Radio Kootwijk Bandung

A century of “Hallo Bandoeng”; wireless communication between The Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies

On May 5th 1923, the first regular radio-telegraph connection with the (then) Dutch East Indies was put into service, for this purpose a radio station had been built in Kootwijk and a receiving station in Malabar (35 Km south of Bandoeng). In 1916, the scientist C.J. de Groot stated that a long wave radio would …

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Telecommuseum zet schouders er weer onder na brand: 'Schade is niet in geld uit te drukken' - Rijnmond

Fire in the Museum

112 (one one two) 3 digits that you only need when something serious is going on. And there it was: Tuesday, January 26th, we desperately needed the Fire Brigade. A fire had started in our film room on the 1st floor. Fortunately, because of the smoke from the windows, bystanders or residents had called 112 …

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