Blosenberg Tower
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Blosenberg Tower
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| Place: | Beromünster | ||||
| Canton: | Lucerne | ||||
| Country: | Switzerland | ||||
| Altitude : | 797 m | ||||
| Coordinates: 47 ° 11 '22.4 " N , 8 ° 10' 31.5" E ; CH1903: six hundred fifty-five thousand eight hundred thirty-nine / two hundred twenty-six thousand seven hundred seventy-four | |||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | ||||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | ||||
| Owner : | Swisscom | ||||
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| Construction time : | 1937 | ||||
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| Operating time: | 1937-2008 | ||||
| Total height : | 217 m | ||||
| Operation room: | 150 m | ||||
| Total mass : | 150 t | ||||
| Data on the transmission system | |||||
| Waveband : | AM station | ||||
| Radio : | MW broadcasting | ||||
| Shutdown : | 2008 | ||||
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The Blosenberg tower is a transmission tower of the medium wave transmitter of Swiss Radio DRS in Beromünster, completed in 1937 . The tower belonged to the state broadcaster Beromünster .
description
The Blosenbergturm is a self-shining , insulated against earth transmission tower , which has a cab in 150 meters. In the cabin there is a coil through which the top of the tower, which is isolated from the rest of the tower, was separately supplied with high-frequency energy via an overhead feed . Originally the Blosenberg tower was used as a dipole antenna, with the elements for the feed and adjustment in the cabin.
With its height of 217 meters, it was the tallest free-standing structure in Switzerland until 1978; Today it is the third tallest after the St. Chrischona TV tower (the tallest structure in Switzerland is the Grande Dixence dam ). The base of the tower is at a height of 797 m . Until 1995 the Blosenberg Tower was painted completely red and white. Today the lower 40 meters are painted gray-green.
The flight safety lighting of the Blosenberg tower has a special feature: at dusk, an orange rotating headlight located above the cabin is first activated. When night falls, this headlight is switched off and the red flight safety lights attached to the tower are switched on. The danger light on the top of the tower showed whether the transmitter was in operation or not, because it did not go out completely due to the emitted electrical field energy.
The tower was listed as a historical monument in 2009. It will be renovated and will have a webcam . A conversion to a museum is in consultation.
The Beromünster reserve transmission tower stood next to the Blosenberg tower until 2011 .
gallery
Blosenberg Tower in December 2005
Blosenberg tower with artwork
Machine room of the Blosenberg tower lift cable winch
Wooden stairs for access to the Blosenberg tower. The tower may only be entered when it is earthed
Isolator Blosenberg Tower
Voting House Blosenberg Tower
Lower part of the Blosenberg tower
Top of the Blosenberg Tower
See also
- List of known transmitters
- List of the tallest television and telecommunications towers in Switzerland
- Country transmitter Beromünster
Web links
- Blosenberg Tower. In: Structurae (English)
- technical data of the MW transmitter
Individual evidence
- ^ Swiss Map 50, Federal Office of Topography
- ↑ sda / ap: “Beromünster” under monument protection. Large transmission tower with cultural and historical significance. NZZ Online, October 19, 2009, accessed on August 20, 2011 .
- ↑ a b sdi / sda: Bye-bye Beromünster. Tagesanzeiger Online, August 19, 2011, accessed on August 19, 2011 .
- ↑ Beromünster is history. (No longer available online.) SF Tagesschau, December 28, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 21, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
