Westerland transmitter
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Westerland transmitter
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Westerland ( Sylt ) | |||
| Country: | Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 5 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Coordinates: 54 ° 54 ′ 39.7 " N , 8 ° 18 ′ 25.5" E | ||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |||
| Owner : | German radio tower | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1976 | |||
| Operating time: | since 1976 | |||
| Total height : | 90 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Last modification (transmitter) : | 2006 | |||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
| Send types: | DVB-T, mobile land radio , BOS radio | |||
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The transmitter Westerland has existed since 1976 in the inner city area of Westerland on Sylt as Germany's northernmost transmitter. Its signal extends far into the mainland and can also be received without problems on the neighboring islands of Rømø ( Denmark ), as well as on Amrum and Föhr . The operator of the station is T-Systems AG , a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG . Five VHF transmitters as well as police , taxi and fire service radio are in operation at the site.
The transmitter also provides coastal shipping on the North Sea with the current weather report and radar data.
The station Westerland is also of television technical importance. For example, it broadcasts the three public programs Das Erste , ZDF and NDR television. Since 2006, they have been distributed digitally along with other public service programs via DVB-T multiplexes.
The establishment of a new transmitter on Sylt had become necessary after Sylt had only been supplied by a small transmitter at Westerland. A new building had to be built to cope with the higher number of tourists, the increasing taxi traffic, the armed forces and the police. The NDR spun off the efforts because it set up a transmitter on the eastern tip of the island. Westerland now supplies the North Frisian islands, the adjacent mainland and parts of the Danish coast. Westerland has a technical reach of around 70,000 people.
A previous mast, a red and white tubular mast of much lower height, was located on the north-east side of the former post office on Stephanstraße and was used exclusively for radio and TV reception on the island of Sylt. With the new building and the relocation of the department of the former Bundespost in 1976, the old mast became superfluous and demolished.
Frequencies and Programs
Analog radio ( VHF )
| Station name | regional (regional program) | VHF | ERP | RDS PS |
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| Antenna Sylt | - | 88.1 MHz | 0.2 kW | ANT-SYLT |
| Radio BOB! | SH | 89.1 MHz | 1.0 kW | RADIOBOB |
| Classic radio | SH | 89.8 MHz | 0.3 kW | CLASSIC |
| Deutschlandfunk | SH / HH | 90.3 MHz | 0.5 kW | Dlf |
| R.SH | North | 102.8 MHz | 5 kW | R.SH or R.SH NF |
| Deutschlandfunk culture | - | 103.9 MHz | 0.2 kW | Dlf cult |
| delta radio | delta north | 104.8 MHz | 5 kW | delta |
Digital radio ( DAB )
Since November 29, 2019, the Bundesmux has been broadcast on channel 5C in single- frequency mode (SFN) with other stations. As a rule, DAB is transmitted in vertical polarization, as is the case here. The multiplex of the Norddeutsche Rundfunks is broadcast on Sylt by the Morsum transmitter about 10 km away .
