March 10 WORLD BUDGET / ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO The miracle of shortwave broadcasting. Pastor James Hoffer well remembers his first radio contact as a young intern in southeastern Ohio in 1964, having just received his FCC amateur radio license. A signal he sent out with his transmitter over a bare wire up in the trees reached all the way to Chattanooga, Tennessee; in his receiver, he heard a gentleman responding to his call in Morse code. It seemed truly miraculous. As his adroitness increased, it became common to talk with others as far away as Australia or the South Pole, right from his home. Two-way conversations using shortwave frequencies are well known among operators.” But the miracle lies in the fact that shortwave “ham transmissions can travel around the globe, bouncing back to earth from energy fields in the ionosphere. A message sent forth in this manner knows no international boundaries. It is there” for all to hear, “out regardless of local politics or religions, if they have the right kind of receivers. Adventist World Radio has been employing this phenomenon for years now and has met with huge success, as attested to by the correspondence it receives from faraway places. And nowadays, of course, AWR is using many digital means, such as Internet, to enlarge their broadcast ministry. They deserve our solid support.
March 10 WORLD BUDGET / ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO The miracle of shortwave broadcasting. Pastor James Hoffer well remembers his first radio contact as a young intern in southeastern Ohio in 1964, having just received his FCC amateur radio license. A signal he sent out with his transmitter over a bare wire up in the trees reached all the way to Chattanooga, Tennessee; in his receiver, he heard a gentleman responding to his call in Morse code. It seemed truly miraculous. As his adroitness increased, it became common to talk with others as far away as Australia or the South Pole, right from his home. Two-way conversations using shortwave frequencies are well known among “ham operators.” But the miracle lies in the fact that shortwave transmissions can travel around the globe, bouncing back to earth from energy fields in the ionosphere. A message sent forth in this manner knows no international boundaries. It is “out there” for all to hear, regardless of local politics or religions, if they have the right kind of receivers. Adventist World Radio has been employing this phenomenon for years now and has met with huge success, as attested to by the correspondence it receives from faraway places. And nowadays, of course, AWR is using many digital means, such as Internet, to enlarge their broadcast ministry. They deserve our solid support.
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