The B09 season commenced, as expected, on October 26, 2009.
Compared with the A09 season, there has been an immense number of frequency changes and schedule variations, many of which have been activated by Transmission Providers as a result of continuing negligible solar/sunspot activity.
Compared with the A09 season, there has been an immense number of frequency changes and schedule variations, many of which have been activated by Transmission Providers as a result of continuing negligible solar/sunspot activity.
Associated with the new Season, there has been a significant increase in the usage of brokered relay sites for many broadcasters, particularly for improving long-distance coverage into target areas which have proven unreliable for direct multi-hop broadcasts.
Concident with this, there has been a wholescale movement into the 6, 7, and 9 Mhz bands for transmissions over long distance darkness and semi-darkness paths, due to the uncertainty in delivering effective results on frequencies above about 12 MHz for those circuits.
Concident with this, there has been a wholescale movement into the 6, 7, and 9 Mhz bands for transmissions over long distance darkness and semi-darkness paths, due to the uncertainty in delivering effective results on frequencies above about 12 MHz for those circuits.
Amateur Band Intrusions
Most broadcasters have now moved out of the recently authorized exclusive amateur radio spectrum 7100-7200, and those which remain are being investigated and identified by the various national Intruder Watch organizations. They include transmissions originating from North Korea, Russia, various African states, and broadcasts of a political nature targeting the Middle East and Asia.
Most broadcasters have now moved out of the recently authorized exclusive amateur radio spectrum 7100-7200, and those which remain are being investigated and identified by the various national Intruder Watch organizations. They include transmissions originating from North Korea, Russia, various African states, and broadcasts of a political nature targeting the Middle East and Asia.
Frequency Clusters
Research into actual operations reveals several "Frequency Clusters", for various broadcasters, which have moved in to spectra which was previously the domain of point-to-point and other stone-age technologies, generally classified as "utility". Shared use of this spectra is permitted by the ITU, on a non-interference basis, but there are so few of these obsolete operations remaining, that the concept of "shared usage" has become virtually meaningless.
Research into actual operations reveals several "Frequency Clusters", for various broadcasters, which have moved in to spectra which was previously the domain of point-to-point and other stone-age technologies, generally classified as "utility". Shared use of this spectra is permitted by the ITU, on a non-interference basis, but there are so few of these obsolete operations remaining, that the concept of "shared usage" has become virtually meaningless.
The main Clusters may be observed in these spectra:
5700 to 5900
6200 to 6300
7500 to 7700
9300 to 9400
Frequency Usage within Clusters
Analysis made here in Melbourne of spectrum usage in these Clusters since the start of the B09 season reveals these operations in the time window 1700 to 2100 - these are selected snapshot entries only - there are many more!
5750 KUWAIT VOA Pashto/Dari 1850
5790 ENGLAND BBC-Skelton Arabic 1900
5810 MARIANAS RFA-Tinian Mandarin 1730
5820 GERMANY RFE-Lampertheim 1800
5825 GERMANY RFE-Biblis 2015
5835 KUWAIT VOA Pashto 1815
5840 UZBEKISTAN DW-Tashkent Russian 1830
5850 GERMANY VOA-Wertachtal Farsi 1845
5860 MARIANAS RFA-Tinian Mandarin 1810
6250 N. KOREA Pyonygang BS 1715
6260 UZBEKISTAN CVC-Tashkent Hindi 1830
6260 EGYPT R. Cairo Urdu 1900
6270 EGYPT R. Cairo French 1915
6280 INDIA AOR GOS Arabic 1900
6285 N. KOREA VOK German 1815
6290 EGYPT R. Cairo Arabic 1915
7520 THAILAND R. Farda Udorn 1930
7530 ARMENIA RFA-Yerevan Korean 1915
7550 INDIA AIR GOS 1845
7560 THAILAND VOA-Udorn Dari 1815
7560 KUWAIT VOA Pashto 1915
7570 THAILAND R. Thailand, Udorn 1900 English
7580 THAILAND R. Farda, Udorn 1800
9310 THAILAND R. Farda Iranawela 1830
9320 SRI LANKA VOA-Iranawela Tigrinya 1900
9325 N. KOREA VOK German 1800
9335 KUWAIT VOA Dari 1730
9335 SRI LANKA VOA-Iranawela Farsi 1915
9365 FRANCE RTI-Issoudin French 1930
9380 SRI LANKA R. Parfur, Iranawela, Sudanese 1815
9385 SRI LANKA RFA-Iranawela Korean 1800
9390 FRANCE R. Algeria, Issoudin Arabic 1830
As the above data reveals, the 6, 7, and 9 MHz is grid-locked in the period 1800 to 2100, with serious congestion due to multiple occupancies of many channels, for broadcasters targeting Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Study of languages observed in this winmdow reveals a large increase of broadcasts in Farsi, Pashto, Dari, and Arabic, mainly originating from the BBC and IBB giants, maximising transmitter capacity from relays in Sri Lanka, Germany, the United KIngdom, Kuwait, Oman, Thailand, Cyprus and the Philippines.
China Radio International has stepped up its usage of 7 MHz channels in the European evening, especially in the spectrum 7300 to 7500, with direct transmissions from China, and also from the relays in Albania, France, and Mali.
I would be interested in your own observations and analysis of spectrum occupancy in your location, which you may submit in the "Comments" area of this Weblog!
Regards from Melbourne
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