Radio Canada International relayed from RNZI Rangataki? Would you like to see it done?
 

Radio Canada International relayed from RNZI Rangataki? Would you like to
see it done?

Last week you were on about the CBC relaying Radio New Zealand and Radio
Australia. Now it's vice-versa this week? What ex-British Empire countries
will be chosen for next week?

Why do you think Radio New Zealand's facilities should be used as a relay
station? To my knowledge, they don't relay for anyone. So bringing on
board RCI would involve the installation of satellite equipment and such.
Surely the existing facilities at Meyerton, South Africa or Singapore would
be much better suited for such an endeavor and also would deliver a better
signal into Oceania, considering the RNZI transmitter site has a very
limited range in that, if memory serves, the beam only points due north and
a little to each side.

And there's still the other, and more important, point to consider: why
bother relaying Canadian content into Oceania? What is the market need for
Candian content?

Bob

"http://CBC.am/" wrote in message
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Radio Canada International relayed from RNZI Rangataki? Would you like to
see it done?

RNZI Rangataki : 120 deg of coverage for relay coverage....

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/technical.htm
The 35 degree beam covers the South Eastern Pacific, and North America. The
325 degree beam covers the South Western Pacific, NE Australia, Japan, China
and Europe.

With the antennae combined, virtually all the Pacific Basin is covered.


"Robert Sillett" wrote in message
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Last week you were on about the CBC relaying Radio New Zealand and Radio
Australia. Now it's vice-versa this week? What ex-British Empire
countries
will be chosen for next week?

Why do you think Radio New Zealand's facilities should be used as a relay
station? To my knowledge, they don't relay for anyone. So bringing on
board RCI would involve the installation of satellite equipment and such.
Surely the existing facilities at Meyerton, South Africa or Singapore
would
be much better suited for such an endeavor and also would deliver a better
signal into Oceania, considering the RNZI transmitter site has a very
limited range in that, if memory serves, the beam only points due north
and
a little to each side.

And there's still the other, and more important, point to consider: why
bother relaying Canadian content into Oceania? What is the market need
for
Candian content?

Bob

"http://CBC.am/" wrote in message
...
Radio Canada International relayed from RNZI Rangataki? Would you like
to
see it done?

"http://CBC.am/" wrote in message
...
RNZI Rangataki : 120 deg of coverage for relay coverage....

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/technical.htm
The 35 degree beam covers the South Eastern Pacific, and North America.
The
325 degree beam covers the South Western Pacific, NE Australia, Japan,
China
and Europe.

With the antennae combined, virtually all the Pacific Basin is covered.


Having relayed RCI content for the past three weeks on our University FM in
Wolverhampton England, I can say that it's fine as far as it goes but it's
not audience-building material. The content is largely designed for expat
Canadians and those with a deep interest in Canadian affairs. Which is no
doubt as it should be but makes me wonder what the value of such relays
might be.

When I return to NZ in a year I aim to start a low-power FM radio station in
Northland under the very permissive NZ rules for such operations. Our
listening area will have about 18 000 people in it, almost all New
Zealanders. I'll be looking for sustaining overnight programming. What do
you recommend?

Philip