{"id":51418,"date":"2022-01-05T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51418"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:16:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:16:42","slug":"carlos-shares-shortwave-art-and-recordings-of-ethiopian-jamming-and-bbc-news-tigrinya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/carlos-shares-shortwave-art-and-recordings-of-ethiopian-jamming-and-bbc-news-tigrinya\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Shares Shortwave Art and Recordings of Ethiopian Jamming and BBC News Tigrinya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor and political cartoonist, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/carlos-latuff\/\">Carlos Latuff<\/a>, who has been exploring the world of clandestine radio, documenting the on-going conflict in Ethiopia via shortwave radio. The following are two examples <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/carlos-latuffs-shortwave-radio-logs-are-a-work-of-art\/\">of his radio log art<\/a>, this time for documenting jamming of Dimtse Wegahta Tigray and BBC News Tigrinya. Carlos shares the following art and recordings:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Ethiopian Jamming<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51419\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-1-300x245.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-1-1024x835.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-1-768x626.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-1-624x509.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Characteristic noise of &#8220;jamming&#8221; (intentional interference), probably coming from the Ethiopian government, preventing reception of the signal from the clandestine broadcaster Dimtse Wegahta Tigray (Voice of the Dawn Tigray).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dimtse Wegahta Tigray broadcasts daily to warring Ethiopia on the frequency of 15340 kHz, using the powerful transmitters of the company TDF (T\u00e9l\u00e9diffusion de France) in Issoudun, France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Captured at Parque da Catacumba, Rio de Janeiro, 12\/29\/2021, 2:36 pm (local time):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/37afcOGebkA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/37afcOGebkA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>BBC News Tigrinya broadcasting from UAE to Ethiopia\/Eritrea<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51420\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2-1024x755.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2-768x566.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2-624x460.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>BBC News Tigrinya, 12065 kHz, broadcasting from Al Dhabbiya, United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Excerpt from the news.<br \/>\n&#8211; Ethiopian party member EZEMA talks about the intention to form a cabinet in the government of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed despite the war.<br \/>\n&#8211; US Embassy in Eritrea asks that country&#8217;s government to release political dissidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The BBC is among the news channels that are accused by the Ethiopian government of &#8220;spreading fake news&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Signal received in Rio de Janeiro, 01\/04\/2022, at 3:14 pm (local time).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thanks to yaredinho_r9 for the translation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_wLLmK9GD8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L_wLLmK9GD8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor and political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who has been exploring the world of clandestine radio, documenting the on-going conflict in Ethiopia via shortwave radio. The following are two examples of his radio log art, this time for documenting jamming of Dimtse Wegahta Tigray and BBC News Tigrinya. Carlos shares the following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,869,3,746,43],"tags":[36,9609,8043,870,4188,9610,1549,1911,4082],"class_list":["post-51418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-clandestine","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-art","tag-bbc-news-tigrinya","tag-carlos-latuff","tag-clandestine-radio","tag-ethiopia","tag-ethiopia-jamming","tag-jamming","tag-shortwave-logs","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dnk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51448,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/guest-post-following-the-ethiopian-war-over-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":51418,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: Following the Ethiopian war over shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"January 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following guest post: ETHIOPIA: A WAR THROUGH RADIO by Carlos Latuff, special for The SWLing Post We just entered 2022 and the civil war in Ethiopia has already completed 1 year. On the one hand we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Clandestine-Ethiopian-Shortwave-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Clandestine-Ethiopian-Shortwave-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Clandestine-Ethiopian-Shortwave-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Clandestine-Ethiopian-Shortwave-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Clandestine-Ethiopian-Shortwave-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51219,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-dimtse-wegahta\/","url_meta":{"origin":51418,"position":1},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art and Recording of Dimtse Wegahta","author":"Thomas","date":"December 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares another example\u00a0of his radio log art, this time for clandestine station, Dimtse Wegahta (Voice of the Dawn Tigray). Carlos notes: Dimtse Wegahta Tigray (Voice of the Dawn Tigray), 15340 kHz, clandestine broadcaster broadcasting from Issoudun, France, in Tigrinya, to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-e1639737700611.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-e1639737700611.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-e1639737700611.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-e1639737700611.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-e1639737700611.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51313,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-raadiyoonii-dirree-shaggar\/","url_meta":{"origin":51418,"position":2},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art and Recording of Raadiyoonii Dirree Shaggar","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares yet another example of his radio log art, this time for clandestine station, Raadiyoonii Dirree Shaggar. Carlos notes: Raadiyoonii Dirree Shaggar, 15330 kHz, clandestine station broadcasting in the Oromo language from Issoudun, France, to Ethiopia. Weak signal, too much\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Tigray-e1640136956936.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Tigray-e1640136956936.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Tigray-e1640136956936.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Tigray-e1640136956936.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Tigray-e1640136956936.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51381,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/exercising-over-the-air-carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-radio-oromiya\/","url_meta":{"origin":51418,"position":3},"title":"Exercising Over the Air: Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art and Recording of Radio Oromiya","author":"Thomas","date":"December 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares yet another example\u00a0of his radio log art, this time for clandestine station, Radio Oromiya. Carlos notes: Thomas, as you know I'm monitoring broadcastings from and to war-torn Ethiopia, documenting the conflict via shortwave broadcastings. This one is particularly curious.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Ethiopia-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Ethiopia-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Ethiopia-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Ethiopia-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Ethiopia-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51346,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-dimtse-wegahta-tigray-voice-of-the-dawn-tigray\/","url_meta":{"origin":51418,"position":4},"title":"Carlos&#8217; Shortwave Art and Recording of Dimtse Wegahta Tigray (Voice of the Dawn Tigray)","author":"Thomas","date":"December 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording of Dimtse Wegahta Tigray\u00a0and notes: https:\/\/youtu.be\/3pRl69LkPk4 Dimtse Wegahta Tigray (Voice of the Dawn Tigray), 15340 kHz, clandestine broadcast in the Tigrinia language from Issoudun, France, to warring Ethiopia. Tigray regional government sends letter to UN Secretary General\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Dimtse-Wegahta-Tigray.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Dimtse-Wegahta-Tigray.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Dimtse-Wegahta-Tigray.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Dimtse-Wegahta-Tigray.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carlos-Latuff-Dimtse-Wegahta-Tigray.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51391,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-raadiyoonii-dirree-shaggar-29-dec-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":51418,"position":5},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art and Recording of Raadiyoonii Dirree Shaggar (29 Dec 2021)","author":"Thomas","date":"December 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who has been exploring the world of clandestine radio, documenting the on-going conflict in Ethiopia via shortwave radio. 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