The National Broadcasting Corporation’s provincial station for the autonomous region of Bougainville is looking into ways of improving NBC radio signals throughout the region.
MEDIUM WAVE
Technical teams have identified a possible site for a medium wave transmitter which should improve the clarity of NBC radio signals, helping the current FM signals. This site is to accommodate a 10kw Nautel medium-wave transmitter, which has already been ordered.
SHORT WAVE
NBC engineers are also going to Hutjena Buka to observe the possible resumption of short-wave transmission. They plan to use the shortwave transmitter that is currently inactive. It would only need a few parts to be fully operational. These parts have already been purchased and are now awaiting installation. The transmitter would be a 10 kW NEC HFB-7840 manufactured in the early 90s.
Since the early 2020s, a major programme of public investment has been unleashed to renovate NBC’s headquarters and regional stations.
Combining the FM network with shortwave and medium-wave transmitters will bring NBC radio signals to communities nationwide and internationally.
(Translated from French)
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