{"id":55559,"date":"2023-02-02T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=55559"},"modified":"2023-02-02T09:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T13:00:58","slug":"radio-tamazul-and-radio-dabanga-broadcast-coordination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/radio-tamazul-and-radio-dabanga-broadcast-coordination\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Tamazul and Radio Dabanga broadcast coordination?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jeff (KJ7LTU), who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thomas,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-963 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/RadioDabanga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I was wondering if you, or your readers, know if Radio Tamazuj and Radio Dabanga are coordinating their broadcasting efforts? This last Sunday I picked up their transmission on 15550 kHz. Radio Tamazul signs off at 15:57 UTC and Radio Dabanga signs on at 15:59 UTC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Some quick research indicates that this is the intended broadcast schedule. The times, and shared frequencies, seem to allude to a joint effort. Other than these are both Sudanese broadcasters, I can&#8217;t seem to find any additional evidence to support this. Wondering if you might be willing to put this out there to see if anyone has any information to satisfy my curiosity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Here&#8217;s a link to the transmission for reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/a7MOtrCg9Lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Tamazuj &amp; Radio Dabanga<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a7MOtrCg9Lk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Again, appreciate your many contributions to our listening community!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Jeff Cooper<br \/>\nKJ7LTU<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you, Jeff!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers: Please feel free to comment with any insight!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff (KJ7LTU), who writes: Thomas, I was wondering if you, or your readers, know if Radio Tamazuj and Radio Dabanga are coordinating their broadcasting efforts? This last Sunday I picked up their transmission on 15550 kHz. Radio Tamazul signs off at 15:57 UTC and Radio Dabanga signs on at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[10078,338,5599,4082],"class_list":["post-55559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-jeff-cooper","tag-radio-dabanga","tag-radio-tamazuj","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-es7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/sudan-a-failure-to-block-radio-dabanga\/","url_meta":{"origin":55559,"position":0},"title":"Sudan: a &#8220;failure to block Radio Dabanga&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"November 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Dabanga via Andy Sennitt) The Sudanese Minister of Information has admitted that attempts by the Sudanese government to prevent broadcasts by Radio Dabanga have failed. 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