Re: [A-DX] Deutsche Welle nicht mehr aus Antigua

[KaiLudwig@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> Dafür gibt es dann Sendungen via Montsinery (alle in
> Deutsch nach 
> Zentral- und Nordamerika):

So, wie es auf der Unterseite 2 steht, die wohl nicht hier
hineinkopiert wurde...

Wenn wir nun einmal beim reinkopieren sind: Möglicherweise wird Antigua
entgegen früher verteilten Unterlagen tatsächlich ganz stillgelegt.


** ANTIGUA. Glenn: Re: Antigua / DW / BBC --- From what I've heard, 
the BBC is also moving most of their Antigua transmitter-hours to 
Montsinéry. A few hours will move to Bonaire. It does appear there 
will be a net loss of transmitter hours to the region in English; I 
haven't studied the Spanish transmitter-hours in detail (Richard Cuff 
/ Allentown, PA USA, March 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Rich, So what is the root problem at Antigua? Is it being phased out? 
Transmitters conking out? Temporarily down for refurbishing? (Glenn)

Money-saving activity. For the BBC it appears there's a net gain -- 
yes, they'll pay rental fees to TDF but will save over what it would 
have cost to run Antigua. I don't know if DW's economics are similar. 
I know that Bonaire is run off diesel generators, I'm guessing Antigua

is the same (I could be wrong). Crude oil at $53 per barrel probably 
doesn't help these broadcasters out. Long-term plans aren't certain, 
but the facility could potentially be sold. Where will the savings go?

Probably to the Middle East...radio & TV services (Rich Cuff, ibid.)

When I visited Antigua many years ago they were certainly run off huge

Diesel generators. So how is Montsinéry powered? I suppose they have a

lot of spare capacity with Switzerland closed down. But note all the 
recent reports of missing transmissions from GUF (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)


I honestly don't know how Montsinéry is powered, but I would think 
Diesel is a safe bet. It would seem that TDF, Merlin, and the 
broadcasters realized there was excess capacity between Montsinéry, 
Antigua, and Bonaire --- and that it made collective economic sense to

operate two facilities each at, say, 80% of capacity vs. three 
facilities each at 55% of capacity (Rich Cuff, ibid.)
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