RADIO “JAMMING” BY RUSSIANS

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26127, 1 June 1950, Page 4

RADIO “JAMMING” BY RUSSIANS

“COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR STATIONS” (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN. May 31 The radio “cold war” now being ' waged by the Russians is worse than ♦he radio war between Germany anl j the Allies during World War 11. ;n J ; opin ; on of the president of the Nc’V Zealand Radio DX League (Mr J. FFox). The Russians, he said, were showing complete disregard for stations on assigned frequencies and were i “jamming” alroady-congested short- ■ wave broadcasting bands with powerful transmitters. What the Russians were doing. Mr 1 Fox said, was trying to slow Russian language programmes on “Voice of | America” programmes and the B B C., I with the result that they were a con* i stant source of annoyance to listeners i on short-wavs bands To overcome this | “jamming" the Americans had built I powerful relay stations at Honolu>u and Manila for relay service 1o Rus* I sia. while a programme for the EuroI pean sector of Russia v/ps relayed by • stations at Munich. Salonika. Tangier I and Gr?z. Transmitters in England operated bv the B B.C. combined witn the American to increase t be c<>ve r age nf services directed to RusritThe sound nf “jemmin o ” said Fox, wrs something like a heavy uwirl' I ing noise covering a large area and j several stations.