Mr Thinley
Dorji, the Trasmission Head of BBS Bhutan was in Kolkata
lately. He intimated that they are running
the DRM capable 100 kW Thomcast transmitter of 2007. This transmitter is
unstable and is causing mismatch. The old 50 kw Harris transmitter is still
there but since it runs on tubes, the availability of tubes have become
difficult and expensive.
They are
using an omni directional dipole. This new antenna system was fabricated by
engineers of BBS Thimphu in 2007. The engineers are quite happy with this new
antenna system. Cochannel interference from Chinese and at times from AIR is a
problem. However, there is always a struggle with the antenna.
The studios
are located away from the transmitter site and uses the Fiberoptic link, STL
link and the satellite link. With the links of Bhutan Telecom, BBS can connect
to all the districts in Bhutan.
Bhutan has a very robust FM broadcasting network.
There are more than 30 FM stations . Each station has an antenna which is
connected to two transmitters by multiplexing. The FM frequencies have fixed
pairing 88.1 Mhz and 90 Mhz, 92 Mhz and 93 Mhz, 96 Mhz and 98 Mhz, like that.
The Germany
is the country from where most reception reports are received. The listeners
from Finland and Japan also send
reception reports.
Mr Thinley
Dorji was interviewd at Kolkata by Dr. Supratik Sanatani and Babul Gupta. Sudipta
Ghose, took the photos.
Full details with more photos will appear in:
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