VI.I: Shortwave
Upgrade Existing Shortwave Transmitter and Support Systems to Ensure Backbone of Our Surge Capability Other Information:
In troubled times, despotic governments quickly move to block access to local affiliates. In those cases the BBG must be able
to rely on shortwave. Existing shortwave transmitters must be refurbished. Many of the existing BBG shortwave transmitters
are about 30 years old. Because of jamming and the crisis in the Balkans and now throughout the Middle East, these transmitters
now broadcast many more hours per day. Some of them have been on the air 24 hours a day to the Middle East since September
11, 2001. Refurbishing these shortwave transmitters to extend their life would cost approximately $50 million in a one-time
capital improvement expenditure.
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