans nor the Iranians have the cajones for that ploy.

[Smogger]

The Bush administration is jamming the signal?

Doubtful.

[ewing]