ABC NT is 50kw nearly 24/7 on one frequency or another. radio Australia is nearly 24/7 with 100kw.
That amounts to a gigantic power bill for one thing and all the maintence staff costs To spend all that for such a small audience isn't realistic anymore. Are they going to lose some listeners in heir core target area? Yes, I'm sure they will... For a few hundred bucks, you can get a free to air satellite dish and reciever that will pick up ABC/Radio Austrlaia crystal clear 24/7 On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:43 PM Walter Salmaniw <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please don't exaggerate, Paul. RNZI accomplishes all Pacific reception > with both DRM and AM with 35 or 50 kW, and not 24/7. RNZI's annual budget > is somewhere in the vicinity of $2 million NZ. Peanuts, for a national > broadcaster when compared to TV budgets. Big cost savings are simply an > easy justification to eliminate SW. A fallacious argument used time and > time again by numerous international broadcasters in the past. Walt > > On Monday, December 5, 2016, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If ABC NT and Radio Australia SW had a sizeable audience, they wouldn't > be > > disappearing. > > > > It doesn't have to be expensive? Do you have any clue what a 50,000 or > > 100,000 watt SW transmitter costs to run 24/7/365? > > > > Paul > > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:28 PM Walter Salmaniw <can...@gmail.com > > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > Paul, I don't think you understand the influence of Australia in the > > > Pacific. They ARE the regional power. The island nations look to the > > > Aussies for foreign policy, security and economic cooperation and > > > assistance. RA was not broadcasting to a few DXers and Aussies, as you > > > state. That's being very condescending. RA (and RNZI) provides a > > lifeline > > > during typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis, and regional emergencies, > > > including political upheavals. Please tell me how local FM > transmission > > or > > > on-line transmission can replace SW broadcasting. A few years ago, > Fiji > > > had a military coup. Foreign rebroadcasts disappeared from local > > > stations. Hence the value of a robust SW service. It does not have to > > be > > > expensive. Walt > > > > > > On Monday, December 5, 2016, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > > > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > And financially, out of country coverage to cover a few ex Aussies > and > > > > dxers makes absolutely zero sense > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 4:25 PM DXer <hfdxmoni...@gmail.com > > <javascript:;> > > > <javascript:;>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > For in-country coverage the proposed change kind of makes sense, > but > > > for > > > > > out-of-country coverage it's just nonsense. > > > > > > > > > > They are not the first, and likely won't be the last, to believe in > > > > > reliable local partnership and distribution. > > > > > > > > > > Local governments will always step in, and block their local > > > > > arrangements, when they feel like it. The only way around it is to > > > > > pander to the government. In this case they won't do any good to > the > > > > > people they claim to be serving. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Vince > > > > > Ottawa, ON > > > > > > > > > > On 2016-12-05 7:55 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > > > > > > And it appears to be for real this time. 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