KTL is an internet radio station broadcasting a live stream from various studios across Germany and one in The Netherlands.
Occasionally KTL also uses Channel 292. I listened to a German program “Beatschuppen” full of oldies. I am not sure if this was a relay of their regular on-line radio program though. It offered the opportunity for listeners to send a request “Musikwunsch” which suggests that this broadcast was live.
My request didn’t make it to the show, but I got their e-QSL. I sent my report to andre(at)ktl-radio.de .
Thanks to a tip from Hugo Matten I learned that Radio Augusta is active again via the Radio Onda transmitter in Junglinster (formerly Radio Luxembourg). I received them last weekend. My report via their webform was answered three (!) times. By Mike Guy, the DJ on duty, by Didier Petit, station manager, and by David Angell who presents the Wednesday/Thursday shows.
The first time I heard Radio Augusta was when I received their program on 1611 kHz. Didier confirmed my reception report stating that the program content was Radio Augusta but that he is unaware of who relays the show on AM. He explained that he lives in Ivory Coast where he broadcasts via internet and on a local FM outlet. And so Radio Augusta on AM always remained somewhat shrouded in the mists of underground radio. And that’s how it should be, in my opinion!
eQSL Radio Augusta on 6140 kHz
In 2024 Radionieuws reported that the mediumwave radio station Augusta on 1611 kHz was taken off air by the BIPT, the Belgian Institute for Post and Telecommunications. Their location was apparently the Wallonian village of Péruwelz.
Radionieuws article about Radio Augusta shut down.
The good news is that Radio Augusta is now back in the “ether’… because for my generation internet radio will never beat the “vibes” of good old radio over the airwaves. Via Radio Onda, Junglinster, Luxembourg they are on the air at 1800 h UTC. Please check their schedule as this might change when we move from summer to winter time. But even if you don’t have the opportunity to listen to them through the airwaves, don’t hesitate to tune in to their internet stream… it truly brings back good old feeling of offshore radio as it was meant to be! “When the dreams come true”
I am a regular Channel 292 listener, but this weekend was the first time I noticed Radio Bandit on their 9670 kHz schedule. My report to Uwe Reiter was answered within a day.
Uwe wrote a nice email on his station:
“Radio Bandit is a one man show, unfortunately I don’t have a helpful team to help me. It can also be good: if mistakes are made, you know exactly who you can hold responsible. Yesterday’s broadcast was a test for me to find out what profit the Beam of Channel 292 brings, 10 dB were always possible. Otherwise I would have only ever used the omnidirectional antenna.
I am 67 years old. When I was about eight years old, my father gave me an old tube receiver, a Super AT with medium and short wave 50 to 30 m. On medium wave I listened to the numerous local stations at the time, on short wave nothing could be heard until I simply connected a few meters of wire to the existing antenna input. At that time, there were many more stations on shortwave than today. Everyone listened to Radio Luxembourg, including Radio Nordsee International from MEBO 2. In short, the virus radio had done its job.
I spent my childhood and youth in the shadow of the former Königs Wusterhausen transmitter south of Berlin. With its 20 kW medium waves for Radio DDR, several 250 kilowatt transmitters for Radio Berlin International, the foreign service of the former GDR and a 500 ! Kilowatt longwave transmitter for the Soviet occupying troops at the time, there was always enough HF in the air. That’s probably why I’m so radio-crazy and irradiated.
The Königs Wusterhausen antennas (picture supplied by Radio Bandit)
By the way, I only transmit on shortwave two or three times a year, simply when shortwave calls me. In 1974, RNI and Radio Veronica had to stop broadcasting. RNI then reappeared on the Internet in 2008, where I broadcast as Doc. Wolfgang Haus in the German service, which was always broadcast on Thursdays. At the legendary Radiodays in Erkrath I also had the opportunity to meet my former stars like Andy Archer. Dick de Graaf and Graham Gill in person.“
Uwe as Dr. Wolgang Haus on RNI German Service
Uwe might be a one man radio show, but it was obvious from the show that he had a solid radio background. And still a very pleasant voice to listen to. It was nice to learn that Uwe pretty much got addicted to radio the same way as I did. Growing up with offshore free radio and discovering the world on the family tube receiver in an era where there was no internet. By the way, you can learn more about Köning Wusterhausen in Germany in my post about the Funkerberg.
I listened to “The Ghoul” via Channel 292 on 6070 kHz. That’s a radio program I haven’t seen often in the Channel 292 schedule. And I’m still not entirely sure what it actually was that I was listening to. A nice non-standard music selection interspersed with some either provocative or humorous opinions like “minimizing the production of misfits, the choice is yours”.
That said, my report was awarded with this very nice QSL. It perfectly represents how I feel as a DXer sometimes.
I sent my report to differentradio@yahoo.co.uk, and received an answer within a day.
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