Welle370 Special Celebrating 100 years of radio in Germany: December 22, 2020
/Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Steffen Schultz, who shares the following recording and notes:
This is a recording of the Welle370 special program to celebrate 100 years of radio broadcasting in Germany. In 1920, test transmissions began from the "Funkerberg" in Königs Wusterhausen, resulting in a Christmas broadcast on December 22. To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of this broadcast, Königs Wusterhausen based Welle370 aired this show on their own low-power 810 kHz mediumwave tx as well as on a local FM station. For international listeners the program was broadcasted via the Moosbrunn shortwave facilities in Austria.
Date of recording: 12/22/2020
Starting time: 1259
Frequency: 5.960
RX location: Wittstock, Brandenburg, Germany
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun S8800E with telescopic antenna