RVA antenna's damaged by typhoon CosmeRadio Veritas Asia informs that during the height of the typhoon Cosme nine out of fifteen antennas in Palauig transmitter site were destroyed. To cope up with this deficiency some of RVA broadcasts have been substituted with available spare antennas (as given below). With this signal deterioration is expected in some of target areas. RVA is trying their best to restore allthe antennas in their normal working condition in the soonest possible time.
Temporary Antenna Substitution
Morning broadcast SW1:
Mandarin program at 10/280 instead of 11/350
Filipino program at 8/331 instead of 7/331
Sinhala/Hindi programs at 5/280 instead of 9/280
Urdu program at 16/300 instead of 13/300
Vietnamese program at 16/300 instead of 16/280
Morning Broadcast SW2:
Vietnamese program at 10/280 instead of 9/280
Russian program at 8/331 instead of 12/030
Morning broadcast SW3:
No Changes
Evening Broadcast SW1:
Mandarin program at 8/332 instead of 17/355
Hmong program at 10/280 instead of 9/280
Vatican program at 10/280 instead of 17/355
Filipino program at 10/280 instead of 14/300
Evening Broadcast SW2:
Hindi/Bengali/Urdu programs at 16/300 instead of 15/300
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)