The trials and tribulations of satellite reception in Iran

Zaphod

Viewers question to DrDish on how to overcome State jamming in Tehran of the Farsi channel NITV on Telstar 12:
http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=3 (4mb divx file)

I wonder who the European GSM company who supplied the jamming equipment are?

Additional write-up in the current issue of TSI (06/07)
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054946440

watty

It used to be in some countries you got shot or prison a long time for having a Short Wave radio. Now it is if your dish points the wrong way.

TVDX

Are the jamming transmitters in Cuba or Iran or both?.

How can Cuba prevent Iran from watching a satellite signal?.
What role do they play in this?.

Does this ruin the frequency for everyone?.

Ulsterman 1690

It used to be in some countries you got shot or prison a long time for having a Short Wave radio. Now it is if your dish points the wrong way.

Wheras in this part of the world we have planning officers and managment companies :rolleyes:

I wonder who the European GSM company who supplied the jamming equipment are?

I wish these articles would name and shame

Actually possesion of a satellite dish is an offence in Iran (despite Iran's national TV channels being on satellite). Despite the penelties the law is widely ignored. Enforcment varies depending on which part of the country one is in (Its harsher in Kurdish areas for example) and what way ones dish actually points

watty

I can get the NITV etc OK

Ulsterman 1690

Are the jamming transmitters in Cuba or Iran or both?.

From reading the article it appears to be both

The Cubans jam (or at least try to) the uplinks and the Iranians jam the downlinks from military bases and cellphone towers.

Although unless one lives right next door to said cellphone towers I cant imagine downlink jamming at such a high frequency being particularly effective. (ADDS I presume theres serious power being used maybe there ARE cellphone masts that I wouldnt like in my backyard :eek: )
Incidently the article seems to be rather biased pro US govt/Anti Iran govt (not that Id trust either lot)

Zaphod

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

ADDS I presume theres serious power being used maybe there ARE cellphone masts that I wouldnt like in my backyard

V high power output - possibly constitutes a health hazard.

Old article from TSI when Christian Mass was still at helm with some technical details attached:

Zaphod

Ulsterman 1690

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