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The text below has been extracted from the TWR
Africa website (http://www.twrafrica.org/ ). It seems that
Malawi is going to have a private SW station.
73 de
Pentti Lintujärvi, Helsinki, Finland Webmaster of 1000 Lakes DX Page (http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/3232/dx.htm) and dxlinks.info (http://www.dxlinks.info/) and Finnish DX Association (http://www.sdxl.org/) " ...As TWR-Malawi already has the newly commissioned Blantyre FM radio station on air together with the studio transmitter link (STL) that feeds it, it is now time to proceed further with phase two of the project. Phase two includes the installation of three additional fm repeater stations. On completion this network of stations will provide continuous fm coverage from Blantyre in the south to capital city of Lilongwe in the central region. Crown transmitters, antennae and associated equipment will be installed on the Zomba Mountain site and will cover Zomba and part of the shore of Lake Malawi. In addition equipment will be installed on Dedza Hill for the central region and a link to the studios in Lilongwe (the capital) will need to be established along with a radio station. TWR in partnership with HCJB World Engineering Centre's (HCJB) engineering
department are in the process of plotting coverage patterns and testing power
levels for each of the sites in question. Phase three will be the completion of the FM network to Chitipa in the north that will carry the Good News to the peoples of that region. This will require approximately a further eight repeaters...." |