Daily Archives: 12 August 2015

Antenne Bayern

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Antenne Bayern transmits its programs over a network of transmitters throughout Bavaria (Bayern). After a period of test transmissions in the summer of 1988, they went on the air with their first official broadcast at 0600 Central European Time on 5 September 1988.

I sent a reception report for the first hour of their first official broadcast. In return, they verified my report and sent 10 stickers, each with a different frequency. You can see copies of the verifications and the stickers below. Additionally, I recorded a couple of their test transmissions. Check them out below.

Antenne Bayern – First Hour of Broadcast – Part 1
Zugspitze
102.7 MHz
5 September 1988 0555 MEZ

 

Antenne Bayern – First Hour of Broadcast – Part 2
Zugspitze
102.7 MHz
5 September 1988

 

Antenne Bayern – Test Transmission
Munich
101.3 MHz
June 1988

 

Antenne Bayern – Test Transmission
Traunstein
103.7 MHz
15 August 1988

Radio Donau 1 – 90.3 MHz – Neu Ulm, Germany

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Photo above: Ulmer Münster, a large church in Ulm, Germany – Tallest in the world from 1892 to 1901.
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Radio Donau 1 was a low-powered (100 watts) station located in Neu Ulm, Germany. We heard it on 11 May 1989 while driving through.  The frequency was 90.3 MHz and the transmitter power was 100 watts. The transmitter was located at Günzburg.

Radio Gonzen
Buchs – 99.1 MHz

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Sticker - Radio Gonzen
Sticker – Radio Gonzen

We heard this local radio station on 99.1 MHz at a campground in Balzers, Liechtenstein. According to the verification letter, the studio is in Buchs, Switzerland and the transmitter is located at Buchserberg. They were broadcasting a locally produced program with folk music when we heard then.

At the time there were no local stations in Lichtenstein and this was the closest one to it.  The station first signed on the air on 2 June 1986. Radio Gonzen became Radio Ri for a while, and is now the station is called Radio FM1 Buchs.

QSL Letter from Radio Gonzen
QSL Letter from Radio Gonzen

Radio Aktuell – St. Gallen – 92.9 MHz

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Radio Aktuell St. Gallen-Rotmonten 92.9
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We heard Radio Aktuel when driving through the St. Gallen area. Even though their transmitter was low-powered, it is interesting that they had a form letter verification printed out.

Their transmitter was located in Rotmonten.

 Below is a clip of what we heard.  It was station identification into news.  Take a listen.

Radio Aktuell
St. Gallen-Rotmonten
92.9 MHz
27 June 1989
1600 Central European Time