The building's 48V power supply was shut off in July 2026. Complete dismantling will follow
Anecdotes
Anecdotes & testimonies
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A memory from the job, a story from a worksite, the name of a forgotten colleague: every testimony adds to the RTT's memory.
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The building's 48-volt power supply was shut down in 2025. Complete dismantling followed shortly thereafter. During these dismantling operations, a subcontractor was involved in a serious accident.
The four entrances in Aalst.
July 1968 Like many children whose dad or mom worked at the R.T.T., I, too, spent a month there on vacation when I was 7 years old. While we were playing, another child pulled my glasses off and threw them on the ground.I couldn’t see anything anymore—everything was blurry—but very quickly a counselor was standing next to me. She took me by the arm, and we went inside. A little later, a man dressed in black and wearing a kepi came in. He was a driver for the R.T.T. Together with the counselor, we were driven to an ophthalmologist in Veurne. Later, we went to the optician’s, where I got new glasses with the correct lenses. The R.T.T. paid for everything. And my parents were notified by phone about what had happened.
https://sky-brokers.com/project/bss-proximus-liedekerke-belgium/ On this site, you can see how they tore down my 30-year-old LDK. The photo was taken while I was washing (cleaning) one of the plates. and you can find the video of the demolition at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qroL1JlNR8
TR-Sat began operations in 1984, with Filmnet as its first customer on LDK-1. This was followed by LDK-2 (Eutelsat), LDK-3 (Intersat), and LDK-4 (VSAT). Next came Belgacom-TV, now Pickx-TV. In between, the company provided radio services and SNG.
91OVM
Original text, not translated (NL)
This RTT building is directly across from the NMBS station in Harelbeke
At the beginning of my career, I worked for a few months in the viewing and listening fees department.
Een wast dit ons gewestgebouw
Original text, not translated (NL)
In the summer of 2018, I stumbled upon this property, which was available for rent at the time. A beautiful building
On the afternoon of March 18, 1992, all alarms went off for the staff present in this building; they didn't know what was happening. In the municipality, the bridge over the Scheldt had collapsed, and a heavy tanker truck was swept away.... (newspapers)
In 1957, the couple's parents received 52 luxury telegrams on their wedding day. Each telegram was prepared at the Aalst telegraph office.
The address listed on this site is incorrect. 53AAL’s address is De Ridderstraat 43, 9300 Aalst. At the public telephone and telegraph office, people could ask for a phone number at the “counter.” The RTT operator would dial the number on the phone, and the caller would go to a designated phone booth where the call could begin. In the main hall, the calls were processed, and TT messengers were on hand to deliver them to people’s homes using their R4 devices. The BCT information desk was located on the first floor. On the two upper floors was an ATMK 7D switchboard.
As a longtime employee of ATEA, I wrote not only several books about ATEA, but also one on the history of telecommunications in Belgium from its very beginnings (1877) through 1990. See https://www.kulentuur.be/telefoniegeschiedenis/index.htm