From Stig Hartvig Nielsen on the Yahoo mwdx list.
Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=228 -----Original Message----- From: Stig Hartvig Nielsen <[email protected]> To: 'Hard-core-dx' <[email protected]>; nordx <[email protected]>; mwdx <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 9:22 am Subject: [mwdx] Greenland closes SW and MW on Feb 11 2011 On February 11 2011 at 8 AM local time all medium wave stations carrying KNR (Radio Greenland) - Upernavik (810 kHz), Uummannaq (900 kHz), Qeqertarsuaq (650 kHz), Nuuk (570 kHz) og Simiutaq (720 kHz) - will be switched off for good, and the transmitters will be dismantled. On the same day the relays of KNR newscasts twice daily via Tasiilaq 3815 kHz will also cease. The decision has been taken by the Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Transport in the Government of Greenland. After February 11 2011 KNR will only be available via Low Power FM-radio in inhabited areas of Greenland. Thus no coverage of the waste country outside the towns and villages - and KNR will no longer be available for the fishermen at sea nor the Inuit population in Canada. The decision was made because the transmitters were getting old and too costly to maintain. Besides - very few people are using the MW transmissions. Weather forecasts will be available for fishermen and others via VHF coastal radio. At a point it was considered replacing the aging MW transmitters with one or two new SW AM-transmitters near Nuuk, but it was estimated that it would cost 4 million DKK (535.000 euro) to establish such a new SW operation. It was also felt that few listeners would invest in a SW receiver and the quality would be 'doubtful' - suffering from 'atmospheric phenomena'. So these plans were given up. Full report (in Danish) here: http://www.radionyt.com/artikel/default.asp?id=18070 Best 73s Stig Hartvig Nielsen __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: New Members 3 Visit Your Group Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List owner: [email protected] MARKETPLACE Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! Explore new interests. Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers Center. Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
