{"id":40380,"date":"2019-10-27T07:06:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T11:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40380"},"modified":"2019-10-27T07:06:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T11:06:50","slug":"eifeler-radiotage-to-broadcast-from-cold-war-bunker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/eifeler-radiotage-to-broadcast-from-cold-war-bunker\/","title":{"rendered":"Eifeler Radiotage to broadcast from Cold War bunker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_40381\" style=\"width: 656px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eifeler-Radiotage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40381\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eifeler-Radiotage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eifeler-Radiotage.jpg 646w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eifeler-Radiotage-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eifeler-Radiotage-624x611.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo source: Eifeler Radiotage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, G\u00e9rard Koopal, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This might be interesting for your followers in Europe and especially for those living in or nearby Germany.<\/p>\n<p>On the 9th and 10th of November, the Eifeler Radiotage are to start transmitting in German from a Cold War bunker in Germany. There is also a possibility to visit the location (Kall Krekel). Below is a link to their homepage where you can also find a few videos from the Cold War radio room which is still functional and in use.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eifeler-radiotage.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.eifeler-radiotage.de\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, G\u00e9rard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, G\u00e9rard Koopal, who writes: This might be interesting for your followers in Europe and especially for those living in or nearby Germany. On the 9th and 10th of November, the Eifeler Radiotage are to start transmitting in German from a Cold War bunker in Germany. There is also a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,305,288],"tags":[752,8093,8092],"class_list":["post-40380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-cold-war","tag-eifeler-radiotage","tag-gerard-koopal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-avi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64175,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/october-16-19-2025-travel-the-world-by-radio-with-the-eifeler-radiotage\/","url_meta":{"origin":40380,"position":0},"title":"October 16\u201319, 2025: Travel the World by Radio with The Eifeler Radiotage","author":"Thomas","date":"October 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor G\u00e9rard Koopal for tipping us to this event: If you\u2019re a radio lover, music fan, or just curious about broadcasting in an analog spirit, you\u2019ll want to check out Eifeler Radiotage. 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