BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

auslaendische Stationen, wie es bei solchen Sendeanlagen in der
Sowjetunion haeufig der Fall war (aus technischen Gruenden wurden die
Stoersender i.d.R. nicht zusammen mit regulaeren AM-Rundfunksendern
betrieben).
(Kai Ludwig-D, RBB Radio-News 18.8.08; via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D,
ntt Aug 31)
GERMANY 70 years BBC German service feature on DLF 0705 UT LW 153 & 207
kHz, SW 6190 / DLR 0345 & 0955 UT LW 177 kHz, all on Sept 27.
Am Samstag den 27. Sept wird im Kalenderblatt (DLF 0905 und DRadio 0545 &
1155 Ortszeit) die erste Sendung der BBC in der Deutsch vor 70 Jahren
erinnert.
(Ralf Ladusch-D, A-DX and DLF printes magazine Aug 29)
Deutsche Welle QSLs.
A few days ago I reported my 40th DW transmitter site verified. I've
received some questions about the sites, so here is my list. All have been
verified by DW cards.
Juelich Wertachtal Konigswusterhausen Leipzig Nauen Kigali Sines Malta
Antigua Montserrat Trincomalee Sierra Leone, Philippines (Radio Veritas),
Sackville Brasilia Shigulovsk Irkutsk Novosibirsk Samara Chita Krasnodar
Vladivostok Moscow Petropavlovsk Komsomolsk-on-Amur Khabarovsk Erevan Lvov
Almaty Meyerton Talata Bonaire Kranji Ascension Rampisham Skelton
Woofferton Dhabayya, WHRA Cypress Creek SC, Moosbrunn.
And two early cards were simply marked "Germany". These were probably
Julich.
Also I have a QSL for Deutschlandfunk via point-to-point DFF97 in
Frankfurt on 6975. Based on club bulletins in the 1970s, as well as the
Internet today, this was a DW transmitter.
I was fortunate in getting a QSL for Sierra Leone as I don't think DW used
that site very long. My QSL is for a test broadcast logged on 5980 from
0612 to 0632 on January 28, 1975. The test was in English, included the
transmitter site, and requested reception reports, giving DW address.
There were also brief news items and music as well as ids in German and
French. Did DW have any regular broadcasts from Sierra Leone? The 1975
WRTH lists only 10 kw for Sierra Leone; the '76 edition shows 10/250 kw
for 3316, 5980, & 9630 and states "Deutsche Welle irregularly testing via
SLBS facilities"; while in '78 (I can't find my '77 edition) it shows
10/250 on 5980 only and there is no mention of DW.
I'm sure I've missed getting QSLs from some of the sites DW has used over
the years. I'd be interested to learn of any additional sites anyone has
verified - or that DW has used.
(Wendel Craighead-KA-USA, DXplorer Sept 3)
DWL used also Norden Osterloog site in about 1953-1959 before Juelich site
built up, and German PTT Elmshorn 6140 kHz in the 90ties too, latter when
Frankfurt Usingen-Merzhausen ceased SW operations.
In the sixties German PTT DFF97 Frankfurt Bonames {and then via new
Frankfurt Usingen-Merzhausen site instead} 6975 kHz was used as SSB feeder
or RTTY operating matter via Deutsche Bundespost {German PTT} point-to-
point station towards Sines Portugal site.
Later on in about 1970 DWL/PTT set up their own UTE 20 kW tx at Juelich
site, like SSB feeder to Portugal and Malta on 4590, 4882.5, 5195, 6975,
7675 kHz, and 21757 nx ssb+rtt towards {and reply from] Kigali Rwanda.