BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945
BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945 BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945
Fire puts RNW Madagascar relay station off the air. There has been a fire in the high voltage room of the external mains power supply at Radio Netherlands Worldwide's relay station in Madagascar. Firefighters from the Madagascan capital Antananarivo managed to bring the blaze under control within hours. The fire destroyed the high voltage circuit breaker equipment, so broadcasts from Madagascar will be suspended for at least three days and possibly up to a week. Some transmissions have already been moved to other sites, but because of the Christmas holidays this has taken longer than usual to organise. Additional changes are pending and will be published when confirmed. Here details of temporary replacement services from Dec 25 & 28: Radio Sweden International 0200-0300 11550 HBY 350 kW 055 deg to SEAs in Swedish/English 2000-2100 9490 HBY 350 kW 055 deg to SEAs in Swedish/English 2100-2200 7425 HBY 350 kW 190 deg to SoAf in Swedish/English Vatican Radio 0300-0430 9660 SMG 250 kW 145 deg to EaAf in English/Swahili/Amharic 0330-0400 7360 SMG 250 kW 130 deg to EaAf in Swahili 0430-0500 9660 SMG 250 kW 170 deg to WeAf in French 0500-0530 9660 SMG 250 kW 170 deg to SoAf in English 1600-1630 13765 SMG 250 kW 169 deg to CeAf in Swahili Voice of America 0430-0600 9885 BOT 100 kW 010 deg to SoAf in English 0530-0630 7265 SAO 100 kW 020 deg to NWAf in French Mon-Fri 1000-1030 21590 BOT 100 kW 350 deg to SoAf in Portuguese Sat/Sun 1300-1400 15620 SAO 100 kW 088 deg to EaAf in Somali 1700-1800 12080 LAM 100 kW 132 deg to SoAf in Shona/English/Ndebele 2100-2130 9680 SAO 100 kW 052 deg to WCAf in French RFE/RL Radio Farda 0500-0600 12015 BIB 100 kW 105 deg to WeAs in Farsi Radio Dabanga 1530-1600 13800 ISS 500 kW 138 deg to EaAf in Arabic >>from Dec 29 1600-1630 13800 MDC 250 kW 325 deg to EaAf in Arabic >>no replacement 1630-1730 13800 NAU 250 kW 150 deg to EaAf in Arabic >>from Dec 28 Radio Netherlands Worldwide 1400-1600 15595 HBY 350 kW 095 deg to SoAs in English >till Dec 27* 1730-1800 11655 NAU 250 kW 140 deg to ECAf in Dutch >>>from Dec 28 1800-2000 11655 ISS 500 kW 138 deg to ECAf in Dutch >>>from Dec 28 1900-2100 7425 ISS 500 kW 155 deg to SoAf in English 2000-2100 11655 GUF 250 kW 080 deg to WeAf in English 2100-2130 13700 BON 250 kW 080 deg to WeAf in Dutch *This has now been cancelled due to poor reception in the target area No details for the following transmissions: Adventist World Radio 0230-0330 3215 MDC 050 kW 020 deg to MDC in Malagasy 1430-1530 3215 MDC 050 kW 020 deg to MDC in Malagasy Radio Voice of People file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX945.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:45]
0400-0500 11610 MDC 050 kW 265 deg to EaAf in English/Shona/Ndebele Voice of Tibet 1330-1400 17550 MDC 250 kW 045 deg to SoAs in Tibetan Democratic Voice of Burma 1430-1530 17495 MDC 250 kW 055 deg to SEAs in Burmese WYFR Family Radio 1600-1700 9590 MDC 250 kW 320 deg to EaAf in Swahili 1800-2000 7395 MDC 250 kW 320 deg to EaAf in English 1900-2100 6020 MDC 050 kW 255 deg to SoAf in English Radio Netherlands Worldwide 1630-1700 13740 MDC 250 kW 350 deg to N/ME in Dutch 1700-1730 9895 MDC 250 kW 335 deg to EaAf in Dutch 1730-1900 6020 MDC 250 kW 255 deg to SoAf in Dutch Fiangonana Loterana 1630-1700 3215 MDC 050 kW 020 deg to MDC in Malagasy Deutsche Welle 2200-2300 7380 MDC 250 kW 080 deg to SEAs in Indonesian (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28) Transmissions through RNW station slowly resumes. A team of ten people are employed to repair two of the four damaged Radio Netherlands transmitters. Broadcasts through these transmitters may be resumed later today. It is hoped the other two transmitters will be repaired by the end of this week. (RNW, dxld Dec 30) Transmissions through RNW station slowly resumes. That news item was written by someone with no technical knowledge and is inaccurate. The correct information, which we received direct from the station, will be in the Media Network Weblog shortly. I am not sure where this information came from, but the email from Madagascar was sent after the news item was published. The news item is only on our African site, not the main English site. I apologise on behalf of whoever wrote the story. (Andy Sennitt-HOL, dxld Dec 30) [later] I have now updated the Media Network blog as follows: On 30th December, our Station Manager in Madagascar reported that the two Philips transmitters are in working order, and have been tested using generator power. Technicians are still working on restoring the mains supply and will finish tomorrow (31st December). A temporary schedule will then be put into effect on 1st January using these two Philips transmitters. The other two transmitters (one 250 kW and one 50 kW) are also thought to be OK, but still have to be tested at the weekend. New switches also have to be installed to connect these two transmitters to the antenna system. We hope to bring them back on the air in the course of next week. file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WWDXD-BCDX/2010/BCDX945.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:45]
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0400-0500 11610 MDC 050 kW 265 deg to EaAf in English/Shona/Ndebele<br />
Voice of Tibet<br />
1330-1400 17550 MDC 250 kW 045 deg to SoAs in Tibetan<br />
Democratic Voice of Burma<br />
1430-1530 17495 MDC 250 kW 055 deg to SEAs in Burmese<br />
WYFR Family Radio<br />
1600-1700 9590 MDC 250 kW 320 deg to EaAf in Swahili<br />
1800-2000 7395 MDC 250 kW 320 deg to EaAf in English<br />
1900-2100 6020 MDC 050 kW 255 deg to SoAf in English<br />
Radio Netherlands Worldwide<br />
1630-1700 13740 MDC 250 kW 350 deg to N/ME in Dutch<br />
1700-1730 9895 MDC 250 kW 335 deg to EaAf in Dutch<br />
1730-1900 6020 MDC 250 kW 255 deg to SoAf in Dutch<br />
Fiangonana Loterana<br />
1630-1700 3215 MDC 050 kW 020 deg to MDC in Malagasy<br />
Deutsche Welle<br />
2200-2300 7380 MDC 250 kW 080 deg to SEAs in Indonesian<br />
(R BULGARIA <strong>DX</strong> MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc <strong>BC</strong>-<strong>DX</strong> <strong>TopNews</strong> Dec 28)<br />
Transmissions through RNW station slowly resumes.<br />
A team of ten people are employed to repair two of the four damaged Radio<br />
Netherlands transmitters. Broadcasts through these transmitters may be<br />
resumed later today. It is hoped the other two transmitters will be<br />
repaired by the end of this week.<br />
(RNW, dxld Dec 30)<br />
Transmissions through RNW station slowly resumes.<br />
That news item was written by someone with no technical knowledge and is<br />
inaccurate. The correct information, which we received direct from the<br />
station, will be in the Media Network Weblog shortly. I am not sure where<br />
this information came from, but the email from Madagascar was sent after<br />
the news item was published. The news item is only on our African site,<br />
not the main English site. I apologise on behalf of whoever wrote the<br />
story.<br />
(Andy Sennitt-HOL, dxld Dec 30)<br />
[later] I have now updated the Media Network blog as follows:<br />
On 30th December, our Station Manager in Madagascar reported that the two<br />
Philips transmitters are in working order, and have been tested using<br />
generator power. Technicians are still working on restoring the mains<br />
supply and will finish tomorrow (31st December). A temporary schedule will<br />
then be put into effect on 1st January using these two Philips<br />
transmitters.<br />
The other two transmitters (one 250 kW and one 50 kW) are also thought to<br />
be OK, but still have to be tested at the weekend. New switches also have<br />
to be installed to connect these two transmitters to the antenna system.<br />
We hope to bring them back on the air in the course of next week.<br />
file:///Z|/DOKUMENTATION-BULLETINS/WW<strong>DX</strong>D-<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong>/2010/<strong>BC</strong><strong>DX</strong><strong>945</strong>.TXT[11.06.2012 10:39:45]
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