{"id":22303,"date":"2016-12-19T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22303"},"modified":"2016-12-18T11:32:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T15:32:43","slug":"december-24-tune-in-ndrs-annual-christmas-greetings-program-on-shortwave-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/december-24-tune-in-ndrs-annual-christmas-greetings-program-on-shortwave-2\/","title":{"rendered":"December 24: Tune in NDR\u2019s annual Christmas greetings program on shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19684\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hammarlund-HQ-120X-DialLight.jpg\" alt=\"Hammarlund-HQ-120X-DialLight\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hammarlund-HQ-120X-DialLight.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hammarlund-HQ-120X-DialLight-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hammarlund-HQ-120X-DialLight-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Hammarlund-HQ-120X-DialLight-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Harald Kuhl, who notes times and frequencies of NRD&#8217;s annual Christmas greetings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) program &#8220;Gruss an Bord&#8221; on shortwave on 24 December 2016:<\/p>\n<p><strong>19.00 UTC till 21.00 Uhr UTC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6.125 kHz Atlantic &#8211; North<br \/>\n11.650 kHz Atlantic &#8211; South<br \/>\n9.800 kHz Atlantic \/ Indian Ocean (South Africa)<br \/>\n9.740 kHz Indian Ocean &#8211; West<br \/>\n9.790 kHz Indian Ocean &#8211; East<br \/>\n6.145 kHz Europe<\/p>\n<p><strong>21.00 UTC till 23.00 Uhr UTC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.930 kHz Atlantic &#8211; North<br \/>\n9.830 kHz Atlantic &#8211; South<br \/>\n9.590 kHz Atlantic \/ Indian Ocean (South Africa)<br \/>\n9.765 kHz Indian Ocean &#8211; West<br \/>\n9.650 kHz Indian Ocean &#8211; East<br \/>\n6.145 kHz Europe<\/p>\n<p>contact: <a href=\"mailto:gruss-an-bord@ndr.de\" target=\"_blank\">gruss-an-bord@ndr.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>vy73<\/p>\n<p>Harald<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the\u00a0press release from NDR (in German):<\/p>\n<p>Presse aktuell<br \/>\n<strong>Empfang auf Weltmeeren und in fernen H\u00e4fen: &#8220;Gru\u00df an Bord&#8221; auch \u00fcber Kurzwelle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sendungen: Sonnabend, 24. Dezember, 20.05 bis 22.00 Uhr, NDR Info und NDR 90,3 \/ 23.05 bis 24.00 Uhr, NDR Info<\/p>\n<p>Seit Weihnachten 1953 bildet die NDR Radiosendung &#8220;Gru\u00df an Bord&#8221; eine Br\u00fccke zwischen den Seeleuten auf den Meeren und ihren Angeh\u00f6rigen in Deutschland: Seeleute schicken Gr\u00fc\u00dfe in die Heimat, ihre Familien haben die M\u00f6glichkeit, ihren Lieben auf hoher See ein frohes Fest und ein gutes, neues Jahr zu w\u00fcnschen. Damit die Besatzungen die Traditionssendung auch in fernen H\u00e4fen auf den Weltmeeren empfangen k\u00f6nnen, hat der NDR eigens f\u00fcr Heiligabend Kurzwellen-Frequenzen angemietet.<\/p>\n<p>In der Zeit von 19.00 bis 21.00 Uhr UTC (20.00 bis 22.00 Uhr MEZ) sendet die Kurzwelle am 24. Dezember \u00fcber folgende Frequenzen (UTC ist die Abk\u00fcrzung f\u00fcr die koordinierte Weltzeit, die Universal Time Coordinated):<\/p>\n<p><strong>FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET<\/strong><br \/>\n6.125 kHz Atlantik &#8211; Nord<br \/>\n11.650 kHz Atlantik &#8211; S\u00fcd<br \/>\n9.800 kHz Atlantik\/ Indischer Ozean (S\u00fcdafrika)<br \/>\n9.740 kHz Indischer Ozean &#8211; West<br \/>\n9.790 kHz Indischer Ozean &#8211; Ost<br \/>\n6.145 kHz Europa<\/p>\n<p>In der Zeit von 21.00 bis 23.00 Uhr UTC (22.00 bis 24.00 Uhr MEZ) am 24. Dezember \u00fcber folgende Frequenzen:<\/p>\n<p><strong>FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET<\/strong><br \/>\n5.930 kHz Atlantik &#8211; Nord<br \/>\n9.830 kHz Atlantik &#8211; S\u00fcd<br \/>\n9.590 kHz Atlantik \/ Indischer Ozean (S\u00fcdafrika)<br \/>\n9.765 kHz Indischer Ozean &#8211; West<br \/>\n9.650 kHz Indischer Ozean &#8211; Ost<br \/>\n6.145 kHz Europa<\/p>\n<p>NDR Info und NDR 90,3 senden &#8220;Gru\u00df an Bord&#8221; von 20.05 Uhr bis 22.00 Uhr MEZ. Anschlie\u00dfend folgt auf NDR Info von 22.00 Uhr bis 23.00 Uhr MEZ die \u00dcbertragung einer evangelischen Christmette aus der St. Johanniskirche in Hamburg-Altona. Von 23.05 bis 24.00 Uhr wird &#8220;Gru\u00df an Bord&#8221; auf NDR Info, NDR Info Spezial, online und \u00fcber Kurzwelle fortgesetzt.<\/p>\n<p>Die Gr\u00fc\u00dfe werden in der Hamburger Seemannsmission &#8220;Duckdalben&#8221; von den NDR Info Moderatoren Regina K\u00f6nig und Ocke Bandixen \u00fcbermittelt. Andrea-Christina Furrer und Andreas Kuhnt sind die Gastgeber im Kulturspeicher in Leer. Die Moderatoren erwarten u. a. Vertreter der Reedereien, Seemannspastoren und viele Familien. Au\u00dferdem werden sie Schiffe der Marine und deutsche Forschungsschiffe, die auf den Weltmeeren unterwegs sind, rufen. F\u00fcr die musikalische Unterhaltung sorgen in Hamburg der Gitarrist Roland Cabezas, die Lars-Luis Linek-Band sowie die S\u00e4ngerin Marion Welch, in Leer der Bingumer Shanty-Chor und das irische Trio Dara Mc Namara, Stephen Kavanagh und Dylan Vaughn.<\/p>\n<p>Bis zum 17. Dezember nimmt die Redaktion Gru\u00dfw\u00fcnsche per E-Mail entgegen,<br \/>\ngruss-an-bord@ndr.de, oder per Post: Norddeutscher Rundfunk, NDR Info, Redaktion &#8220;Gru\u00df an Bord&#8221;, Rothenbaumchaussee 132 &#8211; 134, 20149 Hamburg. Diese Gr\u00fc\u00dfe werden am 24. Dezember von 23.05 Uhr bis Mitternacht auf NDR Info und \u00fcber die extra angemietete Kurzwellenfrequenzen verlesen.<\/p>\n<p>NDR Info und NDR 90,3 sind \u00fcber UKW, DAB+, DVB-S Radio und per Livestreaming im Internet, z. B. \u00fcber die NDR Radio-App, zu empfangen.<br \/>\n18. November 2016 \/ RP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Harald Kuhl, who notes times and frequencies of NRD&#8217;s annual Christmas greetings: Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) program &#8220;Gruss an Bord&#8221; on shortwave on 24 December 2016: 19.00 UTC till 21.00 Uhr UTC 6.125 kHz Atlantic &#8211; North 11.650 kHz Atlantic &#8211; South 9.800 kHz Atlantic \/ Indian Ocean (South Africa) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43,1409,1167],"tags":[4491,4490,4492,4082],"class_list":["post-22303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-gruss-an-bord","tag-grus-an-bord","tag-harald-kuhl","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5NJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41099,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/norddeutscher-rundfunk-christmas-eve-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":22303,"position":0},"title":"Norddeutscher Rundfunk Christmas Eve Broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"December 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Harald Kuhl (DL1AX), who shares the following announcement from the NDR regarding the annual Gruss an Bord Christmas Eve broadcast. 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