Broitzem telecommunications tower

Broitzem telecommunications tower Radio transmission point Braunschweig 3
Basic data
Place:	Broitzem ( Braunschweig )
Country:	Lower Saxony
Country:	Germany
Altitude :	107  m above sea level NN
Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 37.1 ″  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 27.2 ″  E
Use:	Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station
Accessibility:	Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner :	German radio tower
Tower data
Construction time :	1971
Client : German Federal Post Office Building materials : Concrete , reinforced concrete
Operating time:	since 1971
Last renovation (tower) :	1987
Total height :	154.65  m
Operation room:	78  m
Data on the transmission system
Waveband :	FM transmitter
Radio :	VHF broadcasting
Send types:	DVB-T, DAB , directional radio
Position map
Broitzem telecommunications tower

The Broitzem telecommunications tower is a radio tower and is located in the Broitzem district of the city of Braunschweig on the Steinberg. It is a transmitter of the Deutsche Telekom / Deutsche Funkturm . The type 2 telecommunications tower was built in 1971 and raised to its current height of 154.65 m around 1987 as part of the introduction of private radio. This makes it the second tallest building in the city after the chimney of the Mitte thermal power station . The operating floor is 78 m above the ground. The tower is used for radio relay purposes as well as for broadcasting radio and TV programs.

TV programs have also been transmitted in DVB-T2 since 2016.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio ( FM )

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
103.1	Radio ffn	ffn_BS-H __ffn___	D588 (regional), D388	Braunschweig	15th	D (80-20 °)	H
104.1	Radio 21	RADIO_21 / 104.1_BS	1083	east	1	D (250-220 °)	H
104.6	Radio Okerwelle	OKERWLLE	1082	-	0.5	D (340-310 °)	H
106.9	Aerial Lower Saxony	Antenna_	D389	Braunschweig	13	D (170-100 °)	H

Digital radio ( DAB / DAB + )

The nationwide multiplex has been broadcast on DAB channel 5C in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters since April 13, 2012.

block	Programs	ERP (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Single frequency network (SFN)
5C DR Germany (D__00188)	DAB + block of media broadcast Absolutely relax (72 kbps) Dlf (104 kbps) Dlf culture (112 kbps) DLF Nova (104 kbps) DRadio DokDeb (48 kbps) Energy Digital (72 kbps) ERF Plus (72 kbps) Classic radio (72 kbps) Radio Bob (72 kbps) Radio Horeb (48 kbps) Radio Schlagerparadies (64 kbps) Black Forest radio (64 kbps) sunshine live (72 kbps) DRadio data (32 kbps data) EPG Germany (16 kbps data) TPEG (16 kbps data) TPEG_MM (16 kbps data)	1	ND	Baden-Württemberg: Aalen , Baden-Baden (Fremersberg) , Bad Mergentheim , Blauen , Brandenkopf , Donaueschingen , Feldberg in the Black Forest , Freiburg (Vogtsburg-Totenkopf) , Geislingen (Oberböhringen) , Heidelberg (Königstuhl) , Heilbronn (Schweinsberg) , Upper Rhine ( Rickenbach) , Pforzheim (Schömberg-Langenbrand) , Raichberg , Ravensburg (Höchsten) , Stuttgart (Frauenkopf) , Ulm (Kuhberg) Bavaria: Amberg (Hirschau) , Aschaffenburg (Pfaffenberg) , Augsburg (hotel tower) , Bamberg (Geisberg) , Büttelberg , Brotjacklriegel , Grünten , Herzogstand , Hochberg (Traunstein) , Hoher Bogen , Ingolstadt (Gelbelsee) , Kreuzberg / Rhön , Landshut (Altdorf ) , Munich (Olympic Tower) , Nuremberg , Oberammergau , Ochsenkopf , Passau , Pfänder , Pfarrkirchen , Pfronten , Regensburg (Hohe Linie) , Untersberg , Wendelstein (Bayrischzell) , Würzburg (Frankenwarte) Berlin: Berlin (Alexanderplatz) , Berlin (Scholzplatz) Brandenburg: Bad Belzig , Boossen , Brandenburg / Havel , Calau , Casekow , Cottbus , Pritzwalk , Templin Bremen: Bremen (Walle) , Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf Hamburg: Hamburg (Moorfleet) , Hamburg (Heinrich Hertz Tower) Hesse: Bad Hersfeld (Rimberg) , Biedenkopf (bagpipe) , Fulda (Hummelskopf) , Frankfurt (Europaturm) , Gelnhausen (Schnepfenkopf) , Gießen (Dünsberg) , Großer Feldberg , Hardberg , Hoher Meißner , Kassel (Habichtswald) , Mainz-Kastel Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Garz (Rügen) , Neubrandenburg-Süd , Rostock (Toitenwinkel) , Röbel , Schwerin (Zippendorf-Gr.Dreesch) , Züssow Lower Saxony: Aurich-Popens , Braunschweig (Broitzem) , Braunschweig (Drachenberg) , Cuxhaven-Stadt , Dannenberg , Göttingen (Bovenden-Osterberg) , Hanover (Telemax) , Lingen , Lüneburg-Neu Wendhausen , Molbergen-Peheim , Osnabrück (Bramsche-Schleptruper Egge) , Hildesheim (Sibbesse / Griesberg) , Visselhövede North Rhine-Westphalia: Aachen (Karlshöhe) , Bielefeld (Hünenburg) , Bonn (Venusberg) , Dortmund (Florian tower) , Düsseldorf (Rheinturm) , Eggegebirge , Herscheid , Hochsauerland (Hunau) , Cologne (Colonius) , Langenberg , Lügde-Rischenau (Köterberg ) , Minden (Jakobsberg) , Münster (telecommunications tower) , Siegen-Süd , Wesel Rhineland-Palatinate: Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) , Bornberg , Daun (Eifel) , Edenkoben (Kalmit) , Idar-Oberstein , Kaiserslautern , Kettrichhof , Koblenz (Kühkopf) , Trier (Petrisberg) Saarland: Saarbrücken (Schoksberg) Saxony: Chemnitz , Dresden , Geyer , Leipzig , Löbau , Neustadt , Oschatz , Schöneck Saxony-Anhalt: Brocken , Burg , Dequede , Petersberg , Pettstädt (Weißenfels) , Wittenberg Schleswig-Holstein: Bungsberg , Flensburg , Heide , Helgoland , Kiel (Kronshagen) , Lübeck (Stockelsdorf) , Westerland (Sylt) Thuringia: Bleßberg (Sonneberg) , Gera , Inselsberg , Jena (Oßmaritz) , Kulpenberg , Saalfeld (Remda) , Lobenstein (Sieglitzberg) , Weimar (Ettersberg)

Digital television ( DVB-T2 )

The DVB-T2 control operation launched on March 29, 2017. The DVB-T2 broadcasts in HEVC place in simulcast (Single Frequency Network) with other sites. The public broadcasters can be received free of charge, the private broadcasters are largely encrypted and broadcast via the DVB-T2 platform freenet TV .

channel	Frequency (MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	SFN with
21st	474	Freenet TV Mux 2	ProSieben HD Sat.1 HD (NDS + HB with 17:30 Sat.1 ) cable one HD ProSieben Maxx HD Sat.1 Gold HD sixx HD sport1 HD	5	ND	V	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Hanover (Telemax)
23	490	ARD Digital (NDR)	The first HD phoenix HD arte HD tagesschau24 HD one HD	10	ND	V	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Göttingen (Espol-Solling) , Göttingen-Hetjershausen , Hanover (Telemax) , Hanover-Hemmingen , Hildesheim (Sibbesse) , Torfhaus (Harz-West)
36	594	Mixed multiplex from ZDF and freenet TV	ZDF HD 3sat HD KiKa HD ZDFneo HD ZDFinfo HD freenet TV connect ( HbbTV service with multiple streams, HbbTV v1.5 required)	5	ND	V	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Hanover (Telemax) , Hanover-Hemmingen , Hildesheim (Sibbesse) , Wolfsburg
40	626	ARD regional (NDR) Lower Saxony	NDR television HD (Lower Saxony) WDR television (Cologne) HD HR television HD / NDR FS HD (HH) (temporarily) mdr television (Saxony-Anhalt) HD / NDR FS HD (MV) (temporarily) BR Television South HD / NDR FS HD (SH) (temporarily)	10	ND	V	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Göttingen (Espol-Solling) , Göttingen-Hetjershausen , Hanover (Telemax) , Hanover-Hemmingen , Hildesheim (Sibbesse) , Torfhaus (Harz-West)
44	658	Freenet TV Mux 1	RTL HD (NDS + HB with RTL Nord ) RTL II HD Super RTL HD VOX HD n-tv HD NITRO HD Tele 5 HD	5	ND	V	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Hanover (Telemax)
47	682	Freenet TV Mux 3	WORLD HD DMAX HD Eurosport1 HD Disney Channel HD nick HD / MTV + HD bibel.TV ( FTA ) QVC ( FTA ) QVC 2 ( FTA ) HSE24 ( FTA ) 1-2-3.tv ( FTA ) freenet shopping ( FTA ) Info channel ( FTA )	5	ND	V	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Hanover (Telemax)

Send parameters

Used by (HD Programs per Mux)	Modulation method	Code rate	FFT mode	Guard interval	Pilot tones	Data rate [Mbit / s]
Freenet TV (5–7)	64-QAM	2/3	32k extended	1/16	Pilot Pattern 4	27.6
ZDF (5)	64-QAM	3/5	16k extended	19/128	Pilot Pattern 2	22.0
ARD Digital (NDR) (5) NDR regional (5)	64-QAM	1/2	16k extended	19/128	Pilot Pattern 2	18.2

The following DVB-T follow-up could be received by June 30, 2017:

channel	Frequency   (MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP   (kW)	Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	TV standard DVB-T / DVB-T2	Modulation method	Video compression	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate   (Mbit / s)	SFN with
56	754	NDR (DVB-T old)	The first ZDF NDR television (Lower Saxony) NDR television (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)	20th	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Hanover (Telemax) , Hanover-Hemmingen , Hildesheim (Sibbesse)

Digital television ( DVB-T )

From 2004 to March 28, 2017, there were regular DVB-T broadcasts from this station. They walked in single-frequency operation (Single Frequency Network) with other transmitter sites.

Regular DVB-T operation at this location ended on March 28, 2018.

former offer:

channel	Frequency   (in MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP   (in kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	TV standard DVB-T / DVB-T2	Modulation method	Video compression	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate   [Mbit / s]	SFN with
23	490	ZDFmobil	ZDF 3 sat ZDFinfo KiKA (6 a.m. to 9 p.m.)  / ZDFneo (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.)	5	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Hanover-Hemmingen , Wildemann , Braunschweig city center , Hildesheim (Sibbesse) , Hanover (Telemax)
24	498	RTL Group Lower Saxony / Bremen	RTL Television (Lower Saxony / Bremen) RTL II Super RTL VOX	5	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Hannover-Hemmingen , Braunschweig-City Center , Hannover (Telemax)
36	594	ARD regional (NDR bouquet 2)	NDR television (Lower Saxony) WDR television (Cologne)  1) MDR television (Saxony-Anhalt)  2) hr television  3)	10	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Hanover-Hemmingen , Wildemann , Braunschweig city center , Hildesheim (Sibbesse) , Hanover (Telemax) Since November 10th, 2016: Stadthagen deviates from K39
44	658	ProSiebenSat.1 Media Lower Saxony / Bremen	ProSieben Sat.1 (Lower Saxony / Bremen) cable one N24	5	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Hannover-Hemmingen , Braunschweig-City Center , Hannover (Telemax)
47	682	ARD Digital (NDR bouquet 1)	The first ARTE Phoenix tagesschau24	10	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Hanover-Hemmingen , Wildemann , Braunschweig city center , Hildesheim (Sibbesse) , Hanover (Telemax)
56	754	Mixed private Lower Saxony 2	Bible TV HSE24 QVC SPORT1 multithek ( HbbTV service with multiple streams)	5	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Hannover-Hemmingen , Braunschweig-City Center , Hannover (Telemax)
60	786	Mixed private Lower Saxony 1	Tele 5 Nickelodeon in the German-speaking area Eurosport Disney Channel (Germany)	5	ND	V	DVB-T	16-QAM	MPEG-2	2/3	1/4	13.27	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center Attention: Hannover Telemax , Hannover-Hemmingen deviates on K28

¹⁾ temporarily NDR television (Schleswig-Holstein)

²⁾ temporarily NDR television (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

³⁾ temporarily NDR television (Hamburg)

A (DVB-T2) multiplex channel was broadcast from May 31, 2016 to March 28, 2017. The public broadcasters were free to receive, the private broadcasters were broadcast in encrypted form via the DVB-T2 platform freenet TV .

channel	Frequency   (in MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP   (in kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	TV standard DVB-T / DVB-T2	Modulation method	Video compression	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate   [Mbit / s]	SFN with
40	626	DVB-T2 pilot mux	The first HD ZDF HD RTL HD VOX HD SAT 1 HD PRO 7 HD	5	ND	V	DVB-T2	64-QAM	HEVC	2/3	1/16	27.60	Braunschweig-Broitzem , Braunschweig city center , Hanover (Telemax)

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the following analog television programs were broadcast:

channel	Frequency (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
42	639.25	Sat.1 (Lower Saxony / Bremen)	5	ND	V
60	783.25	RTL Television (Lower Saxony / Bremen)	4th	D.	V

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Media Broadcast: Media Broadcast expands the range of digital radio with additional transmitter locations. (PDF; 212 kB) March 29, 2012, accessed on September 14, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Data sheet DVB-T2 HD Lower Saxony. (PDF) NDR.de, accessed on April 1, 2017 . 
3. ^ North German Broadcasting: DVB-T station list for central and southern Lower Saxony. (PDF; 64 kB) Retrieved September 14, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Channel search required in the Schaumburg and Hameln regions | NDR.de