Von: BueschelW@web.de im Auftrag von Wolfgang Bueschel ...

oadcasting to Asia.
The original lease to use the site included a get out clause after 10
years. The land the transmitter complex is built on has since been claimed
by a local Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. In the past few
days the technicians have started decommissioning the equipment and
lowering the antennas. This has meant Radio Australia (RA) has had to find
alternative HF transmitting relays to service Asia. VT based in the UK
have so far found two sites that can provide relay transmissions for RA to
broadcast to Asia at Medorm (HBN) Palau in the Pacific Ocean and Dhabbaya
(DHA) in the United Arab Emirates.
The schedule is as follows (all times UT):
0000-0030 Indonesian to West & central Indonesia on HBN 15225
0100-0130 Burmese to Burma on HBN 15655
0400-0430 Indonesian to West & central Indonesia on HBN 15780
0500-0530 Indonesian to West & central Indonesia on HBN 15590
1300-1430 Chinese to SE China & SE Asia in general on HBN 9890
1600-1630 Burmese to Burma on HBN 9965
2200-2400 English to SE Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam) on HBN 12040
2200-2330 Indonesian to West & central Indonesia on DHA 5935
2300-2330 Burmese to Burma on DHA 5955
Discussions are currently taking place between RA, VT and the Singapore
government about the possible use of the Kranji relay facility to further
bolster RA's transmissions to Asia.
(Mike Bird-AUS, Febr 6th, by Andy Sennitt-HOL, RNW MN via WoR,
dxld Feb 11)
Comments on "R. Australia using new relay sites after Darwin closes"
3. #3 Glenn Hauser on Feb 8th
So the Singapore government has veto power over what VT relays from
Kranji? Why would they veto Radio Australia?
4. #4 Andy Sennitt on Feb 8th
The word 'veto' does not appear in the above story, neither is it implied.
But presumably the media law in Singapore requires the government's
approval for relays of foreign broadcasters. There's nothing unusual in
that.
5. #5 Kai Ludwig on Feb 8th
Indeed. Here in Germany an approval from the Foreign Office is necessary
to transmit foreign broadcasters on shortwave.
However, in the case of the ABC this approval would be just a formality.
Thus it is indeed interesting that the ABC needs to "discuss" the
possibilities of using transmitters in Singapore with the authorities
there. This wording suggests that the matter is a bit more complicated,
and this sheds an interesting light on aspects of media politics.
And in regard to the Darwin/Cox transmitter site I understand the
situation to be such that
1/ closing it down and dismantling it is unavoidable, due to the station
grounds being claimed by the previous or just legitimate owners (a problem
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