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Archival Research
We provide a rich array of archival and published material which documents the history and development of amateur radio and broadcasting in a variety of disciplines. In our Archives, Databasesd and Special Collections we collect, preserve, and make available to researchers the rich and colourful heritage of the electronic media..
The links below are to some essential tools to help you locate

books, periodicals, documents, manuscripts, letters and other printed or published material

Audio recordings

Video recordings, and photographic material

Amateur radio and Broadcast QSL collections
Use the repositories, catalogues and indexes to find the stock of both our own archives and that of related institutions.
You can perform searches using our finding tools, listed below; or, across our whole website, use keywords in the Search Facility (magnifying glass in the upper task line).
If you need records that are not available on our web site, want to comment or ask for further information; and particularly if you might have archival material to add to our Collections, please contact us at

office@dokufunk.org
Almost all respositories are in our German language section, but the lists are either self-explanatory or you will find the necessary explanations there.
Some general rules:

In our SpecializedCollections we collect one sample each of e.g. QSL cards and prefer those providing all details in print on the front side.

Items that should be replaced because they are of poor quality, or in poor conservatory condition, are indicated in parenthesis () or x

Items not listed are either not on file or their existence are unknown – we appreciate donations to complete the collection.

Dates are in DD.MM.YYYY, Times in UTC, Duration is in HH:MM

Audio files are .mp3, video files are .mpg, if not otherwide indicated.

Library Catalog
Search the Library's online catalog for books (periodicals to follow) Übersicht unserer Bibliotheksbestände
Search the provisional catalog for peridocals

Audio Archives

Media Broadcasts Updated every week, we provide an index of the major Media Magazines currently on air. Transcriptions are availabe for NPR productions, only. We do not update links and are not resonsible for third party's contents. Format, if not otherwise indicated, is .mp3. For copyright reasons the audio files are only availabe at the Listeninjg Desks in our Archive. For special arrangements contact

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Former Media Broadcasts We try to retrieve as many recordings/scripts/transcriptions of Media Programmes no lomger on the air:
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The A - Allgemeiner Audiopool DokuFunk provides an annual collection of media-related broadcasts, reports, and live recordings of press conferences, etc.

The S - Signale, Signets is our sound library of broadcast station identifications - international, national, local, public and private, clandestine etc., from 1960-2005, by continent: sz_afrika/africa - sz_asien/asia - sz_europa/europe - sz_ozeanien_pazifik/oceania_pacific - sz_nordamerika/north_america - sz_südamerika/south_america - sz_zentralam_karibik/central_america_carribean - sz_historisch_1960/vintage

Great moments of broadcast history. More than 3.000 productions from the early 20's to the mid-50's, are filed at E - Archive in englischer Sprache and - We also file

A special collection of Austrian Broadcast heritage is available at Oskar Czeija - Gedächtnisfonds

Video Archives

The is an annual collection of media-related video productions

The is a collection of movies and TV productions with a broadcast, TV or amateur radio plot

Our Database Files

The Country-Databases
are available for OE/Austria (from the early days to today), HB/Switzerland (from the early days to today); D/DA/Germany (DASD from the early twenties to 1945, DA/DARC 1945-1960); DM/German Democratic Republic (pre-GDR until merger with DARC).
The databases include every related information filed somewehere in our Archive (QSL cards, circular letters, publications, periodocals, mail..)

The Picture-Database
can be approached individually or linked with the Country-Databases. It includes mainly photographs but also digital files, reproductions from publications etc.

The Database Audio/Video-Pool
contains audio and video documentation on tape, disc, cassette or film as well as downloads (Podcasts, YouTube etc.) with full descriptions of contents. Scenes or sound clips can be researched down to scenes, timestamps and duration.

The Databases Periodicals
Our example shows "AZ - Arbeiter-Zeitung", heavily used for Broadcast research. AZ, the daily newspaper of the Social Democratic Party, was the only publication during the Allied occupation of Austria (1945-1955) publishing a detailed list of all radio programmes in the British, American, French and Russion zones together with remarkably unbiased reviews. The 260.000 pages are available in full size scan; a complete selection of media-related items allows for detailed research and display.

The Award-Database
with appr. 100.000 diplomas and awards on file is currently being established.

Database Oskar Czeija-Gedächtnisfonds
Database Library
Databases for internal research and archival purposes