> Radio Moscow was the quintessential example of this, almost everywhere one tuned across the various shortwave bands one could hear a 5/9+ signal almost as cle

> Radio Moscow was the quintessential example of this, almost everywhere one tuned across the various shortwave bands one could hear a 5/9+ signal almost as clearly as a local AM broadcast station. By comparion, VOA (Voice of America) was a minnow. Not an accident, targeting Americans with VOA used to be unlawful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%E2%80%93Mundt_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%E2%80%93Mundt_Act