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 Stop to rest on the way
Dismantling the transmitter
Loading it into minibus
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There are half an hour of
programmes on short-wave in the morning and in the
evening already. Those programmes are aired at TWR
Manzini with 100 kW using an antenna multiplying the
strength again by 1000 ! That is why it can be heard in
the entire Swahili speaking world! But many people would like to listen "Redio Sauti ya Injili" the whole day long! Because building the FM network nationwide may still take years to come (due to financial restrains of the church), the Lutheran Radio Centre is planning to intoduce their programmes to be aired on short wave, for all the areas not beeing able to receive the programmes on FM. A transmitter and antenna for 50kWatts costs about 1 Million US Dollar! That is far beyond the financial range of the church! And paying for 200 units every hour the transmitter is on air, no one can pay ether! But God showed us another way. We made experiments, that even a low power transmitter located around Moshi can bring an audible signal to the Southern part of Tanzania, if we get the permission to use 41 or 31 meter band on short wave! Now Peter Haberzettl found in the internet , that some one is selling an used Russian short wave transmitter. We rented a minibus from the Bavarian Mission in Germany and went all the way to fetch it. During the special service to remember the 30 th year of starting the Amateur Radio Amature Club in Neunendettelsau, the guests will be asked to donate for this transmitter. We are grateful for all the people helping to disassemble the transmitter and putting its components into the container coming to Tanzania from Rotenburg! We are grateful for everyone supporting the transport! There will be a special meeting between church leaders and state officials brifing the topic of permission to operate this transmitter. This will enable so many more people to listen to the Sauti ya Injili programmes!
Containers coming from Rotenburg
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Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Tanzania