NCN Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Sattaur told Stabroek News that the process is being facilitated by the relocation of the company’s radio transmitter at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara. The company has since set up a new location at Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara.
The Ogle Airport had requested that the company relocate its transmitter to facilitate the expansion process. Ogle CEO Anthony Mekdeci, when contacted for comment, explained to this newspaper that the transmitter penetrates the obstacle clearance limitation surface in the after take–off flight path of the expanded runway at Ogle.
He further stated that Ogle is currently a Visual Flight Rules only airport but once the transmitter is removed it would become an Instrument Flight Rules Airport and would be able to accommodate aircraft at night and during any weather condition.
Meanwhile Sattaur told Stabroek News that the relocation process should be officially completed before the end of the year. He said the company will use the relocation opportunity to revamp and modernise shortwave radio, making it more powerful on the air. It has also moved to procure new equipment for this purpose.
The new move means that people in interior locations would again hear radio and at different periods of the night countries close by would also be able to listen to NCN. The shortwave system was down for some time and so service to those locations were suspended.
