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(From www.channel292.de) |
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A group of hams in Germany has received a license to operate
a shortwave broadcast station on the 49-meter band frequency abandoned two
years ago by that country’s premier international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.
“Channel 292” is now broadcasting around ten hours a day, generally from about
0700-1700 UTC, on 6070 kHz, using a 10-kilowatt transmitter built partially
from parts of the old 500-kW Deutsche Welle transmitter and a dipole antenna.
The station’s signal covers much of western Europe, but has also been heard in
Russia and North America, according to the
ARRL
Letter.
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Privately owned by a group of German hams, the station has a
business relationship with Germany’s national ham radio organization, the
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club, and is also known as DARC Radio. The DARC produces
a weekly ham-oriented magazine show in German. The
ARRL Letter reports that the Radio Society of Great Britain has
expressed interest in contributing English-language segments.
Other programming
on the station is leased, with programs airing in a variety of languages.
Reception reports will be QSLed via the DARC outgoing QSL bureau. For more information, visit
http://www.channel292.de.