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Wendall Lonegan
05 Oct 2018
Nautel was recently closely involved in the formation of two of the largest medium wave transmitting facilities in their respective regions.
The first is a 400 kW broadcast site in Bonaire, an island municipality of the Netherlands operating a Nautel NX400 transmitter. The second is a 2 MW site in Solt, Hungary, a small community about an hour South of Budapest, operating five NX400 transmitters through a sophisticated combiner.
A Closer Look
So, why operate such large broadcast facilities? And how do they minimize future operating costs?
The Bonaire site is owned by Trans World Radio and broadcasts a Christian program, which has a strong listenership in the Caribbean Islands, Central America and northern countries in South America.
Additional story at Radio World: https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/medium-wave-transmission-goes-big
(The author is head of broadcast sales for Nautel)
(photo credit: TWR)