The function of this beacon is not immediately clear to me. I got no further than: primarily supports air navigation in the Bremen/Hamburg/Bremerhaven region of northern Germany. It is not aligned with any of the runways.
NDB WSN Weser located between Bremen and Hamburg (Skyvector)
The beacon can be observed from some distance at Google Streetview, south of Holste.
NDB MYN on 371 kHz, the navigation beacon for Münster Osnabrück International Airport, Germany, was among the 4 old school QSL cards I received after 2 years.
QSL NDB MYN Münster Osnabrück 371 kHz
Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO), traces its origins to 21 December 1966, when the cities of Münster, Osnabrück, and Greven, along with the districts of Münster and Tecklenburg, founded the Münster/Osnabrück Airport GmbH to serve the region’s growing transportation needs.
Construction began in 1968 with assistance from the British Army to clear the site for a runway. After five years of building, the airport officially opened on 27 March 1972, initially handling modest operations with propeller aircraft; the first charter flight followed in 1973. It gained international airport status in 1986 after runway extensions enabled larger jets like the Boeing 737, paving the way for Mediterranean holiday routes, while a new terminal opened in 1995 and Terminal 2 in 2002 to accommodate rising passenger numbers. Over the decades, FMO evolved into a resilient regional hub, achieving strong post-pandemic growth to exceed 1.25 million passengers annually by the mid-2020s, bolstered by leisure and domestic flights despite occasional setbacks.
Two years after I sent my report I received a beautiful QSL card from Deutsche Flugsicherung confirming my reception of NDB FS-374 Dresden.
A traditional QSL card for my reception of NDB FS 374 Dresden
There are still quite a few NDBs operational in Germany, even for large commercial airports like Dresden. NDB FS is located 4.5 miles (7.5 km) NE of Dresden International Airport in line with the runway. Below the Googlemaps images of the location:
Googlemaps pictures of NDB FS Dresden
Dresden Airport opened to commercial traffic on July 11, 1935. Driven by Germany’s rearmament program after 1933 it served as both a civilian and military airfield. Although initially designed for commercial use, its military significance grew rapidly during the Third Reich, and it served exclusively military purposes during World War II, including supporting an airlift to Breslau in 1945. After Soviet occupation at the war’s end, the airport remained under military control until extensive reconstruction and negotiations enabled the resumption of civilian operations on June 16, 1957, in the German Democratic Republic. International flights to Eastern Bloc countries restarted in 1959. Following German reunification in 1990, the airport modernized significantly—with a new terminal in 2001, runway extension in 2007, and rebranding as Dresden International—transforming into a regional hub serving tourism, business, and seasonal destinations.
A nice eQSL from All Tribes Radio broadcasting via Channel 292, Rohrdorf, Germany on 9670 kHz:
eQSL from All Tribes Radio broadcasting via Channel 292 Rohrdorf, Germany
And a brief audioclip of their station ID:
All Tribes Radio is a station with roots in Costa Rica. On their website, which I also used to submit my reception report, you can find a nice narrative their history, which I repeat below:
Broadcasting across the globe on shortwave radio, All Tribes Radio champions world peace through an eclectic blend of culturally diverse music, spoken word, and vintage treasures from the golden age of radio.
We offer a welcoming platform for independent artists who license their work through Creative Commons, while also sharing open-source, public-domain, Copyleft, and other copyright-free content.
Founded in 2008, All Tribes Radio (ATR) streamed Creative Commons music 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to an average of 6,000 listeners per month in more than 120 countries across every continent. With studios in Nosara, Costa Rica, ATR’s signal reached the world via an internet server in Tampa, Florida.
In 2011, streaming gave way to podcasting, resulting in the production of 68 one-hour episodes for iTunes, completed in 2012.
ATR entered a new chapter in 2020 with its first shortwave broadcasts: a weekly one-hour program showcasing Creative Commons music in English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian. These were transmitted from WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida, and Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany. Unfortunately, the disruptions of Covid-19 brought those broadcasts to an end the following year.
Happily, as of November 30, 2025, ATR has returned to the shortwave airwaves—now transmitting exclusively from Channel 292 with 10 kW of power and a 315º beam aimed toward northern and western Europe. One-hour broadcasts can be heard each Sunday from 1400–1500 UTC on 9670 kHz. Reception reports are warmly welcomed, and e-QSL verification is available.
To my big surprise I received 4 QSL cards, the real stuff, by mail, from the Deutsch Flugsicherung. I sent my reception reports in 2023… 2 years ago. But they were worth waiting for:
DFS has a new QSL card
The first one was for NDB NOR on 372 kHz. This beacon belongs to the Nordholz Naval Airbase. Or in proper German: “Fliegerhorst Nordholz”. I like this “Horst” as it translates as “Nest of a predatory bird”, although I recognize that since WW2 it suffers a bit from a certain connotation.
NDB Nordholz and Nordholz Airport (courtesy: Skyvector)
Fliegerhorst Nordholz stands as one of Germany’s oldest aviation facilities, with its origins tracing back to December 17, 1912, when the Imperial German Navy established it as a key site for naval aviation. The base was initially serving as a major airship port for Zeppelins during World War I. It housed units for both the Navy and Army, supporting reconnaissance and bombing missions with rigid airships like the famous Zeppelin L 3 making early landings there.
Zeppelin at Fliegerhorst Nordholz
After the war, in compliance with the Treaty of Versailles, several Zeppelins were destroyed on-site by their crews in 1919. The interwar period saw shifts in control, and during the 1930s, the Luftwaffe repurposed and expanded the site under code names like “Neckar,” using it for fighter and other operations throughout World War II. Post-1945, the base fell under American occupation briefly, hosting U.S. fighter units like P-47 Thunderbolts before being handed to the RAF, which dismantled much of the infrastructure.
Today, in 2026, Nordholz remains the central hub of the German Navy’s Marinefliegerkommando (Naval Air Command), hosting Marinefliegergeschwader 3 “Graf Zeppelin” and Marinefliegergeschwader 5. Marinefliegergeschwader 3 operates Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft (with the transition to the advanced P-8A Poseidon underway, as the first examples arrived in late 2025) alongside Dornier 228NG for pollution control and surveillance. Marinefliegergeschwader 5 handles helicopter operations, including the NH90 Sea Lion for transport and the new NH90 Sea Tiger for anti-submarine and anti-surface roles, with deliveries progressing to replace the aging Sea Lynx fleet.
Ruqui is the nickname of Jordan Alcolea. I followed him on his DX blog RuquiDX already for quite some time. Here he posts about his radio receptions and QSLs.
But Jordan also has a radio program that runs on Channel 292, Radio Casanova and Wooferton: RuquiRadioAM. I heard him with a program with nice “Celta Folk Rock” and a German/Spanish ID:
Jordan answered my report to ruquiradioam@hotmail.com in 3 weeks with a very nice QSL:
QSL RuquiRadioAm via Channel 292
You can find the schedule for the RuquiRadioAm upcoming broadcasts here. Big thanks to Jordan. After the famous Glenn Hauser he is probably the second DX-er which I heard with his own shortwave radio show.
As I wrote to Jim: “If you would have asked me if there would be Trance on Shortwave… I would have said no.” But with good quality reception via Channel 292 it is possible, although it my wife who goes to trance festivals with me preferring to stay behind the radio.
Within a day I got this nice fully detailed QSL from Jim for my reception report of SJTJ on Channel 292, Germany. Sunny Jim (Jim Salmon) has a very nice website about his radio adventures.
Maybe it is “old man” emotional, but then again. In Germany they are destroying communication infrastructure like they are destroying energy infrastructure, while at the same time they tell us “we are at war with Russia”.
Mainflingen is the home of DCF77, the time signal station that transmits on 77.5 kHz. And no worries… DCF77 is still alive and kicking. But Mainflingen was also the backup station for the Deutschlandfunk, broadcasting from Donebach on 153 kHz. And of course I QSL-ed this station in the 80-ies… but rather than 153 it had 155 kHz on the QSL. Was it the backup from Mainflingen I received 46 years ago?
Another thing I didn’t know but found out: the antennas in Mainflingen are part of the logo of the community of Mainhausen which Mainflingen is a part of.
A QSL for the reception of Radio Radio via Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany on 9670 kHz. The QSL address was the same as for The Ghoul: differentradio@yahoo.co.uk .
I listened to a program with middle of the road pop music and invitations send a reception report and apply for a QSL.
A QSL from KSET on 6160 kHz. No not, a US call sign, but a program from Imaginary Stations via Shortwave Gold, Winsen on 6160 kHz.
eQSL KSET (Imaginery Stations) via SW Gold, Winsen, 6160 kHz
Imaginary Stations makes an effort to build each program around a specific theme.
This time music released on audio tape ony was played: “Imaginary Stations celebrates the analog renaissance with KSET, K-S-E-T, dedicated to the fascinating world of audiotapes… Tune in and unwind with us .. on some of the coolest cassettes to be found anywhere. Hey can you hand me that pencil?”. Those who are as old as I am will remember that you indeed used a pencil to rewind the tapes by sticking a pencil in one of the spools.
The call sign KSET is another gimmick of Imaginary Stations. They often use a name that not only refers to the program content, but also suggests a US or Canadian call sign. Their next show on November 22nd/23rd is called CMDY.
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