Oostende Radio (OST/OSU):

 

listen here to their 'Voice Mirror' from 1971 (rb)
a 'V-Marker' for OST from 1974 (rb)
listen to their call from 2182 kHz, recorded in 1988 by Rudy van Dalen
a recording from their farewell-message, closing down all services on 500 kHz and other telegraph frequencies (Lars Lundström, 1997)
Nils Schiffhauer recorded their weather information broadcast in 2018

 

their QSL card from 1973 (rb)
a later edition of the QSL (Vladimir Rozhkov, 2000)
see the latest update of the 'old' edition, front-side only (Nils Schiffhauer)
Andreas Ibold received this beautiful card in 2018, with a short overview of the stations' history

 

they still have a web-site working (rb, 2022)
TX-Site Middelkerke

 

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Callsigns:
M / T (=NAVTEX)
OSS
OST** (= telegraph and teletype)
OSU** (= radiotelephone)

 

Frequencies Voice:
1649.5
1652.5
1665
1683
1689
1705
1708
1725
1728
1817
1820
1901
1904
1905
1908
2087
2182
2253
2256
2373
2376
2481
2484
2486
2758
2761
2814
2817
3629
3632
3652
3655
3681
3684
4146
4378
4387
4405
4417
4420
4429
5529
6224
6230
6504
6516
8294
8297
8364
8725
8731
8734
8752
8755
8761
8779
8789.6
8803
8805.6
8924
10078
10760
10935
11075
12353
12359
12365
13095
13113
13119
13120
13128
13131
13137
13351
13520
14392
16038
16216
16528
16537
16546
17266
17278
17302
17314
17320
17329
17940
18467
19255
20951
22159
22177
22720
22735
22750
22756
22768
22810
23692
25411

 

Frequencies Morse Telegraphy:
430
435
439
454
468
488.5
500
512
4290.5
4298
6411
6498.2
7542
8478
8652
12781.5
13067
17017.1
17187
22533
22655
25135
27017

 

Frequencies Radioteletype:
518
1753.5
2177
2815.5
2895.5
3657
4217
4218
4605
5376.5
5736
6322
6496
7776.5
8417.5
8435.5
9402.5
12639.5
12681.5
13073
13987.5
14719
16698
16812.5
16813
16829
16883
19013.5
19698
22443
22694
23443

 

Systems used:
50 Bd
DSC
SITOR
SSFC