Re: [Swprograms] R. Marti

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I have to admit I'm lost as to your point, Scott.  Bob just 
stated that he felt that Marti was a colossal waste of resources due to 
jamming.  How does the fact that one baseball game got through change 
or undermine that fact?  I thought his example underlined his point.  
The only time Marti *was* useful was when it broadcast a baseball game 
and it wasn't jammed. Otherwise....like I said--a colossal waste.

Your other point--about "avowed" enemies sometimes collaborating, I do 
get.  And it is indeed interesting when that happens.  If only it would 
happen more often.

John Figliozzi

On May 30, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Scott Royall wrote:

> I would grant that ANY broadcaster oriented toward a goal so specific 
> as
> putting Castro on welfare will always be hard-pressed to justify 
> themselves.
> Yet, my response was to highlight the fact that your example 
> undermined your
> point. Instead of waste, your example was one of those rare and 
> priceless
> occasions when the actual front-line cold warriors held an impromptu 
> truce
> for everyone's benefit! Marti ops pulled the normal strident spots 
> (which
> explained the repeating jingle) and jamming ops arranged a little 
> "accident"
> so they could hear what was hopefully a good game. End result: mutual
> benefit. I'm sure you are aware of the Cuban passion for Baseball, no?
>
> And, lest you doubt that such incidents occur, let me direct you to the
> piece R. Nederlands did a few years back on Soviet jammers. It turns 
> out
> that such accidents were not uncommon. Management--if it 
> noticed--didn't get
> too upset because the particular unjammed broadcast was useful for them
> also.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rmonty23
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:00 PM
> To: Shortwave programming discussion
> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] R. Marti
>
> No, not at all but my point being its such a waste of money to 
> continue with
>
> it.  But we tax payers don't really have a choice in the matter.
> Bob Montgomery
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Shortwave programming discussion'" <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 10:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] R. Marti
>
>
>> Do you think only Marti gets jammed?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rmonty23
>> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 6:38 PM
>> To: Shortwave programming discussion
>> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] R. Marti
>>
>> I have this think for R. Marti which in my opinion is the biggest 
>> waste of
>> my tax dollars there is.  Considering that VOA has suffered cut backs 
>> the
>> way they have yet Marti seems to be going strong.  Funny thing is this
>> past
>> week I noticed that Marti was running a baseball game between Boston 
>> Red
>> Sox
>>
>> and NY Yanks and the jammers where turned off.  To waste the time 
>> usually
>> spent by radio and tv adverts, Marti kept playing this jingle over and
>> over
>> till the game was resumed.  When the game was over, the jammers where
>> turned
>>
>> back on.  What a rip.
>>
>> Maybe I have missed the skinny on Radio Marti because I don't speak 
>> the
>> language but I just can't see its purpose if jammed.  It sure screws 
>> up
>> the
>> shortwave band with the broad band jammers used by the Cubans.
>>
>> Bob Montgomery
>>
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