Saturday, January 02, 2010

Radio Netherlands Madagascar relay back on the air

We now have three transmitters back on the air following the fire at the RNW Madagascar relay station. The 50 kW transmitter was activated today. The fourth transmitter, a 250 kW ABB rig, has suffered some heat damage and must be repaired, which will take up to a week. Our Head of Distribution Jan Willem Drexhage says that the Dutch word for the damaged components is "hoogspanningsschakelaarbeveiligingselectronica" which he suggests would be a good word for Scrabble, at least if you're playing it in Dutch :-)

There have also been some changes to which broadcasts are assigned to which of the Philips transmitters. A revised schedule for all three transmitters, effectively immediately, is in the Media Network Weblog.
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/
(Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands/HCDX)


blog posting - Broadcast schedule update for RNW Madagascar relay station (31 Dec. 2009)