The Toronto Globe and Mail had an interesting article today that
covered the importance of shortwave radio in getting information into
dictatorial countries, in particular Zimbabwe. The dictator of Zimbabwe
seized the farms of the Europeans and turned them over to unschooled
natives amid much violence. The farms are now run down and not
producing. The result has been starvation of the poor. Those who
protested this state of affairs (if they were lucky) have been driven
into exile. All free radio, newspapers, and other media, have been
closed down and only government mouthpieces are allowed. The exiles now
broadcast into Zimbabwe from studios in London and transmitters in
Africa. This is the gist of the article in the Globe and Mail, written
by Stephanie Nolen. (see links below)

The frequencies given in the SW Radio Africa website vary because of
heavy jamming by the Zibabwe government and are listed as follows:
TIME GMT FREQUENCY (khc)

1800-2100 6145

1800-1900 11845

1900-2000 11705

2000-2100 11915

1800-2000 15145

1800-2100 3300


intermittent frequencies are listed as 3230, 3300, 4880,and 1197 mw.

Further details are found in the site, www.swradioafrica.com

The African website also refers to construction details of a simple
device that can be used to null out jamming signals, and possibly
interference. These plans are found in the Radio Free Asia site:

www.rfa.org/english/support/antijamming/index.html

The Globe and Mail article can be found at:
www.theglobeandmail.com
Look for "stephanie nolan" in the columnist
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