Could we lease the site and hold the 25th annual SWL Winterfest there?
On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Richard Cuff wrote: > When it rains it pours. The week's "Media Network" newsletter from > Radio Netherlands announces that the Bonaire relay site will close. > RNW will continue to use shortwave; its services to North America > (Dutch, Spanish I think) will be served via leased time from > Montsinery (French Guiana) and Sackville (Canada). > > The number of transmitter-hours originating from the site has > decreased enough so that it's cheaper to just consolidate requirements > with other broadcasters and mothball the site. > > So that's two of the three major Latin American relay sites designed > to reach North America (Antigua, Montsinery, Bonaire) to go dark. (I > didn't count Asencion -- because it primarily serves Africa these > days). > > This news isn't yet posted on the weblog (http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/) . > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
