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WORLDBEAT: HAM ROAD RALLEYER REACHES MONGOLIA
Despite a small war in Tajikistan, a pair of road rally
enthusiasts have reached Mongolia. Neil Melville, PA9N,
and Helen Woolnough, driving their 9 year old 1.1 liter Fiat
Panda are taking part in the Mongol Rally where participants
drive, in no more than six weeks, from the United Kingdom to
Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, using a thoroughly unsuitable car
of 1.2 liters or less.
Woolnough and Meloville's entry is called The Uncertainty
Principle and they started on their epic journey from the UK
on July 14th. On Sunday, August 19th their location was
given as 46.37 North and 96.25 East placing them near their
goal.
The pair are driving the race to raise money for the Lotus
Children's Centre Charitable Trust and UNICEF. By the time
the event ends, they will have covered more than 10,000
miles through 19 countries, with no outside support.
Over the years PA9N has given many presentations to
the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford,
England. His first spacecraft project was the eXpress-
OSCAR 53 satellite better known as XO-53. Here on Earth you
can follow their route and blog at
theuncertaintyprinciple.co.uk. (Southgate)
BT
WORLDBEAT: THE BBC TO TEST TURNING OFF MEDIUM WAVE
TRANSMISSIONS
The British Broadcasting Corporation is undertaking a five
week trial of switching off existing Medium Wave services
for four BBC local radio stations. The experiment runs from
the 17th of August to the 24th of September and affects BBC
Radio Kent, BBC Radio Lincolnshire, BBC Radio Merseyside and
BBC Radio Nottingham.
The BBC say one way to make savings and preserve value to
licensee fee payers is to switch off Medium Wave services
except where listeners depend upon Medium Wave as an
alternative to FM or Digital Audio Broadcasting. Medium
Wave services in the UK mainly duplicate what is already
available on FM and DAB, and most listeners will be able to
hear their local stations on FM. Medium Wave is a European
term that describes what we call the AM broadcast band here
in the United States.
The BBC notes that the aim of the trial is to get a better
understanding of the impact of the loss of Medium Wave would
have on its core listeners and also enable the broadcaster
to ensure adequate coverage is available on other platforms
in these regions. (BBC)
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