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Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Zanzibar on 6015 kHz?
Re Zanzibar shortwave back on air?
See below.
Electricity supply, carried from the mainland by submarine cable, broke down
Dec 10, 2009.
So main power break lasted - probably - til Sept 2010.
Chinese made antennas 11735 / 6015 kHz
06°06'01.54"S 39°15'31.52"E
TZA Zanzibar Dole SW 11735 / 6015 kHz 50 kW
two curtains, left 25mb, right 49mb antenna
6 masts
06°06'07.13"S 39°15'27.60"E
TZA Chumbum/Chumbuni MW 585 kHz 10 kW
06°09'05.88"S 39°13'01.30"E
best image of Febr 23, 2006
TZA Kunduchi (Dar Es Salam) 657 kHz 50 kW (x1035 too)
06°41'50.26"S 39°11'36.61"E
old 5050 kHz site.
TZA Dar es Salaam Pugu Road 837 kHz 50 kW, 1035 kHz 10 kW
06°52'28.65"S 39°11'13.44"E
73 wb
The SW transmitter at Dole, 10 kms North-East of Zanzibar City
(commonly known as 'Stone Town'), is off at the moment, but will return
to the air once the blackout is over.
Dec. 10, 2009, will no doubt go down in Zanzibar's history as 'Black
Thursday'.
On that day the electricity supply, carried from the mainland by submarine
cable, broke down. Since then the retailers of generators and fuel have
become quite rich, but the blackout has left most Zanzibarians angry,
desparate and frustrated. It will still take many months before the cable
will have been repaired or replaced. The authorities are still only in the
negotiating stage with foreign companies willing to solve the problem.
R Zanzibar has generators for the 585 kHz MW transmitter and 97.4 MHz FM.
TANZANIA R Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, known locally as 'RTD' or 'TBC' is
located at Nyerere Road, a few km's from the city centre. The studio
building was constructed by the British in 1954. There I met 4 friendly
engineers who told me a lot about Tanzania's long SW broadcasting history.
With nostalgia they spoke about the last SW transmitter, 'the fifty-fifty'
(i.e. 5050 kHz) which was taken out of service in 2006 because spare parts
were no longer available. A few years earlier 6105 had 'died' too. Just 1
km away from the studio building is the transmitting station where these
oldies are now collecting dust and rust. RTD meanwhile has adequate MW
coverage and FM is available from 11 sites throughout the country.
Three programmes are broadcast:
TBC Taifa (= 'National', supposedly only on MW),
TBC FM in Swahili, and
TBC International in English for the capital city area on 90.0 MHz FM.
Dec. 10, 2009, will no doubt go down in Zanzibar's history as 'Black
Thursday'.
On that day the electricity supply, carried from the mainland by submarine
cable, broke down. Since then the retailers of generators and fuel have
become quite rich, but the blackout has left most Zanzibarians angry,
desparate and frustrated. It will still take many months before the cable
will have been repaired or replaced. The authorities are still only in the
negotiating stage with foreign companies willing to solve the problem.
R Zanzibar has generators for the 585 kHz MW transmitter and 97.4 MHz FM.
The SW transmitter at Dole, 10 kms North-East of Zanzibar City (commonly
known as 'Stone Town'), is off at the moment, but will return to the air
once the blackout is over.
The 10 kW transmitter at Chumbum on 585 will be replaced by a new 50 kW
Chinese unit.
I was given the following schedule:
585 at 0900-2100
6015 at 0300-0600
11735 at 1500-2100
on FM at 0300-2100 (Unguja 97,4 and Pemba 90,5)
The 11735 kHz outlet is regarded as an international frequency for
coverage of the mainland and the vast Swahili-speaking region of East and
Central Africa. By the way, Zanzibar is the collective name of all islands
under the autonomous Revolutionary Government, part of the United Republic
of Tanzania. Zanzibar Island is now commonly referred to as Unguja.
(ibid., Benelux DXC Bulletin, via wwdxc March 4, 2010)
TANZANIA 11735 Nach den Planungen fuer die Wintersaison haette die
SAUTI YA TANZANIA ZANZIBAR abends auf 11735 kHz ungestoerter hoerbar sein.
Tatsaechlich ist der Sender auf 11735 kHz seit Anfang Dezember 2009 ausser
Betrieb. Am 10. Dezember 2009 wurde das Seekabel, das Strom vom Festland
nach Sansibar fuehrt, unterbrochen, und noch ist unklar, wann es repariert
oder ersetzt wird. Das Kabel wurde 1975 verlegt und sollte eine Lebenszeit
von 25 Jahren haben, so dass es zehn Jahre laenger gehalten hat als
erwartet.
Derzeit betreibt die Stimme Sansibars mit Notstromgeneratoren die
Mittelwelle 585 kHz und die UKW-Frequenz 97.4 MHz. Die Kurzwellenanlage in
Dole, etwa 10 km nordoestlich von Sansibar City, wird erst wieder auf
Sendung gehen, wenn die regulaere Stromzufuhr gewaehrleistet ist
(ibid., ADDX Kurier 4-2010)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Howard" Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:53 AM
Subject: [dxld] Zanzibar on 6015 kHz?
** ZANZIBAR. 6015, RTZ (tentative), *0301-0345, September 15.
Thanks to Dan Sheedy for originally alerting me to this. Heard
with almost the identical format for the past two nights. 0301
suddenly able to hear an announcer; 0303-0306 reciting from
the Qur’an (on the 14th was not sure if Qur’an or a
chanting/singing from 0302 to 0306); announcer talking;
a short musical selection at 0317; more non-stop talking
till BoH music; 0331 more talking till 0341 Islamic sounding
singing; lost by 0344. Best reception was about 0318, which
would fit nicely with Grayline reception. Possibly the language
was Swahili or Arabic, but a little too weak for me to confirm.
Brandon Jordan, who routinely listens to African stations,
also monitored here on Sept 15 and he feels “very confident
that this is indeed Zanzibar”. So the general consensus by
those of us who have heard this is that it probably is Zanzibar.
Would help to have others monitoring this as well.
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
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