DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-57, April 23, 2000
		edited by Glenn Hauser

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** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. I have just received the bad news that there 
has been a major fire at our Bonaire relay station. Apparently the 
diesel generators have been totally destroyed, meaning there is no 
power to run the station. I am not sure yet whether any of the 
transmitters have been damaged. Clearly this is a major incident and 
there is no chance of the station getting back on the air in the 
short term. The good news is that I understand nobody has been 
injured. I am sure that my colleagues at RN will be working as fast 
as they can to work out an alternative schedule. The problem is 
exacerbated by it being Easter weekend, with people away - not 
everyone knows yet. As soon as I have any further news I will post it 
here. (Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, April 23, swprograms via 
DXLD)

Terrible news! So that is why no 15565 from Belgium when checked at 
2230 Sunday. But RN Spanish usual Bonaire frequencies 11715 and 15315 
were very good, and synchronized; Flevo spare capacity. Announcement 
at 2324 said 15315 would continue via Flevo, perhaps weaker in target 
areas than usual. The English broadcast at 2330 was on 9845 but not 
6165. At end of news they said Bonaire station had been destroyed by 
fire and services to the Americas, West Africa, Australia and New 
Zealand would be disrupted for some time. I expect RN and other 
Bonaire clients may be showing up from strange places, maybe IBB USA 
sites, and will try to appear on as many of the scheduled frequencies 
as possible. So far there is no mention of this on the homepage 
http://www.rnw.nl (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)           ###