{"id":8872,"date":"2014-03-05T07:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T11:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8872"},"modified":"2014-03-05T07:05:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T11:05:57","slug":"why-shortwave-russia-blocks-web-pages-linked-to-ukraine-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/why-shortwave-russia-blocks-web-pages-linked-to-ukraine-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Why shortwave? Russia blocks web pages linked to Ukraine protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo: VOA News)<\/p><\/div>\n

In response to the BBG’s request for comments on the relevancy of shortwave radio<\/a>, SWLing Post reader, Rick, writes:<\/p>\n

“Here is the reason why VOA needs to keep broadcasting on shortwave<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Russia (or China or Angola or Zimbabwe or Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria) can easily block Internet access — to include, and particularly from, VOA. While shortwave can be\u00a0jammed it takes a little more effort (and a considerable amount of budget to pay the electric bill for the high-powered jamming signals).<\/p>\n

Unlike AM and FM radio transmission, shortwave transmitters can be located continents away from the strife for protection of the transmission infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Shortwave transmission — coupled with the surreptitious distribution and proliferation of cheap shortwave radio receivers for target audiences — can help insure that the voice of freedom and democracy can continue to be heard in geopolitical hotspots throughout the world.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the story Rick refers to here: http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/03\/russia-ukraine-protests-websites-internet-104171.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to the BBG’s request for comments on the relevancy of shortwave radio, SWLing Post reader, Rick, writes: “Here is the reason why VOA needs to keep broadcasting on shortwave. Russia (or China or Angola or Zimbabwe or Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria) can easily block Internet access — to include, and particularly from, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[104,936,2616,2093,2615,409,84],"class_list":["post-8872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbc","tag-broadcasting-board-of-governors","tag-press-freedom","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-vor","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2j6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2891,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/voa-self-censors-in-russian-elections\/","url_meta":{"origin":8872,"position":0},"title":"VOA self-censors in Russian elections","author":"Thomas","date":"March 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This interesting Op Ed piece\u00a0points out that VOA could be in violation of US Public Law 94-350 by adhering to Russian media law with VOA FM broadcasts in Moscow. 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