ad: elecraft

Cuban Government Jamming 40 meter US HAM BAND

Discussion in 'Videos and Podcasts' started by K4KKC, Jul 14, 2021.

Tags:
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
Page 1 of 39
ad: L-HROutlet
ad: l-rl
ad: Left-3
ad: abrind-2
ad: Left-2
ad: Radclub22-2
ad: L-MFJ
  1. K4KKC

    K4KKC Ham Member QRZ Page

    Cuban Government Jamming 40 meter US HAM BAND!
    This has been happening since 7/11/2021 when the Cuban uprising began our group started communicating with the island of Cuba on the 40 meter Ham Band 7.125-7.75. We have been interfered with every day since the Cuban totalitarian government started to create a constant noise generator which has been jamming the US 40 Meter Ham Band day and night for the past 96 hours straight.
    We need help to make this malicious interference stop.
    I have a video link for those without access to HF.

    73 DE K4KKC
     
    Last edited: Jul 14, 2021
    K4KKC, Jul 14, 2021
    #1
    DE2TRF, N6RCS, KJ4ZCV and 12 others like this.
  2. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    We'll try this again.

    Keep the topic RADIO. Not the politics behind the situation. QRZ does not allow political discussions.

    Thanks for respecting this rule - maybe this time it will work and the thread can remain. It's an important topic.

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
    W7UUU, Jul 14, 2021
    #2
    N4FZ, W4KJG, KD2TUD and 6 others like this.
  3. KZ2J

    KZ2J Ham Member QRZ Page

    Thank you for reporting this K4KKC. Cuba jamming the ham bands should concern us as hams and as human beings.
     
    KZ2J, Jul 14, 2021
    #3
    KG5RKP, KA1ZT, VA7BVV and 11 others like this.
  4. AD7SK

    AD7SK Ham Member QRZ Page

    Just like the Soviet OTH radars of the 1980s, there is little to nothing that the US or others can do to "re-open" 40 meters or any other band. It would require direct action on their transmitters, their power grid, etc. and that would be construed badly by the world community.
     
    AD7SK, Jul 14, 2021
    #4
    K0UO, KO4ESA, N3RYB and 2 others like this.
  5. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    I'm curious just what it would be they would be blocking? Surely not hams from the US given the band segment that seems to be the target is largely the "Slow speed CW" watering holes around 7.110

    That small range of frequencies is hardly a bastion of US anti-Cuban broadcasting.

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
    W7UUU, Jul 14, 2021
    #5
    K2XT, K8PG, K9ASE and 3 others like this.
  6. WN1MB

    WN1MB Ham Member QRZ Page

    Someone left the cover lid off the output stage of one of their shortwave diathermy machines.

    A counter-broadcast repeatedly sending LEMM* might mitigate the problem.

    * Spanish for RTFM
     
    WN1MB, Jul 14, 2021
    #6
    KO4ESA, AG5CK, W7UUU and 2 others like this.
  7. K4KKC

    K4KKC Ham Member QRZ Page

    This is the Jamming going on right now in the SSB portion of the US 40 Meter Band
     

    Attached Files:

    K4KKC, Jul 14, 2021
    #7
    KO4ESA likes this.
  8. K4KKC

    K4KKC Ham Member QRZ Page

    Dave We are operating on the US Voice Spectrum and the constant jamming is on 7.125-7.145, then picks up again on 7.157. You can get on your radio and check for yourself.
     
    K4KKC, Jul 14, 2021
    #8
    N6RCS and KO4ESA like this.
  9. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    So WHAT are they jamming? The Noontime Net?

    I don't understand why they would bother jamming ham radio in the first place - it's a TINY TINY minority of any population.

    Why not "jam the internet" if you want to stop the flow of information?

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
    W7UUU, Jul 14, 2021
    #9
    2E0TWD, K8PG, K9ASE and 3 others like this.
  10. WN1MB

    WN1MB Ham Member QRZ Page

    Settle down, Beavis...
     
    WN1MB, Jul 14, 2021
    #10
    N1RBD, W1NJC, W3UC and 9 others like this.
  11. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    Absolutely NOTHING heard here but some local ragchews and a net.

    But unless the jammer were running MILLIONS of watts, I'd not expect to hear much on 40 meters here near Seattle in the middle of the day

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
    W7UUU, Jul 14, 2021
    #11
    KO4ESA and N3RYB like this.
  12. K4KKC

    K4KKC Ham Member QRZ Page

    They already took the whole island offline so the citizens have no access to the World Wide Web. Ham Radio is their only way to pass information in and out of the island.
     
    K4KKC, Jul 14, 2021
    #12
    NM5XD, KZ4TN, W2MDM and 4 others like this.
  13. K4KKC

    K4KKC Ham Member QRZ Page

    The issue is there is a humanitarian crisis going on in the island of Cuba and the only thing that works is Ham Radio
     
    K4KKC, Jul 14, 2021
    #13
    NM5XD, KZ4TN, W2MDM and 4 others like this.
  14. PZ2YT

    PZ2YT Ham Member QRZ Page

    I can not do radio in the 40 band because there is this interference. Does it bother colleagues from Florida, SC, NC? Here in Suriname it arrives very strong, does anyone have the answer? no one shows their face?
     
    PZ2YT, Jul 14, 2021
    #14
    KG5RKP, KZ4TN, KO4ESA and 1 other person like this.
  15. K4KKC

    K4KKC Ham Member QRZ Page

    The Cuban Government is jamming 40 meters in Florida and it is causing interference as far up as Orlando and Jacksonville.
     
    K4KKC, Jul 14, 2021
    #15
    KZ4TN and KO4ESA like this.
Page 1 of 39
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page

ad: UR5CDX-1