Sobre Radio DARC

U.K. “RADIO DARC” will be broadcasting from England from January 2025.

For almost 10 years, RADIO DARC used the ORS transmitter in Moosbrunn near Vienna for its shortwave broadcasts on the ORS transmitter in Moosbrunn near Vienna on Sunday mornings. At the end of 2024, the station will be shut down.
All attempts to save the station have failed; Oesterreichischer Rundfunk broadcasting company wants to close the allegedly no longer suitable “shortwave” business field on December 31, 2024 finally and completely.

The view is apparently somewhat different in Woofferton, England, about 50 km southwest of Birmingham U.K.

The broadcasting complex of the British broadcasting company BBC, which still exists there BBC is operated by its subsidiary ENCOMPASS MEDIA and has a total of ten transmitters and just as many antennas.

“RADIO DARC” announces that with effect from January 1, 2025, a new broadcasting contract with the shortwave station ENC Woofferton with effect from January 1, 2025 could be concluded. Corresponding contract negotiations were successful and the DARC General Assembly approved the budget item requested for this at its meeting on November 16, 2024.

Our program will therefore be broadcast for the first time on Sunday, 5 January 2025 on the already used frequency 9670 kHz from ORS Woofferton England. 125 kW transmission power will be used on a 4 x 4 curtain antenna direction 105 degr azimuth to Germany. With this selection, an effective power of just under 4 MW is achieved.

The well-known transmission on shortwave 6070 kHz in the 49 m band will continue, where the DARC program will in future be transmitted with 10 kW transmission power from “Channel_292” near Ingolstadt in Bavaria.

The continuation of the club's own radio program on shortwave is thus secured for the time being.

We would like to thank the employees of ORS GmbH & Co. KG, especially Mr. Ernst Vranka, OE3EVA, for the many years of very support and wish them all the best for their upcoming retirement. (DARC e.V., Deutschland-Rundspruch 48th week 2024, Nov 28)