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Monday, March 03, 2008

Radio Romania announces changes on their website


RRI IS DIVERSIFYING THE MEANS BY WHICH TO REACH YOU
The transmission, coming to you through the World Radio Network from a transmitter in Norway, is aimed at the UK, between 17:00 and 17:30 UTC (summer time) and 18.00-18.30 UTC (winter time), on the frequency of 6 160 kHz. Starting March first, we are waiting for your feedback on the digitally broadcast RRI program.

We are also resuming, under a new contract, a weekly podcast in English, with an RSS feed; the RRI program will be available on the WRN servers, but also on podcast directories, such as iTunes and Juicer. WRN continues to rebroadcast RRI programs for Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific area via the following satellites:

- In Europe, one daily 30 minute program via Eurobird 1, 28.5 degrees East, D7S transponder, horizontal polarization, reception frequency 11 585 GHz, Symbol Rate 27 500 Mbaud, FEC 2/3, MPEG2 DVB audio stream, and Eutelsat Hotbird 6, 28.5 degrees east, transponder 94, vertical polarization, reception frequency 12 597 GHz, Symbol Rate 27 500 Mbaud, FEC 3/4, MPEG2 DVB audio stream, between 19:00 and 19:30 UTC (summer time), and 20:00 and 20:30 UTC (winter time), beamed to Western Europe;

- In North America, one daily 30 minute program, via the Galaxy 25 satellite, 97 degrees west, transponder 27, vertical polarization, reception frequency 12 177 GHz, Symbol Rate 23 000 Msym/s, FEC 2/3, MPEG2 DVB, between 21:30 and 22:00 UTC (summer time) and between 22:30 and 23:00 UTC (winter time), beamed to the US; the program can also be received on mobile phones, in the UpSNAP system, in the continental United States;

- In Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific area, one daily 30 minute program, via Intelsat 10, 68.5 degrees East, transponder 8 (band C), horizontal polarization, reception frequency 4064 MHz, Symbol Rate 19 850 Msym/s, FEC 7/8, MPEG2 DVB, and AsiaSat 2, 100.5 degrees East, transponder 10b, horizontal polarization, 4000 MHz frequency, Symbol rate 28 125 Msym/s, FEC 3/4, MPEG2 DVB digital, A-PID = 2311 and S-ID = 10, between 11.30 and 12:00 UTC (summer time), and 12:30 and 13:00 UTC (winter time).
(R Romania International: http://www.rri.ro/)