Dear Alan and others,
concerning the problem why Norddeich Radio and the site with the "impressive top load" has been mentioned in connection with broadcast it should be mentioned that this site started for another service than coastal radio.
In the years before the 2nd world war this site, called Osterloog, a few kilometers east of the old Norddeich transmitting site, had been built to house a 100 kW broadcast propaganda transmitter aiming at the UK and other western countries. After the war Osterloog has first been used for the British Forces Network shortly but then transmitted the german BBC programme for Germany for many years. As a young boy living close to Denmark this transmitter has been the best broadcast station I could receive with my detector radio receiver; the waves came over the North Sea with little attenuation.
In 1956 I have visited Osterloog; at that time the 132 m high self supporting mast has
been used on 658 kHz for the BBC broadcast (mast length slightly above lambda/4). At that
time the Osterloog site had also been used for first HF broadcasts of the Deutsche Welle.
I am not aware when "the impressive top load" mast had been in service. May be
it had been erected before 2nd world war and survived until the early fifties (according
to the date of the photos) because as far as I know before WW2 the construction of self
supporting masts has not been common or even not yet developed.
In 1967 Norddeich Radio took over Osterloog to build a replacement for its older transmitting site of Norddeich which dated back to 1906. The last transmitter at Norddeich has been shut down in 1970. This site now serves as a facility for campers, with all masts removed. The name Norddeich Radio, however, had been maintained until its closing down in 1996/97.
OK?
73 Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB
"Alan Melia" <[email protected]> schrieb:
Hi Gary, Norddeich Radio was well known to top band listeners, what we would
call a Coast Station whereas the web page intimates "Broadcast". Since its
lowest frequency was around 600m (500kHz) the mast, at 132m, would be very
close to a quarter-wave, and so would not need much loading. My guess is the
arms are supporting MF and HF vertical aerials as well. It was a big signal
on 2182 on the East Coast.
Cheers de Alan G3NYK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary - G4WGT" <[email protected]>
To: "LF (Rsgb LF Group)" <[email protected]>
Sent: 24 November 2005 11:50
Subject: LF: Impressive Top Load
> Hi,
>
> I came accross this photo gallery showing a very impressive top load.
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> http://www.pust-norden.de/gal_olog_gb.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary - G4WGT - IO83qp
>
> Web : http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wgtaylor
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