[HCDX]: Fw: Update situation Bonaire 29/4/2000 1500 UTC

["Mark Veldhuis" <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Andy Sennitt" <andys@xxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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> Dear all,
>
> This is a short update about the situation regarding our relaystation
> Bonaire. As you may know our power plant was completely destroyed last
> Saturday by a fire when generator 4 exploded as a result of
> "back-fire".
>
> Since the accident our staff in Bonaire has worked around the clock to
> get the station back on the air. Two new generators have arrived for
> the energy supply of the transmitters and one small generator for the
> general electricity of the station. A new building has been
> constructed to host the new generators.
>
> We hope to start the generators for testing purposes this weekend. If
> these tests are succesfull the plan is to bring the station back on
> the air on the frequencies we could not (yet) transfer to other
> locations.
>
> Since the accident many Bonaire transmitter hours were transferred to
> Flevo and also Antiqua, Ascension, Cypress Creek, Juelich and
> Komsomolsk-Amur. For a complete overview please have a look at:
>
> http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/schedule.html
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Rocus de Joode
> Manager Operations
> Radio Netherlands
>
>
>
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