BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

AFN Munich 548 / 1106 kHz
VOA Munich Ismaning
History of 2001y.
IBB Biblis and Lampertheim belong to US consulate Frankfurt/Main.
Longwave sender Munich Erching [castle manor] on 173 kHz 1734 mb near
Hallberg-Moos village, and broadcasting house of RFE/RL Munich - English
Garden - , - did belong to General Consulate Munich Germany.
Holzkirchen and Ismaning, as well as former Receiving station (Rhombics)
for overseas reception monitoring at Ueberacker, 18 km west of Munich near
Maisach/Sulzemoos village.
Managed the facilities Funkhaus Englischer Garten, MW&SW transmissions in
Munich Ismaning tx site since 1945, also at Erching since 1952, and also
during erection phase in 1952 on LW 173 and MW Ismaning 1197 kHz in 1949,
as well as RFE/RL site Holzkirchen on MW 719/720 kHz also.
The engineering staff at Ismaning and Lampertheim also worked worldwide at
IBB facilities Holzkirchen, Kuwait, Cyprus, but also in central Asia like
in UZB, TJK etc., as well as on satellite and FM IBB relay gear, in Africa
and in NE/ME on the erection phase of the MW facilities in Djibouti,
Kuwait, UAE etc.
vom 7.7.2001 c.f. BC-DX Top News # 527.
Sightseeing tour at BR Bayerischer Rundfunk installations, and IBB/VoA/RFE
tx site and radio museum BR Munich Ismaning.
Ex Reichspost site of Nazi era and US occupation time after WW II, tx
house of ex-AFN Munich 1106 kHz and Radio Munich til 1949. Old Reichspost
/ VoA / Radio Munich / Bayerischer Rundfunk installations/museum.
Slavia/Tesla Prague tx of 1943, used for VoA also on 3980 kHz in 75 mb,
and Collins program and feeder txs towards VoA relay sites Tangiers,
Thessaloniki and Rhodes Isl. are shown.
Open Door Day on Saturday July 7th, 2001, 0600-1500 UTC.
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cr10 IBB satellite link feeder circuits.
cr1 IBB/VoA/RFE MW 1197 antenna circuit.
cr12 IBB/VoA/RFE site.
cr13 IBB/VoA/RFE Thomcast tx MW 1197 of 1995 (ex RCA 2x150 kW).
cr14 IBB/VoA/RFE MW 1997 final stage.
cr15 BR Museum: Old VoA 35/75/100 kW SW antenna switch.
cr16 BR Museum: Old Reichspost Slavia/Tesla [Marconi licence] Prague SW
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