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.
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.
I like chasing DX stations. But I also like listening to producers that offer something special on shortwave. For that reason I regularly check the Channel 292 calendar. But Shortwaveradio.de also offers nice programs.
This weekend I listened to SURF, a program from Imaginary Stations via Shortwave Gold. My report was confirmed by DJ Frederic Moe with a nice eQSL:
Imaginary Stations is a shortwave radio program producing creative broadcasts with themed music and content. One of these is around surf classics (SURF series). Another theme is analog music archives (The Ancient Analogue Archive). They are on air via Shortwave Gold (Shortwaveradio.de) and WRMI. In the program I listened to they invited people to become member of their Pen Pal club, and the Japanese “Surf” music played was by recommendation of a member from Tokyo.
You can find more info about Imaginary Stations on this Factsheet:
By the way, the Facebook page of Imaginary Stations and Radio Skybird features Shivering Sands Army Forts in the Thames, from which Radio City was broadcasting. A place full of radio history as I explained in an earlier post.
During a visit to Winterswijk, a village located near the border with Germany, I was able to listen to Radio WMW, broadcasting from Bocholt on 88.4 MHz. Benjamin Rotzler was so kind to confirm my report.
QSL Radio WMW Bocholt 88.4 MHz
The abbreviation WMW stands for West Münsterland Welle. Radio WMW is one of 45 local radio stations in Nordrhein-Westfalen under the umbrella of Radio NRW. NRW provides programs to these local radiostations when they don’t have their own broadcasts scheduled. Pretty efficient!
Radio WMW network: it covers almost as much of The Netherlands as Germany. (source FMList)
There are 4 transmitters. I received the 1 kW transmitter from Bocholt, the transmitter in Borken on 97.6 is also 1 kW. The other two frequencies are 500 W.
Shortwave Radio from Winsen is an easy catch here. For a little compensation they will confirm your report with a traditional QSL card. You can read the details on their website.
old school QSL card from Shortwaveradio.de, Winsen, Germany
The station is located in Winsen “on the river Aller”. So that is the Winsen located 20 km north of Hannover, Germany (there is another Winsen south of Hamburg). They broadcast on 6160 and 3975 kHz. Next to their own program Shortwave Gold there are various other program producers that use the Shortwave Radio facilities.
I really wanted to get a QSL from Radio Eule München as this station ticks so many boxes. It is low power (only 10 Watt), from abroad and with 648 kms at quite a bit of distance given its power. But more importantly, it is an initiative of enthusiastic people at the Deutsches Museum in Munich who want to promote technology to get young people interested. It wasn’t easy though to receive this one as 1500 kHz is a frequency on which I always experience heavy pulsating noise as if it was digitial communication (source unknown). And this winter, when conditions were favourable, WFED from Washington was often stronger. I even heard Radio Santa Rosa from Peru before I caught Radio Eule. So maybe this is one of these stations that are easier to catch in summer?
eQSL Radio Eule 1500 kHz
Luise Allendorf-Hoefer, Dipl.-Ing., Kuratorin Nachrichtentechnik und Elektronik (Curator News Technology and Electronics) at the Deutsches Museum was so kind to confirm my report. Luise is also HAM radio amateur under DL4LA. The Deutsches Museum website has a nice page dedicated to this station including a clip on how to build your own AM receiver! Munich is a city worth visiting I can tell you, and while you are there, spend some time at this museum as Germany has a technology tradition more than any other European country.
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.
A nice paper QSL from Radio Slovakia International. I received them on 6005 kHz via the Kall-Krekel transmitter in Germany. Unfortunately that detail is missing on the card. I sent my report to englishsection@rtvs.sk and got a reply in 6 weeks. Their latest schedule can be found here: https://enrsi.stvr.sk/how-to-listen
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:
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