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How to Jam a Worldwide Satellite TV Broadcast

Posted by timothy on from the next-on-the-diy-network dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "According to an MSNBC article, 'it's simply a matter of aiming a strong signal at the uplink transponder on the satellite and overwhelming the...broadcaster's signals...You need a dish, some power, not too much. You put up a test pattern ... and do a sweep and find the transponder on the satellite you want to jam. It could even be smaller than the standard 6-meter dish. It could be a small dish with a lot of power.' This was apparently how an Iranian satellite television station was knocked off of Loral Skynet's TelStar-12 a few days ago. Loral contacted TLS, a company which specializes in satellite broadcast security, who quickly located the source of the jamming to Cuba."

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  1. Cool... Reason to attack Cuba.. by A+Commentor · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I bet Bush sees this as justification to now attack Cuba... Cuba is attacking our right to free speech being blasted into Iran. Time for another 'justified' U.S. attack. ;-)

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  2. Re:ILLEGAL by Uber+Banker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You replied to this twice yet both times failed to see you were being wound up.

    And that's just with your fresh troll account... you did it with Gunsmithy a lot more.

  3. Um, hello by autopr0n · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why would the iranians use a satalite dish for their own local channel? NITV is broadcast from LA by expat iranians and calls for the destruction of the current government.

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  4. Class B vs. Class A by autopr0n · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Havn't you ever noticed the 'class B computing device' sticker on lots of hardware? It means that the device doesn't give off too much radiation. And you are allowed to broadcast on the FM band as long as it's low power enough. I doubt your wireless mic would have any effect more then a couple meters away.

    And not only that, but to jam a satalite dish, you need to have a directional antenna and a lot of power...

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  5. Re:The tricky thing is.... by bhtooefr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    so the FSB was 100MHz, then?

  6. Re:Phil-14's reactionary bull puckey - History les by FooGoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    McCarthyism...Check
    American Military Conspiracy...Check
    Reverse accusation of communism/fascism....Check

    Another liberal commie picko. I'm surprised you didn't bring up Alger Hiss.

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