During the night on Friday/Saturday, an electrical fault caused a fire inside transmitter no. 4 at Flevo. If you're interested to see some photos of this unplanned barbecue, go to http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/flevo020708.html. Pictures were taken by my colleague Rocus de Joode on Saturday afternoon.
The transmitter is expected to be off for a week or so, while it's cleaned and replacement parts are fitted. Meanwhile we're using the reserve 100 kW transmitter, so Flevo is still broadcasting a full schedule, albeit with reduced power on some frequencies. Meanwhile, our Madagascar relay station is resuming an almost full service tomorrow, 9th July, following the recent departure of former president Didier Ratsiraka to exile in France, and a consequent easing of the tension there. Andy Sennitt Radio Netherlands ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Keep in mind EDXC Conference 2002 in mid-August - the biggest DX and SWL meeting in Europe! See http://www.sdxl.org/edxc/edxc2002.html, come to Pori, Finland and enjoy! ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
