Telecommunication tower Hoherodskopf
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Telecommunication tower Hoherodskopf
Radio transmission point Schotten 1
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Mountain Hoherodskopf near Breungeshain ( Schotten ) | |||
| Country: | Hesse | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 763 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 39.5 ″ N , 9 ° 13 ′ 35.8 ″ E | ||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |||
| Owner : | German radio tower | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1976-1977 | |||
| Total height : | 144 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Last modification (transmitter) : | 2006 | |||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
| Send type: | Directional radio | |||
| Position map | ||||
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The telecommunication tower Hoherodskopf (also known as radio transmission point Schotten 1 ) is a 144 meter high telecommunication tower made of reinforced concrete on the Hoherodskopf near Schotten , the second highest elevation in the Hessian Vogelsberg .
The standardized type tower FMT 2/73 was built between 1976 and 1977 by the then Deutsche Bundespost as a replacement for an older steel lattice tower . For decades it was by far the tallest structure in the Vogelsberg district , until it was surpassed in 2008 by two 150 m high wind turbines in the Fleschenbach-Neustall wind farm near Freiensteinau .
Due to the switch to DVB-T , the analog channels ZDF (channel 23; 1 kW) and hr-fernsehen (channel 42; 1 kW) were discontinued in 2006.
Frequencies and Programs
Analog radio (FM)
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Frequency (MHz) |
program | RDS PS | RDS PI | Regionalization |
ERP (kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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| 94.7 | Radio BOB! Hessen Rock'n Pop | RADIOBOB | D46A | - | 0.1 | D (240 ° -350 °) | H |
Amateur radio
The amateur radio relay DB0HK on the 2 meter band (145.7875 MHz) and 70 centimeter band (439.100 MHz) are also located on this tower.
Airplane accident
On July 7, 2001 collided light aircraft of the type PA-28-181 due to poor visibility with the tower at the level of the first platform and burned out, both occupants were killed. The property damage to the tower was relatively minor, but VHF operation was completely discontinued and only resumed at the beginning of 2006.