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<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Sun to disrupt AFN TV, radio signal in Europe</H1>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=3><STRONG>American
Forces Network</STRONG> radio and television signals in Europe will be
interrupted for up to 20 minutes at a time through March 13 due to the sun
overpowering the network’s satellite signal, AFN said in an announcement.
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>Sun outages occur twice a
year when satellites “eclipse” the sun and their signals are overpowered by
solar radiation, AFN said.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>Local sun outages occur
when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, the AFN announcement said.
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>However, depending on the
number of satellite hops it takes for the AFN signal to arrive at its
destination, some AFN customers may see temporary disruptions of their TV signal
a few times during peak, sun-outage days.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>Fontes: Media Network,
Stars and Stripes.</FONT></P>
<DIV style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Current Shortwave High
Frequencies</B><BR>Shortwave service is provided by the Navy as an option for
their ships without the Navy's Direct-to-Sailor (DTS) capability.
Shortwave also serves as a backup to those customers with DTS.
Shortwave service is also an option for land-based listeners in remote
locations that do not have access to local or satellite-delivered AFRTS full
Satellite Network (SATNET) services. Shortwave services are intended to
operate 24/7 but do experience disruptions due to maintenance and atmospheric
conditions. </DIV>
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<TH scope=col>Location</TH>
<TH scope=col align=middle>Band</TH>
<TH scope=col align=middle>Daytime</TH>
<TH scope=col align=middle>Nighttime</TH></TR>
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<TD>Diego Garcia</TD>
<TD align=middle>Upper Sideband</TD>
<TD align=middle>12,759 KHz</TD>
<TD align=middle>4,319 KHz</TD></TR>
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<TD>Guam</TD>
<TD align=middle>Upper Sideband</TD>
<TD align=middle>13,362 KHz</TD>
<TD align=middle>5,765 KHz</TD></TR>
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<TD>Key West, Florida</TD>
<TD align=middle>Upper Sideband</TD>
<TD align=middle>12,133.5 KHz, 7812.5 KHz and 5,446.5 KHz</TD>
<TD align=middle>same as
daytime</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>