Radio Nederland, final sign off on 6065 kHz, 29/06/12
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2012
- Edit December 2023: Radio Nederland are no longer on shortwave. I have kept the original information from 2012 below.
Original description: A direct audio recording of Radio Nederland's final sign off during a special broadcast on 6065 kHz. According to Shortwave Blogspot, R.Nederland are to keep broadcasting on SW to North Amercia & the Carribean in Spanish at a reduced service from the 2nd of July. In any case, they will no longer be broadcasting on a large scale now that their English & Dutch services on SW have finally closed down. I have left the recording until the very last moment when the transmitter switches off.
I still miss Happy Station, and Jerry and Dodie Cowan. At the time, around 1972/73, I was living in a very remote and isolated part of the UK. For a kid, the people at Radio Netherland felt like real friends. I miss them all, and mourn the ending of the short wave service. Thank you folks.
Radio Netherlands had sent me a little book , in the middle of the 80's , about how to build an antenna for short waves...there signal was always a good signal in Morocco,north africa...when i was 15 i used to listen to a program talking about reception,new radio's on the market,new technology...i miss it a lot
Thanks for the comment. Yes its true that shortwave is not what it used to be. I still get some excitement trying to catch low powered stations, although only when conditions are good. I recorded this because RNW brought back a lot of memories when I started SW DXing back in the 80s, when the airwaves were almost jam packed.
Your recording will go down in history. Radio Nederland had the best signal strength of any station in my childhood in West Texas. Thank you.
Shortwave in general is mostly vacant thse days. :(
in the late 60s and beyond, i tuned in to 11.730 to listen to dx jukebox all the time. technology has come so far but no matter how sophisticated it will get, it wont be the same as tuning in a fluttering signal and enjoy the smell of vacuum tubes warming up!
Thanks for the comment. I thought it was important to make a recording of this, since Radio Nederland reminds of my early DXing days when there were a lot more shortwave stations on the air.
Thanks for uploading this piece of historic material. I used to listen and write to RN in the early 70's. Then in the mid 70's I went to live in Holland, stayed 30 years..! I still have many QSL'S from all over the world, framed and on the wall. So sad that most SW stations pulled the plug. :(
ahh the memories! ... what a great SW station. Always looked forward to Radio Nederland programming.
Yes it is a shame that another shortwave giant has drastically reduced its service. I believe they are still transmitting to South America / Caribbean area in Spanish for an hour or two a day. Thanks for the comment.
I was a big listener back in the early seventies and Radio Nederland had crystal clear reception here in Illinois. While I now enjoy surfing the internet I really enjoyed shortwave radio just as much - there was just something exciting about stringing a simple wire antenna in my backyard and then searching the dial all night for faraway stations from all over the world. However, times change and so must some of our hobbies. I really have no interest in staying with outdated technology when something new has become available that is actually better -- which means I would not be willing to trade the internet to have shortwave back if I could. I treasure the memories in front of a radio from when I was young but I also embrace progress and am fully enjoying the marvelous technology that we have today.
Thanks for letting us hear when they pulled the
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I loved listening to Radio Nederlands and I'm sorry it's over. But at least we have our memories! ❤️
I used to listen to the daily English lunchtime transmissions in the late 70's and thru the 80's at 11.30 UTC (12.30 UK) / 13.30 CET on 5955 and 9715 kHz SW.
My favourite shows on RNW were Media Network and The Happy Station Show
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Still miss them. Sad days.
I've just seen this sad news. I started to learn Dutch on RN in 1965, and was a keen DXer.
Thank you. Yes, I have some nice memories of RNW being received all those years ago on my first shortwave radio. Same as other stations no longer broadcating on shortwave or to Europe.