Monday, February 26, 2024

Charly Tango vs. Charlie Tango: Original vs. Fake

So let's be honest. If someone dies, it doesn't automatically mean that the house they lived in is dead too. Of course, the house continues to exist even after someone dies as long as it didn't collapsed.

The same applies to a club that continues to exist as an unregistered club because someone makes themselves available for this task to continue it. Fairy tales are now being told in the United Kingdom that the original Charly Tango Club from Germany has long since died. So you guys legitimize yourself on the Island and continue the legacy of the once great German club by founding an internet forum, even though you know that the German club is not dead at all but actually still exists.

King Henry the 8th would certainly have said that no matter what the Germans do, original clubs in Britain will be beheaded, just as the Kingdom wants.

Now the times of this King and his seven wives are over as well as is the Second World War, in which the boys from the island actively helped, so that the German people are again able to say in free self-determination whether their club is dead or not. And this is a fact, the Charly Tango International DX Club is NOT dead, but has existed since it was founded in 1985.

I myself have already tried to make a "peace offer" to my "friends" in the U.K. in order to get the problem with the duplicate callsigns under control.

The answer was that there had been no acrimony at all and the German admin's language barrier was far too big an obstacle, because the world language is English. So I was immediately threatened with removing my profile picture off their forum because it contained a callsign which also shows a different name in their list (obviously someone from Bavaria who applied for his call sign in the U.K. but with the Original DX group from Germany) and that would violate the forum rules. Shortly afterwards, one of the admins removed my profile picture, showing how much the Charlie Tango Fake Club is dealing with the truth.

And the threat to ban me from the forum is not the first time that admins of the UK fake group have implemented this to one of their forum members. There are references to this on YouTube while Fred in the Shed says I have to ask in the forum.


26CT1008 probably made up the same experience with those guys. If he would apply for a call at the real Charly Tango's we wouldn't kick him out at all.

The fake can already be recognized by its name.

While Charly Tango is spelled with Y, the fake group uses the letters IE, like Charlie Tango. However, you can't tell from the call signs. They are all like my own (13CT30) starting by countries division code, followed by CT and the membership number.

The Original Charly Tango International DX Group is still insisting on a peace settlement regarding double issued call signs. But as long as the U.K. group refuses to cooperate with the Original Charly Tango DX-Group, we will continue to spread the truth about this British based fake group which is recognized starting its CT group in the U.K. in the year 2009 by calling themselfs "Originals" which is nothing but a lie !

All efforts to continue the Charly Tango's idea in the 26 division now reveal themselves as a miserably failed attempt to convince its members that the original club died with the passing of our esteemed founder Eberhard Albrecht (previous call 13CT01) in the year 2000.

However, this is not intended to be hate speech against our British friends, because after all, everyone makes mistakes. We also have some members from the U.K. listed at DX-CharlyTango.de as well as from ScotlandWales, and the rest of the world. The big difference in the call sign list of that fake group is that there is no status of active or inactive members in their forum. What's more, so-called SWL's are added there as members, which gives the appearance of many members who probably doesn't even exist as DX-radio-operators.

So the big question will be how to handle 2 possible equal call signs in a QSO with such a foreign countries station by not to state that one turned out to be the result of a stolen idea ?

Well, it looks like the cart is stuck in the dirt, doesn't it ?

The Original Charly Tango International DX Group will continously spread the truth while keeping the legacy of the old Borderland idea alive in the spirit of every DX enthusiast nowadays. No one ever has the right to remove a person's grave or even attempting to write a new name on the headstone unless the legacy of its owner is respected. For example, if someone tries to reissue Coca Cola by claiming that the original is long dead, then it will certainly be a short attempt that will bring nothing but trouble.

To all radio operators out there who are willing to join Charly Tango DX-Group in order to get a lifetime call sign; You are very welcome to apply via email at dx-charlytango@gmx.de or just use the contact form in this link. Also current members of the British fake group can be easily change over to the Original call sign list with the German Charly Tango Club. CT call signs from the fake group are not protected in international radio operations and can only be assigned by the Original DX group from Germany !

By searching for Charly Tango in the internet it will be always a good idea to search for DX-Charlytango unless you are looking for something wrong which I've had mentioned above, been written with IE and turned out to be fake. Its proper relation to search engines will let many interested Charly Tango applicants fall into a trap.


By the way, the Original Charly Tango International DX-Group is completely free of charge. They also don't work in cooperation with CB-Shops but only to keep the heritage of this good know DX-Group running on the air waves. In case of the truth there won't be a reason for the original DX-Group to keep silent at all. Free speach is adviced to all Charly Tango members while the fake group can't do anything about it if not finding a conclusion to be insightful. 

Because insight is the first path to improvement.

Yours Alex (13CT30)

Friday, February 23, 2024

What exactly is the Charly Tango International DX-Group ?

This question supposed to be a good one mostly asked by people who didn't come across CB or even Ham-Radio equipment which is to be used for communication between at least two devices on frequency's designed to bring so called high-frequency-waves off an antenna into the air using a transmitter while on the other side someone might receive this air-waves with a receiver which is included in every 2-way-radio, designed for the frequencies those two opertators like to use.

CB-Radio

Apperently there are still people out there who don't know the simple technical specs of 2-way-radios even better known as walkie talkies. So I am trying to bring this technique in a brighter light for a better understanding.

Actually most people will already know how to use those radios as they have seen many movies in which radios like handheld devices or even mobile radios in police cars have been used as well as truckers who were talking on channel 19 using a CB-radio. But that kind of radios are just small examples of its wide pallet of communication equipment a DX-Enthusiast could be using to make contacts to the neigborhood or even around the world.

Ham-Radio Transceiver

A good knowledge of operational technology will be necessary to be a good operator of high frequency equipment but don't be scared it isn't that much. To know a few basics will be surely enough for having fun by doing the first contact on the high frequency-air-bands.

Therefore, like any hobby got its specs, also DX-enthusiasts might have their access points to meet people who enjoying the same hobby sometimes.

The Charly Tango International DX-Group is exactly one of that meeting points sharing a platform to folks who having the same intensions. And it is absolutely free of charge !

Yes, you heard that right it does not even cost a simple penny to join this group.

You may ask why should someone enter a DX-Group just for sharing the same hobby. Well there are even more characteristics this club has to offer.

A very good point for a membership in Charly Tango is that this club has a callsign list available on the website DX-CharlyTango.de and every member will get his own lifetime callsign which makes contacs to unknown users on the air bands much easier while they could check the information of each CT member online. This feature comes a little bit close to those radio amateurs who also will get their own callsign in order of the relevant authorities.

1985 the Charly Tango DX Group were founded by Mr. Albrecht who has lived in Western Germany close to the Dutch border. That was why in coorperation with a member from the Netherlands Charly Tango became an official association named "Charly Tango Borderland DX Group" with over 6,000 active members worldwide. 

Unfortunately the founder of this association past away after serious disease in the age of only 49 but since then this heritage goes on and the member Wolfgang, 13CT1 (previously 13CT1203), became an admin of the group when the association officially has been canceled which for today means that this club will be absolutely free of charge for every member, today as well as in the future.

In my opinion a membership in Charly Tango International DX-Group is absolutely worth it, not only by using the CT callsign but also through a well known background of a club who connects people who are having the same intensions in a non-profit community.

Well then get your Charly Tango callsign today !

You can start being a lifetime member with only giving our admin a phone call, using the link to the contact form at the CT homepage, or by writing an email to the webmaster requesting a CT callsign.

If you are new to this hobby don't be worry. Charly Tango DX-Group got many new members as well as long time radio amateurs who always have open ears for questions asked by new members. Charly Tango will keep this hobby alive and once you turn a CB-Radio on you might hear a station using a CT callsign calling for international contact which means "CQ DX".

73's and good DX, yours Alex (13CT30)

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

CB Radio Network Germany - The Idea


Free voice communication from city to city, without providers, contracts and costs. That's the idea of Radio Network Germany.

The people behind Radio Network Germany are enthusiastic CB Radio Operators and also Ham-radio amateurs. While CB radio was very widespread in the 80s and 90s, this hobby became uninteresting for young people due to the Internet and cell phones and it is becoming increasingly difficult, even for those who have remained loyal to CB radio, to set up the relatively large antennas required for it. Restrictive landlords and neighbors, house or building regulations can quickly lead to the end of the hobby.

Use existing opportunities and create new ones

Our idea is to build a modern radio network that is as wide as possible across Germany, based on the radio frequencies released for everyone (CB, Freenet, PMR, WIFI) in order to enable free voice communication from city to city.

For this purpose, we are planning various so-called “gateways, crossband repeaters, repeaters which, depending on the location, can supply a district or even an entire city. The locations should be accessible to local users with as little effort as possible - ideally with a handheld radio without an external antenna.

The gateways, repeaters, crossband repeaters are networked with each other via radio link and Internet technology (Voice over IP) and forward the conversations to each other.

In case of an emergency situation some old Radios like CB's might be still working in case when real help is needed but regular cell phones or equal digital communication could be useless during network failure.

Charly Tango International DX-Group goes blogging

 Charly Tango members have been busy doing DX on 11 Metre Band these days because of its solar storms reflecting the HF-Waves high effective from the atmosphere. Recent conacts have been made nearly daily to the North and South Americas, Middle East as well as Asia which reportedly already made some Ham-Radio operator's jealous. 



Our members are proud to be part of the Charly Tango International DX-Group which remains to be free for every DX enthusiast out there who is willing to join our team.

Apply for a membership today and get your free call sign at DX-CharlyTango.de !

Yours 13 CT 30, Alex

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