Telecommunications tower Witzhelden
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Telecommunications tower Witzhelden
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| Place: | OT Witzhelden in Leichlingen (Rhineland) | ||||
| Country : | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||
| Country: | Germany | ||||
| Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 32 " N , 7 ° 6 ′ 35.3" E | |||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station | ||||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | ||||
| Owner : | German radio tower | ||||
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| Construction time : | 1975 | ||||
| Operating time: | since 1975 | ||||
| Total height : | 133.9 m | ||||
| Operating rooms: | 74.2 m , 82.9 m | ||||
| Data on the transmission system | |||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | ||||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | ||||
| Send types: | Directional radio , cellular radio , amateur radio service | ||||
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The telecommunications tower Witzhelden is a 134 meter high telecommunications tower ( type tower ) of the type 2/73 of the German radio tower made of reinforced concrete in Witzhelden , a district of Leichlingen (Rhineland) in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district .
description
Up to a height of 102.90 m, the tower consists of a conical reinforced concrete shaft on which a 31 m high cylindrical reinforced concrete shaft is placed. The total height of the tower is 133.90 m. A two-storey pulpit for the technical equipment is between 74.20 and 82.90 m high. The two main antenna platforms are attached around the pulpit. They have a diameter of 33 m and heights of 75 m and 83 m. The tower shaft is suitable for holding further smaller antennas.
Inside the tower there is an elevator up to a height of 80 m and a reinforced concrete staircase. It was built in 1975 and is nicknamed Rich. Its location is 245 m above sea level north of the Witzhelden village of Flamerscheid. The tower is used for directional radio and as a VHF transmitter . From the top of the tower is broadcast on the VHF frequency 95.7 MHz in 1.0 kW WDR 2 broadcast. There is a D1 station , an E-Plus station and an O2 station on the tower . Until 1998 was EUR signal on 87.336 MHz sent with a power of 16 kW. In addition, amateur radio DB0AIM is broadcast on a 70 centimeter band . The TV station Witzhelden was one kilometer away in a south-westerly direction .
Frequencies and Programs
Analog radio (VHF)
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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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| 95.7 | WDR 2 |
WDR_2_W_ WDR_2___ |
DC92 (regional), D392 |
Wuppertal | 1 | ND | H |
Web links
- Private homepage with pictures and information ( Memento from September 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Sender photos Rhineland on patzwald.de
- Sender photos on senderfotos.de