Please disregard, this is an old news from 2001. Thanks to Mike Terry for pointing out !!
Regds Alokesh Gupta New Delhi, India ------------------------------------ On 2/5/09, bdxcuk <bdx...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > This is an old BBC news report from 9 April 2001 > > Dave Kenny > UK > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alokesh Gupta" <alokeshgu...@gmail.com> > To: "CUMBRE DX" <cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:41 AM > Subject: [HCDX] Vatican radio bows to pressure > > > Vatican radio bows to pressure > > The Vatican, in an effort to stop Italy from cutting off electricity to its > radio station following a row over electromagnetic radiation, says it will > cut some of its transmissions after Easter. The surprise decision was > announced a day before Italy's Environment Minister Willer Bordon was due > to > hold a news conference to announce measures against the station. The > minister has accused Vatican Radio of exceeding Italian laws on radiation > and of being a health hazard. Last month, Mr Bordon threatened to cut off > all electricity to the radio's transmission centre on Rome's outskirts. > > The antennas violate Italian law > Residents have claimed that the radio's forest of large antennae have > resulted in a higher incidence of leukaemia in the area. Vatican Radio, > which broadcasts the Pope's speeches and events to the world in some 40 > languages, announced its decision on Monday hours after the latest tests > ordered by the environment ministry confirmed that the transmissions > violated Italian standards. > > Shut down after Easter > The statement said the broadcaster would shut down its medium wave > transmissions on the 1530 kHz band for seven hours a day beginning on 16 > April, the day after Easter. That waveband is currently used for 14 hours a > day and so the shutdown would affect some 50% of broadcasts on that > frequency, which is primarily used for broadcasts in Europe. A Vatican > Radio > spokesman said broadcasts on short wave, which is beamed to other > continents, and FM, which is used for Italy, would continue as normal. The > statement said it was "presumed" that the AM antennae, whose broadcasts are > sent in horizontal waves, were the reason why the broadcaster exceeded > Italian limits. > > Minimising risk > The statement confirmed Vatican Radio's willingness to seek a long-term > solution on transmission levels that would "minimise the risk to the > population". > Like Vatican City itself, the transmission centre is on extraterritorial > land and considered part of the sovereign Vatican state. Last month, Mr > Bordon said the National Agency for the Protection of the Environment had > registered three times the legal limit for electromagnetic radiation during > one evening broadcast. > Since Vatican Radio was set up 44 years ago, Italy has introduced the > European Union's toughest limits on such radiation, dubbed "electrosmog" by > the Italian media. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1269572.stm > > > ------- > Alokesh Gupta > New Delhi, India. > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > Order your WRTH 2008: > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 > ---[End Commercial]----------------------- > ________________________________________ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html > > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
