ralph%rutgers.rutgers.edu.uucp@BBN.COM> (02/09/90)
In article <22694@usc.edu> arens@cse.usc.edu (Yigal Arens) writes: >The Israeli press reported about a month ago that the Voice of Hope is >actually broadcasting from inside Israel. What I had heard is that the Voice of Hope is actually still technically in Lebanon--if just barely. Apparently, they're right on the border, just on the Lebanese side, and the Israelis have extended their border fence into Lebanon to surround the station. They also get their power from a nearby Israeli town. So they're getting as much support from Israel as is humanly possible while still being able to claim that they're in Lebanon. Strange. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@lzfme.att.com att!lzfme!ralph Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.
LANG@UNB.CA (02/10/90)
On Fri, 9 Feb 90 01:56:55 GMT Ralph Brandi <att!cbnewsj!ralph%rutgers.rutgers.edu.uucp@BBN.COM> writes: > What I had heard is that the Voice of Hope is actually still > technically in Lebanon--if just barely. Apparently, they're right > on the border, just on the Lebanese side, and the Israelis have > extended their border fence into Lebanon to surround the station. > They also get their power from a nearby Israeli town. So they're > getting as much support from Israel as is humanly possible while > still being able to claim that they're in Lebanon. Strange. When I was in Bern, Switzerland, last December I managed to hear High Adventure's King of Hope on several occasions. Transmitting on a nominal frequency of 6280 kHz, the station usually had a fair signal as picked up on a Sony ICF-7600D with several metres of magnet wire strung around my hotel room. At 22:00 UT sign-off, the announcer said the station was broadcasting from the Valley of the Springs in South Lebanon and would be returning to the air at 14:30 UT. Three addresses to which listeners could write were given: BM Box 2575 London WC1N 3XX Box 7466 Van Nuys, CA 91409 Box 77 Metulla, Israel. Metulla is right on the (old?) border with Lebanon. The sign-off announcement was followed with what could be the Lebanese national anthem. Also heard from Bern with fair but readable signals was the Voice of Lebanon on 6550 kHz. An English language news broadcast primarily about Lebanon was transmitted at 23:00 UT. The broadcasts I monitored had durations of from 7 to 15 minutes and were followed by a resumption of Arabic programming complete with commercials. ======================================================================== Richard B. Langley BITnet: LANG@UNB.CA or SE@UNB.CA Geodetic Research Laboratory Phone: (506) 453-5142 Dept. of Surveying Engineering Telex: 014-46202 University of New Brunswick FAX: (506) 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 ========================================================================