"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on" - Marilyn Monroe
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 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.
A program I hadn’t heard before on Channel 292, Germany is SoundBox Radio. On Friday night they broadcast a nice mix of Disco music on 6070 kHz. My reception report was awarded with an e-QSL and a friendly email in a day.
I like to listen to Atlantic 2000 International because of their choice of music. Their opening tune “warms the heart”. So I sent them another reception report and as always I got a beautiful QSL in return:
August 31st, 2024 it was 50 years ago that Radio Noordzee en Radio Veronica closed down. There were quite a few broadcasts that day to commemorate. I heard Radio Northsea Nijmegen with a program via Channel 292, Germany on 6070 kHz.
Earlier I received a QSL by email, today this nice physical QSL card dropped in the mail box! Thank you so much Michel Boon at the Radio Northsea Nijmegen team!
Cruisin’ the Decades is a program created by Brad Savage. On a weekly basis the 60 minute program brings one songs per decade, from 1920 to 2020. A very nice concept. Cruisin’ the Decades is broadcast via many stations. On shortwave I’ve heard the Cruisin’ the Decades show via Channel 292 Germany and WRMI Miami. Apparently there is also a slot with WBCQ Monticello.
The email QSL below is for the reception of this program via Channel 292, Rohrbach in Germany (6070 and 9670 kHz).
A beautiful eQSL from Radio Sylvia, Hamburg, broadcasting via Channel 292, Rohrbach on 6070 kHz. It’s not a program that is heard every week, but if it is on it is definitely worth listening to as they play music which is a bit different from the main stream. Or as they say it themselves:
The station started broadcasting back in 1977 as a pirate. We were active for many years on FM, medium wave and shortwave. In 1984 Radio Sylvia was raided by the German authorities and we were sentenced to heavy fines. After that we changed our name to Radio Scorpio and were relayed on a regular basis by Belgian, Scottish and Irish shortwave stations.
In 2009 we restarted Radio Sylvia as an internet station. We are now broadcasting 24/7 with studios located in Hamburg, Germany. In addition to our online activities, shortwave transmissions are conducted as well on every first Saturday of a month on 6070 kHz from 18:00 to 24:00 CET and on 3955 kHz from 18:00 to 20:00 CET. So we hope you’ll tune in again on 7th September.
Our aim has always been (and still is) to provide a musical alternative to the “official” pop music radio stations. We focus on non-mainstream music and also support little-known bands and artists worldwide.
You can view the full history, our aims and all station details on our website www.radiosylvia.de.
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