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As a result of the expansion of available satellite technology, which could be used to dial up connections to almost all telephone connections worldwide, the coast radio station increasingly lost its original function from the 1980s. At the beginning of the 1990s, the majority of ships were already
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The middle of the 1970s was the most successful time for the coast radio station: the "Coast Radio
Station Osterloog" of the "Hamburg Radio Office" of the Deutsche Bundespost had 180 employees and operated 41 transmitters. Around 1,000 telegrams and 300 long-distance calls were sent every day. The
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and six antennas that could be adapted for lower short wave (1,6-,3,8 MHz) and short-wave (3,8-30 MHz). Four 65 m high steel lattice masts and two rotatable directional beam antennas were available for the medium wave range. The transmitters were located in
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Norddeich Radio reflected the development of HF-technology and transmission modes over the decades. Morse telegraphy (cw) was used up from 1907 to 1997. A special characteristic was the long-standing use of the
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and during the World War II, the facility was under military command and protection because it had to fulfill "vital war tasks". As in the World War I, Norddeich Radio was strategically important for the coordination of the naval units of
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telegrams could be posted at any post office in
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Towards the end of the war, the previously undamaged plant was to be blown up by the operating staff. That did not happen.
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Since the mid-1990s, the various services have been gradually phased out. The station was shut down on
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Some older employees and radio enthusiasts founded a club "Museum
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was built at this marshy area because of good ground conditions for the physical counterpoise for the antennas.
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