BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

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.
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