Planning period

The day after the pictures on the mayor Abdul Rahman Belaf he left the hospital.

Regarding my work the equipment delivery seem to take longer time than expected unfortunately. Since the distributors in Dubai usually do not have all items in stock this can be the situation. However this leaves opportunities to develop the plans and work methods. Technical work can always be improved. The limit is mainly time and budget.

The plans for 2007 are huge and include many projects in different areas. However more on this when the plans have been put in practice. What we are doing in the meantime is to work on the basis to educate in computer and to find suitable premises and other requirements and good trainers and teachers.

For example I am investigating the market for new materials for building the studios. As until now they have been built by the classical way a with wooden frame and MAM(Mass Air Mass) principle. The materials could have better quality and special acoustic material is not even available. So this is the reason for searching new ways.

An example could by to build the walls with these materials, but they have their up and down sides. There are many factors that have to be considered in building a studio and in the construction work. This is not my area of profession since I am electronics engineers but in Kurdistan things work different. As said before you have to consider all aspects during the work for achieving the goal, a studio with right acoustics properties within the budget and time line.

Studios are fascinating because you can never get it perfect. It is always a balance between the factors that was mentioned. In our plans we have music studios also. However the radio stations usually have less requirements in acoustic properties. This since it does not require advanced mixing and mastering techniques and monitoring requirements.





More information will be provided later when the work has started.




We were in Ranye during the weekend to follow up some various works. One of them was a water well constructed for this dried out soccer field.

Hotel Chwar Chra or Texas?

Leaving Halabja

The day after we left Halabja towards to Ranye. Our first radio station is going to be extended with a second studio besides the culture center, which in practice means an IT center and language cources there.On our ways. However ths situation of Halabja is an disaster. The raods are all just mud. Just look at it.

Eating some fresh breakfast.

Piremegron the fantastic moountain outside Slemani city. One of the proudnesses of the people of Slemani. Just look at that landscape.

A village near Dukan city.

Ranye by night. Like all other cities here you have only electricity maximum 2-3 hours each day. The red light is a radio mast.



The radio station staff celebrated the New Kurdish Year Newroz by a trip with some nice views on the road. Besides the trip it meant a lot of preparations and lot of work.

Villages all around. This is a houce in Plenga village which means Lion Village.

Our destination high up in the mountain it was chilly but grat after a while with the most fresh air and springs you can imagine.

Toworrow it is time to go back to Hewler because we have a big activity there going on. So an early morning tomorrow. Today there was an bomb in Kirkuk again this time nobody had chance to detect it and 50 people got killed.

Roji Raparin - Revolt day

Today is 16 years ago the revolt and uprising against Saddam Hussein started in Kurdistan. It started in Ranye and ended in Kirkuk. Our trip went to Ranye yesterday with a special purpose; to inaugurate a educational youth center there. It will be focused on IT and culture.

A colleague sitting and working before leaving.




Special delivery to Ranye.




"It will be finished until tomorrow." At least the basics for the inauguration.

The city is prepared for the day after.



Everybody is celebrating in the evening before the day. It is a national celebration.




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On our travel back.