{"id":51448,"date":"2022-01-09T07:33:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51448"},"modified":"2022-01-09T07:33:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T11:33:55","slug":"guest-post-following-the-ethiopian-war-over-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/guest-post-following-the-ethiopian-war-over-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Following the Ethiopian war over shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Carlos Latuff at Catacumba Park in Rio de Janeiro, monitoring Ethiopian broadcasts.<\/p><\/div>\n

ETHIOPIA: A WAR THROUGH RADIO<\/h1>\n

by Carlos Latuff, special for The SWLing Post<\/strong><\/p>\n

We just entered 2022 and the civil war in Ethiopia has already completed 1 year. On the one hand we have the\u00a0 Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) guerrillas from northern Ethiopia and its allies, and on the other hand we have the armed forces of Ethiopian government and its allies. The dead are piling up, accusations of war crimes from both sides, local and international political interests at stake, and no perspective for a peaceful solution. Without going into the reasons for this new war in Ethiopian territory, I’d like to focus on the use of radio waves by both parties of this conflict.<\/p>\n

I monitored shortwave broadcasts from Ethiopia and to Ethiopia between October 21, 2021 and January 4, 2022. The receivers were Tecsun PL-606 and XHDATA D-808, using both the telescopic antenna and a long wire. In all cases, listening was carried out in Brazilian cities.<\/p>\n

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Carlos at Catacumba Park monitoring and recording clandestine Ethiopian broadcasts.<\/p><\/div>\n

The monitored stations were:<\/p>\n

Dimtsi Weyane (17750 kHz)<\/strong><\/p>\n