Voice of Hope now testing on 1287 kHz

ISRAEL Voice of Hope tested Sunday March 19th on 1287 kHz with a power of approx. 10 kW. Bengt Ericson, ARC is the first reporter worldwide. They will be testing from the AM site at She´ar Yashuv in Israel and expect to be on the air with regular programs in 2-3 weeks. The answer from Ray Robinson, Vice President, Global Operations, Strategic Communicatio Group - Voice of Hope: " Hi Bengt. Yes, indeed we were (testing)!. The transmitter near the Israel /Lebanon border were completed this afternoon(Sunday March 19th) and at times they ran it with a test tone mostly running at 10 kW, but they did run it up to 50 kW. Yours is the first report we have received! We expect to be testing this week with audio and ID "Saout al Amal" in Arabic pr in English "From the shores of the Sea of Galilee, this is the Voice of Hope". ( Information from Ray Robinson via Mauno Ritola, ARC 19.10.2017) (Bengt Ericson, ARC)