[HCDX] RTE Ireland : its historic lack of presence on SW has always been puzzling...

["mhev" <mhev@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

RTE Ireland : its historic lack of presence on SW has always been puzzling
to me ...

RTE, by my view of the way history should have happened -- would have had
the following transmission systems:

1. 2 x HRS 8 / 4 / 1
-- aimed at the US and 'Southern' Canada and Latin America
-- installed mid 1980s

2. 3 x HRS 4 / 4 / 1
-- aimed at Catholic Europe (Spain & Portugal, Ukraine, Italy, Romania and
Greece)
-- same antenna used to reach Australia + NZ
3. 2 x HRS 4 / 2 / 1
-- aimed at the Nordic Region

Initial launch of SW service : 1955.
Initial transmitters : 3 x 50 kW.

Note : items 2 & 3 dating from the late 1960s with a rebuild in the mid
1980s.

All fed by 4 x 250 kW transmitters from 2 or 3 transmitter sites, with 3 x
50 kW spares.

Primary broadcasting language : English and Gaelic
With 30 minutes per day in the geopolitical important languages from
Catholic Europe.

Political Stance : RFI Model : Irish Culture, with no 'cold war' involvement
whatsoever.
Secondary goal of SW service : obtaining foreign investment.

Transmission hours : around 220 per week.

Primary programming source : RTE.

International (non RTE domestic) hours : 15% of all programming hours.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, India" <dx_india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <105502.471@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 06:03
Subject: [HCDX] Reply from RTE Ireland


Dear Friends,

I received the following reply (by auto reply?) from RTE Ireland for
my comments on their rethinking of SW broadcasts.

"Thank you for responding to RTE's SW survey.  This survey will
continue till the 12th of DEC. 2003. All correspondence is viewed on
a daily basis and the messages will inform our future SW strategy.

Lennie Kaye

Technical Operations Manager, Radio

RTE

Ireland "




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