Radio Peace on 4750

[Jari Savolainen]

Thanks to a tip from Tony Rodgers via DXLD (first one was in
December 2003 I guess). I've been checking 4750 almost daily
during UT afternoons/evenings for this Radio Peace. Today, 9 Mar
I again checked 4750 at 1558. Quinghai BS from China signed off
at 1600 and then there was only heard the roaring carrier with bits of
audio of CNR//4800. But at 1612, slowly rising, program in English
by female voice. At 1618 switched to vernacular language, sounds
African and later heard those English ID's which really sound like
Radio Peace. Recheck at 1655 shows again only weak signal here.
At the same time TWR Swaziland was booming in on 4760.

Andy Sennitt in HCDX told there is a christian shortwave station in Southern Sudan, called Radio Peace. See these links:
http://www.persecutionproject.org/resou ... radios.htm
http://www.missionvisionnetwork.org

Jari

[Jari Savolainen]

Radio Peace, Nuba Mountains, Southern Sudan.
Thanks to Andy Sennitt in HCDX leading me to the right way.
I did some research in the internet about this station and found
some sites. I also contacted various religious groups involved in
setting up the station. The replies were, so to say, short-worded,
but it seems the station on 4750 (1kW) is located in Southern Sudan.
Some links to the pages about Radio Peace:
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PPF:
http://www.persecutionproject.org/resou ... radios.htm

And here's their reply to my reception report:

---quote---
Hello Jari,

Yes, this is our Radio program - Radio Peace - broadcasting from transmitter
located inside southern Sudan. Our website is http://www.persecutionproject.org.

Thanks,

Golda Atkins
PPF Administrative Coordinator
---unquote---

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BFO (Blessings for Obedience) Radio Free Sudan site:
Propagation models for sw station in Sudan (using 3.2 MHz)
http://www.bfosouth.org/bfosouth/rfs/pr ... models.htm

And here's their reply to my reception report:

---quote---
Hi Jari,

Radio Peace is a new shortwave outreach of the SPLA (Sudan People's
Liberation Movement). Our
engineers helped them to construct the station. We will be back in touch
with you regarding QSL infor-
mation. Thank you for the report from Finland!

Blessings,
Mr. Kelly Coleman
Radio Free Sudan
---unquote---

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MVN (Nov 2003)
http://www.missionvisionnetwork.org
writes:
After 14 months of planning and four trips to Southern Sudan by EMC
President and Manager Pete Stover, "Radio Peace," a regional shortwave
station, is now covering the southern third of the country with Christian
programming four hours per day in six languages. Our Kenyan technician
Livingstone Kiniaru did a wonderful job climbing 40 foot creosote telephone
poles to hang the 200 foot horizontal antenna. God provided every tool,
including improvised ones, to do the job. We trained two local Sudanese
operators during our 10-day stay to operate and maintain the 6kva
generators, operate the 1kw transmitter, and the audio equipment for playing
back programming CDs. Mike Taylor (EMC board member) and Jerry Logan (EMC
board member) contributed hard work and valuable "workarounds." We were all
healthy the entire 10 days on-site as we camped in the bush amidst heavy day
and night winds and high temperatures near 100 degrees. One gratifying
moment occured after we left. We were able to monitor the station 500 miles
away in Nairobi. It was a weak signal with fading and noise, but we didn't
expect to hear it at all since the range of the transmitter and antenna was
purposely limited to 350 miles. It meant that the local operators we trained
did their job without us and that the signal was likely penetrating hundreds
of miles into the focus area with a clear and usable signal as planned. Next
phase: acquiring 10-thousand radios to needy potential listeners in the next
3-6 months and moving the shipping container studio so that local/regional
programming can be produced and presented. Pray for the programming
broadcast by "Radio Peace" to bring hope to the persecuted Christians and
the truth of the gospel to the persecutors.

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E-mail from Peter Stover (EMC) about the station in 2003:
http://leden.tref.nl/~ende0098/pages/ar ... 30707c.htm

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Bestworx (the supplier of studio/transmitter equipment)
see Realized Projects
http://www.bestworx.com/E_frame.html

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In addition, I got some info from Southern Sudan, that there is a
50kW transmitter (shortwave I think) under construction very near
the Radio Peace installation. My source describes it as "South
Sudan Government" station. I'm unable to contact him at the moment
to get more detailed information. I wonder if this will be the planned
SIRS (Sudan Independent Radio Service) to replace the Sudan Radio
Service transmissions from various relay sites. See
http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/newsletter/sudan.html

73
Jari Savolainen
Kuusankoski
Finland