Hard-Core-DX.com: 6005 / 6015 kHz log on Jan 13

6005 / 6015 kHz log on Jan 13

Monday, January 13 2020



was "6015 kHz. heard with three stations mixing together..."


MADAGASCAR/TANZANIA_ZANZIBAR log this UTC morning Jan 13 at 03.22 UT
onwards:
Split of co-channel 6015 MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility
and Zanzibar outlet

IS SUCCESSFUL ACTION so far today:

6005 kHz R Tamazuj from MDC Talata Volonondry started 1st try TX on air
at 03.27:25 UTC, but only for short 5 seconds on air,
followed by straight TX signal on air
at 03.30:00 UTC 'CRASH START' on air:

S=8-9 fluttery signal in Switzerland, Austria, southern Germany,
Belgium, and Cape Canaveral Florida remote Perseus and Kiwi Net units.
S=7-8 in Alicante Spain and Tenerife Canary Islands remote SDR rx.

Also at remote TWR Kiwi rx in Johannesbourg RSA South Africa
noted S=9+10dB -64dBm signal on 6005 kHz.

In remote Kuwait city - Kiwi SDR rx S=9 signal from 6005 kHz MDC,
but also some sideband splash from regular BBC Persian service from
Tashkent Uzbekistan on 6010 kHz neighbour channel.

- - -

6015 kHz ZBC Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation from Dole Zanzibar island in
Swahili, also S=8-9 in Switzerland, Austria, southern Germany,
Belgium, and Cape Canaveral Florida remote Perseus and Kiwi Net units.

At remote TWR Kiwi rx in Johannesbourg RSA South Africa
noted S=9 -71dBm signal.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 13)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocus de Joode" <info@jrcc.nl>


Cc: <WOR@groups.io>; <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>; "'Cc: Bill Bingham'"
<billbingham1@vodamail.co.za>; "'Ron Howard'" <ron888howard@gmail.com>;
"'Glenn Hauser_actual'" <wghauser@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 11:36 AM
Subject: FW: [WOR] 6015 kHz. heard with three stations mixing together

Hello and Greetings from Madagascar,

I noted underneath correspondence. I was aware of the interference.

So I plan to use 6005 kHz (10 kHz away) from tomorrow morning and see if
this improves the situation.
According to band scans this should be a clear channel between 0330 and 0430
UTC in the horn of Africa.

I want to note that my reason to use 6015 kHz was to stay close to 6020 kHz,
which I used in the B18 season.
However, since Tamazuj extended with half an hour extra starting A19, I
could not use this anymore because or RRI from 0400 UTC onwards.
And at the start of the B19 season 6015 kHz was free to use with DOL with
50 kW in Swahili reported to be off air.

Considering the extreme low SSN I even consider to swap 6015 kHz and 7315
kHz between MDC and ISS. Not decided yet.

73’s de Rocus @ MDC

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Wolfgang Bueschel > >
Date: Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] 6015 kHz. heard with three stations mixing together
To: <WOR@groups.io <mailto:WOR@groups.io> >, <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
<mailto:hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> >
Cc: Bill Bingham <billbingham1@vodamail.co.za
<mailto:billbingham1@vodamail.co.za> >, Ron Howard <ron888howard@gmail.com
<mailto:ron888howard@gmail.com> >, Glenn Hauser_actual <wghauser@yahoo.com
<mailto:wghauser@yahoo.com> >

MADAGASCAR / HOLLAND / NETHERLANDS {R Tamazuj to South SUDAN}

the interference problem of R Tamazuj 6015 kHz in B-seasons
via MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility
must be solved quite differently.

The guys here on the radio community should HEFTY complain direct to the
Dutch NGO Foundation frequency management organization to avoid such
co-channel clash at least in coming B-20 season from late October 2020.

This shortwave co-channel clash is a problem
because small domestic broadcaster send requests to ITU Geneve
with their 50 kW systems
are never included in the HFCC Conference database,
like for example Radio Habana Cuba, KCBS Pyongyang and similar ...


Write direct and complain to

Radio Tamazuj
c/o Free Press Unlimited
Witte Kruislaan 55
1217 AM Hilversum
The Netherlands
Europe

phone +31 35 6254340
e-mail <radiotamazuj@gmail.com <mailto:radiotamazuj@gmail.com> >
e-mail <info@freepressunlimited.org <mailto:info@freepressunlimited.org> >

website <radiotamazuj.org <http://radiotamazuj.org> >


and send a copy of the complaint to

MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay facility
transmitter operator too
Mr. Rocus de Joode

P.O.Box 404
101 Antananarivo
Madagascar

fax +261 202243184
e-mail <talata@mglob.mg <mailto:talata@mglob.mg> >

Airtime Frequency Manager
Mr. Rocus de Joode

(all data taken from WRTH Handbook)

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Bingham <billbingham1@vodamail.co.za


<mailto:billbingham1@vodamail.co.za> >
Cc: "Ron Howard" <ron888howard@gmail.com <mailto:ron888howard@gmail.com> >
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [WOR] 6015 kHz. heard with three stations mixing together

At least from the southern part of Africa, it is bad.

This morning (Jan 12) PBS Zinjiang was very poor, as usual. So poor that
I couldn't really tell when it went off air, but I would guess about
0257, unless that is when it finally faded out for good.

The other carrier(s) started at 0327, presumed R Tamazuj and/or
Zanzibar. Audio was very poor and did not sound like Zanzibar
programming, the music and songs sounded more African, so presumably
Radio Tamazuj from Madagascar. But there was a weak and continuous SAH,
and what I thought sounded like a Zanzibar jingle at 0342. Reception of
both stations was so poor they were both actually unreadable., I gave up
at 0353.

Like Ron, I feel sorry for Zanzibar, as this has been their patch for
years. This morning at least, it seems to me that PBS can't be blamed
for the lousy reception of Tamazuj and ZBC, but I can't be certain they
had already gone off air, their own reception was so bad earlier in the
day. Our local sunrise in Johannesburg was at 0327.

Bill Bingham, Jo'burg, RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF 2001D. WOR via DXLD.


On 2020/01/11 12:53, hungaroboy wrote:


Ron,

If it is bad there in California*can we imagine how bad is in Africa?*
Zanzibar and Tamazuj's target area is Africa but the different part.
Zanzibar wasn't easy to hear here in Europe on this frequency. I have
never heard it here in Hungary, only via an Israeli SDR.
Among the three stations the Zanzibari is the weakest.
Tibor Gaal
Budapest, Hungary

<WOR@groups.io <mailto:WOR@groups.io> >, ezt írta:
EAST TURKISTAN/MADAGASCAR/ZANZIBAR. 6015, on Jan 8, noted the following
sequence of events:

At 0210, reception of Xinjiang PBS (East Turkistan) was being well heard
and // 4850; tentatively heard going off the air at their scheduled 0345*,
before which was mixing with Madagascar and Zanzibar.

At 0326, carrier on for Radio Tamazuj (Madagascar), mostly blocking
Xinjiang PBS reception.

At *0328, start of ZBC Radio (Zanzibar), already in progress.

At 0329, audio started for Radio Tamazuj, *so there were three stations
with audio mixing together*. After Xinjiang PBS, went off tentatively at
0345*, only hear two stations mixing together. All of which is bad news
for Zanzibar, who has been on 6015 for many years!
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via DXLD)

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