Angelburg TV tower

The Angelburg television tower ( radio transmission center Eschenburg 1 ) is a 171 m high telecommunications tower in the Scheldt Forest in Hesse . It is located about 1 km east of Hirzenhain train station (district of Eschenburg ) on the 609 m high Angelburg mountain and is one of the so-called basic network transmitters .

The type tower (FMT 3), which was put into operation in 1968, is the tallest television tower in Central Hesse and, until 2011, was also by far the tallest structure in the Lahn-Dill district . Since its completion at the turn of 2012/2013, the Hohenahr wind farm with its seven 198.5 m high wind turbines has been the new record holder. The station's employees reach the top via 678 steps or an elevator . The operating floor is located at a height of around 48 m, on the lowest and largest of a total of four platforms. The tower is not open to the public.

Twelve public television programs in the DVB-T digital standard and one FM radio program are broadcast here. In addition, the television tower is used by the mobile operators Telekom Deutschland and E-Plus as well as by civil protection and the police . The Deutsche Funkturm , a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom , is the owner of the tower; it is operated by T-Systems , also a subsidiary of Telekom.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (FM)

In the case of directed radiation, the main radiation directions are given in degrees in the antenna diagram.

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
100.0	Hit Radio FFH	_FFH-GI_ , HITRADIO / __F_F_H_ ¹⁾	D668 (regional), D368	Central Hesse / Giessen	30th	D (90 ° -230 °)	H

¹⁾ Dynamic, partly with news

Digital television (DVB-T)

The DVB-T broadcasts on the mast ran from 29 May 2006. He sent only the channel 32 in the single-frequency operation (Single Frequency Network) with other transmitter sites. The transmitter was switched off on April 24, 2018. A switch to DVB-T2 HD is not planned.

channel	Frequency (MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Modulation method	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate (Mbit / s)	Single frequency network (SFN)
32	562	ARD Digital (hr)	The first (hr) Phoenix ARTE tagesschau24	50	ND	H	16 QAM (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Angelburg , Hoher Meißner , Essigberg (Habichtswald telecommunications tower), Rimberg (Knüll)
24	498	ARD regional (hr) Central Hesse	hr television Bavarian Television North (Franconia) SWR television Rhineland-Palatinate WDR television Cologne	50	ND	H	16 QAM (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Fishing castle
45	666	ZDFmobil	ZDF 3 sat ZDFinfo KiKA (6 a.m. to 9 p.m.) / ZDFneo (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.)	50	ND	H	16 QAM (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Fishing castle

DVB-T reception from the Hessian Rhine-Main area is usually also possible. From there, the private broadcaster groups RTL and ProSiebenSat.1, as well as a mixed private multiplex, which also contains Tele 5 , are broadcast. A roof antenna aligned vertically at the Großer Feldberg im Taunus location is the best solution in this regard. Indoor or outdoor antenna reception may also be possible in favorable locations. When using roof antennas, it should be noted that both band III VHF (DAB +) and band IV / V UHF are broadcast. This means that either a combination antenna Band III VHF / Band IV / V UHF or two different antennas suitable for the respective areas can be mounted in vertical polarization on the antenna mast.

The transmitter also supplied parts of North Rhine-Westphalia (southeastern parts of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district) with DVB-T that could not be reached by the single-frequency network in South Westphalia. However, the responsible local time was not to be seen Siegen . This was due to the fact that the WDR only feeds the local Cologne time nationwide into ARD's own HYBNET and only makes the regionalized version available within NRW.

On October 7, 2010, the ZDFmobil Multiplex changed channels from channel 52 to channel 45.

Former analog programs

Before the switch to DVB-T, the following analog TV channels were running here:

channel	Frequency (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
24	495.25	ZDF	500	ND	H
52	719.25	hr television	500	ND	H

Web links

Commons : Fernsehturm Angelburg - Collection of pictures

Angelburg TV tower. In: Structurae
ZDF channel change at DVB-T in Hesse , press release on channel change at Angelburg on October 7, 2010, October 4, 2010

Individual evidence

↑ Dirk Wingender: A giant takes care of the reception. TV tower supplies central Hesse. In: Hinterländer Anzeiger . April 15, 2007, p. 15.
^ Hessischer Rundfunk: shutdown of the Angelburg transmitter. Retrieved March 15, 2018.

[1] Dirk Wingender: A giant takes care of the reception. TV tower supplies central Hesse. In: Hinterländer Anzeiger . April 15, 2007, p. 15.

[2] Hessischer Rundfunk: shutdown of the Angelburg transmitter. Retrieved March 15, 2018.