Amateurfunk aus dem Sudan

(To be translated)

The MEC Middle East Command was established in Cairo, during June 1939, due to the rising tensions in Europe. Its purpose was to provide a centralised command structure in times of war for the three separate army commands based within the Mediterranean and Middle East area :: Egypt, Sudan and Palestine, Transjordan. During periods of peace the command exerted authority over land forces based within Egypt, the Sudan, Palestine, Transjordan, and Cyprus. After 1945, the Middle East Command was reformed as Middle East Land Forces. In 1959 Middle East Command was divided into two commands split by the Suez canal. Middle East Command was disbanded on 28 November 1967 and the command of British forces in the Persian Gulf was transferred to Headquarters, British Forces Gulf which was based in Bahrain. The last British troops left the Sudan on 16 August 1955.Since the British claim to control in Sudan theoretically depended upon Egyptian sovereignty, the only way to end British domination in Sudan was for Egypt itself to officially abandon its sovereignty over Sudan. In 1954 the governments of Egypt and the UK signed a treaty guaranteeing Sudanese independence. On January 1, 1956, Sudan became an independent sovereign state, ending its nearly 136 year union with Egypt and 55 year rule by the British.
After the end of the Second World War, commercial and civil aviation operations resumed. 1947 IAL, International Airadio Ltd. initially of 40 PARK STREET, LONDON, W.1, by three British Airways Corporations and with public funds to plan and administer airports and traffic service throughout the Commonwealth.(The United States of America estabished a similar structure in 1948, Aeronautical Radio Inc. – ARINC.) With its world-wide practical experience in all aspects of airport management and operation, ILC offered an unrivalled consultancy service to authorities faced with the problems of building a new airport or enlarging an old one, ranging from the large internationalto the small domestic or municipal airporto. In the mid-sixties, IAL had installed, operated, and/or maintained facilities at 162 locations in 59 Countries. Its Air Traffic Services and Control Centres covered 3,717,000square miles of territory. Today, International Aeradio (Emirates) Ltd., a subsidiary of Serco Group plc of the United Kingdom, is a leading provider of cutting-edge technology solutions in the field of Telecommunications, Aeronautical Systems, Enforcement Systems, and Marine Electronics, Navigation and Communications Systems.
Sudan Airwaves was founded in February 1946 as a subsidiary of Sudan Railways System. Technical and operational assistance was contracted to British Company Airwork. Africa's second oldest scheduled airline flew its first domestic route in 1947 using a fleet of four de Havilland Doves. The first scheduled operations were launched in July 1947. Khartoum became Sudan Airways' hub from the very beginning. From there, the carrier started flying four different services all across the Sudanese territory, as well as to Eritrea. The first routes the company flew linked Khartoum with Asmara, Atbara, El Fashir, El Obeid, Geneina, Juba, Kassala, Malakal, and Port Sudan, all of them served with de Havilland Dove equipment. In the early fifties the airline incorporated the DC-3 into its fleet and introduced new routes to Cairo and Wad Medani. Likewise, it also started operating charter flights to Jeddah during the Hajj season.
Amateur radio after 1956 was activated by only a handful of Sudanese operators, most prominently by Dr. Sid Ahmed Ibrahim, ST2SA. The majority of stations were/are those of guest operators – working for humanitarian projects, UNO programmes, holiday makers and DXers (particularly to provide DXCC contacts from Independent Southern Sudan). Dr. Nader Abd Elhamed Ali Oner, ST2NH, one of the most active operators today, provides a comprehensive overview on BC-SWLing and ham activities: ext. Link - The Sudanese Amateur Radio Association (SARA) is not a IARU members. Its website ext. Link is currently not available.

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