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Left: the Production Studio on board MV Peace
Right: the Record Library
Voice of Peace - Technical
Transmitters
Originally there were two 25Kw Collins transmitters which had been donated to the Peace Foundation and rebuilt by VOP engineers)
(Power increased to 75Kw from September 1977)
A Nautel FM transmitter ( installed April 1980, replaced May 1988)
On 11th/12th May 1987 a new 10 Kw Nautel Ampfet 10 medium wave transmitter was installed on the MV Peace
Aerial Height
The original 160' aerial mast (originally intended for the first RNI ship, Mebo I and donated to the Peace Foundation by Mebo Ltd) collapsed on 27th January 1981)
A new mast was installed in February 1981 (this collapsed after 10 days and was replaced by a wire aerial slung between the ship's own masts
In mid-April 1981 a new aerial mast was erected on board the ship
May 1983 the medium wave aerial was rebuilt to its full height - the station had been operating on a slung wire antenna for some time
July 1983 a centre fold dipole aerial was rigged between the radio ship's foremast and midships mast to enable shortwave transmissions to resume
Studio
Main Studio:
Gates mixer, Gates turntables, Gates cartridge machines.
Electrovoice microphones.
Sennheiser lightweight headphones.
Right and Below : two views of the studio on board MV Peace
Below Left: The main studio, Tony Stevens on air.
Photo: Hans Knot
Top left: the original AM transmitters on board MV Peace
Top right: the stereo FM transmitter on board MV Peace
Right and Below: three views of the aerial mast on board MV Peace (originally installed on (Mebo 1) RNI. )
QSL Card
Radio station engineering departments issue QSL cards to verify reception reports received from listeners
