Germany broadcaster

This article treats the Germany transmitter as a transmitter type. The Deutschlandsender (GDR) , later the voice of the GDR, is a broadcaster. The Deutschlandsender is not to be confused with the Deutschlandfunk .

The term Deutschlandsender stands for the type designation of a German long-wave transmitter from the 1920s and 1930s, for the "Deutschlandsender GmbH" founded in Germany in 1933 and for the radio program of the State Committee for Broadcasting of the GDR called "Deutschlandsender" .

Germany transmitter (type designation)

The radio towers of the Deutschlandsender in Königs Wusterhausen (1926)

Germany transmitter III in Herzberg (Elster)

In 1920 the Deutsche Reichspost developed the first long-wave transmitter that was used for radio transmissions from Königs Wusterhausen .

In order to improve the range on long wave, the Telefunken company developed a new 5 kW transmitter in 1925 , which was named "Deutschlandsender". This was used from 1926 by Deutsche Welle for its university and teaching program. Meanwhile, the performance of the broadcasting stations in Germany was steadily increasing, and so the long-wave transmitter in Königs Wusterhausen soon no longer met its requirements.

The Reichspost then had a new transmitter built with 35 kW output. This was installed in Zeesen , four kilometers from Königs Wusterhausen, and was given the type designation “Deutschlandsender II”. Its output was later increased to 60 kW, then to 100 kW.

After the introduction of the Lucerne Wave Plan , transmitter powers of up to 150 kW were permitted from 1934. The Zeesen slot was not suitable for such an achievement. As a new transmitter site was Herzberg (Elster) selected again for the Germany transmitter III a new station type was developed. Its power was gradually increased to 500 kW. This made it the most powerful radio broadcaster in Europe at the time. A 337 m high mast was erected for the antenna, which at that time was the tallest structure in Europe. The Deutschlandsender III was badly damaged in an air raid on April 21, 1945, and the entire transmission system was dismantled by the Soviet occupation forces in 1946/47 .

Deutschlandsender GmbH

Until December 31, 1932, Deutsche Welle GmbH was a user of the respective German broadcasters. On January 1, 1933, Deutsche Welle was transferred to "Deutschlandsender G. mb H.". With that, the program also changed; From now on, the Deutschlandsender had to broadcast representative programs of the German broadcasting company. The long wave frequency of 191 kHz was used for this. Together with the German short wave transmitter, it was later transferred to the property of the German Empire.

literature

• Siegfried Hermann, Wolf Kahle, Joachim Kniestedt: The German radio. Fascination with a technical development. v. Decker, Heidelberg 1994, ISBN 3-7685-2394-2 , p. 174 ff.