Frankenwarte

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Observation tower of the Frankenwarte
Frankenwarte
Radio transmission point Würzburg 2
Image of the object
The transmission masts on the grounds of the Frankenwarte seen from the north-west
Basic data
Place: Wurzburg
Country: Bavaria
Country: Germany
Altitude : 359  m above sea level NHN
Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 50 "  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 22.6"  E
Use: Telecommunication system , radio transmitter
Owner : German radio tower , Bayerischer Rundfunk
Data on the transmission system
Tower / mast 1
Construction time: 1961


Tower / mast 2
Construction time: 1985


Tower / mast 3
Construction time: 1993


Tower / mast 4
Construction time: 2009-2010
Wavebands : AM stations , FM stations
Radio : AM broadcast , VHF broadcast
Send types: DVB-T, mobile radio , directional radio , NTSC , DAB
Position map
Frankenwarte (Bavaria)
Frankenwarte
Frankenwarte
Localization of Bavaria in Germany
Old transmission mast (left, meanwhile dismantled) and new transmission tower (right)
View over the southwest part of Würzburg.
The transmitter masts in the background belong to the Frankenwarte.

The Frankenwarte is, inter alia, a 61 hectare, extensive 1900-scale parking area on the south-west central Würzburg located Nikolausberg (height 359  m above sea level.  NN ). There are several transmission systems, an observation tower (built in 1894) and the Frankenwarte Academy .

Transmitter location Frankenwarte

The transmission systems / the transmission infrastructure are

  1. a 125 meter high steel lattice tower of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, built from 2009 to 2010. It replaced an older, 111 meter high transmission mast built in 1952. The old transmission mast was blown up on May 31, 2011.
  2. a 118-meter-high guyed steel truss mast built in 1961 as a transmission mast for directional radio , VHF radio and TV for Deutsche Telekom AG . This transmission tower used for dissemination of radio programs of private broadcasters and the DVB-T - Multiplex ZDF.
  3. an 85-meter-high guyed steel truss mast from Deutsche Telekom AG. It was built in 1985 because the capacity of the old transmission mast was already exhausted and because the construction of a reinforced concrete transmission tower on the antenna for all radio services operated by Deutsche Telekom AG at the Frankenwarte was not possible.
  4. a tower for mobile radio in prefabricated concrete construction on the premises of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, which was built in 1993 and replaced an existing smaller spun concrete mast.
  5. a small free-standing steel tower for directional radio antennas for the feed of television programs on the area of ​​the transmission system of Deutsche Telekom AG on the Frankenwarte.

In the past there must have been at least one other transmitter mast at the Frankenwarte, because in addition to the directional radio tower - outside the area of ​​the Bavarian Broadcasting System - there is a former pardun foundation.

Anchoring foundation of a former transmission mast at the Frankenwarte

In 1985 the Federal Post Office at the time made an attempt to build a reinforced concrete transmission tower at the Frankenwarte. However, the project was not implemented due to numerous objections.

The transmission infrastructure (transmitter building, transmission mast), which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, is managed by Deutsche Funkturm GmbH , which belongs to the group .

New transmission tower

The new transmission mast (2011)

In July 2010, the new broadcast tower for Bavarian Broadcasting went into operation. The 125 m high, free-standing steel lattice transmission tower is popularly known as the "small Eiffel Tower" because of its shape. It takes over the function of the former transmission mast built in 1952 and improves the reception of radio and television programs via terrestrial antennas (DVB-T). On the side of the tower is a wire through which the transmission energy of the medium-wave transmitter used to transmit the medium-wave program Bayern plus on the frequency 729 kHz was fed into the tower until September 30, 2015. The old mast was blown up on May 31, 2011 at 2 p.m.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (FM)

Programs of the Bavarian radio

The programs listed below are broadcast by the steel lattice mast of Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Frequency  
(in MHz) 		program RDS PS RDS PI Regionalization ERP  
(in kW) 		Antenna pattern
round (ND) / directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
90.9 Bavaria 1 Bayern_1
Bayern1N
B1_Main_ 		D311
D711 (regional) 		Main Franconia ; Northern Bavaria 5 ND H
90.0 Bavaria 2 Bayern_2
Bayern2N 		D312
D712 (regional) 		Northern Bavaria 5 ND H
97.6 Bayern 3 BAYERN 3 D313 - 5 ND H
89.0 BR classic BR class D314 - 5 ND H
105.7 B5 currently B5_akt__ D315 - 0.2 D (210 ° -160 °) H

Programs of the broadcasting network operator Media Broadcast

The programs listed below are broadcast by Media Broadcast via the broadcasting infrastructure of Deutsche Funkturm GmbH.

Frequency  
(in MHz) 		program RDS PS RDS PI Regionalization ERP  
(in kW) 		Antenna pattern
round (ND) / directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
100.3 Deutschlandfunk __Dlf___ D210 - 0.1 D (330 ° -100 °) H
101.3 Deutschlandfunk culture Dlf_Kult D220 - 0.1 D (330 ° -100 °) H
104.4 Antenna Bavaria ANTENNA_ D318 - 5 ND H
92.1 Classic radio CLASSIC_ D75B - 0.3 D (340 ° -320 °) H
95.8 egoFM _egoFM__ 1014 - 0.3 D (330 ° -300 °) H
102.4 Charivari.fm _CHARI__ D41A - 0.3 ND H
106.9 106.9 radio gong __GONG__ D78C - 5 ND H
97.1 currently unused 0.3 ND H
104.9 currently unused 0.5 ND H

Analog radio ( MW )

Wire for feeding the high frequency energy from the medium wave transmitter into the tower structure

The transmission tower itself served as a transmission antenna for the medium wave transmitter. Since it is earthed, the transmission energy to be radiated had to be fed into the tower at a certain height. For this purpose, a wire runs from the voting house to the tower, which is electrically connected to the tower structure at a height of 38 meters.

Frequency
(kHz) 		program Regionalization EMRP
(kW) 		Transmission diagram
round (ND) / directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
729 Bayern plus (until Sept. 30, 2015) - 1 ND V

Until 1999, the medium-wave transmitter of the Bavarian radio station in the Frankenwarte was operated on the frequency 520 kHz, which is outside the official medium-wave band, and although it had a large range because of the good ground wave propagation, it was often not received by modern radio receivers.

From January 16, 2003 to April 4, 2003, the program of Megaradio was broadcast on the frequency 1386 kHz with an output of 5 kW . After the transmitter stopped operating, this antenna was removed again.

On September 30, 2015, the final shutdown of all Bavarian MW transmitters took place.

Digital radio ( DAB )

The broadcasting takes place over the steel lattice mast of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation in vertical polarization and in single-frequency operation with other transmitters. Since April 1, 2013, the broadcasting network operator Media Broadcast has been using the steel lattice mast to broadcast the programs of the nationwide multiplex on DAB channel 5C.

block Programs
(data services) 		ERP  
(kW) 		Antenna diagram
round (ND),
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V) 		Single frequency network (SFN)
5C
DR Germany
(D__00188) 		DAB + block of media broadcast: 10 ND V
10A 
Lower Franconia
(D__00308) 		DAB block of the Bavarian Radio 25th ND V Alzenau-Hahnenkamm , Burgsinn , Dettelbach , Kreuzberg , Miltenberg-Wenschdorf , Pfaffenberg , Wertheim , Würzburg (Frankenwarte)



11D 
BR Bavaria 
(D__00165) 		DAB block of the Bavarian Radio 10 ND V

Digital television (DVB-T2)

Multiplexes of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation

The broadcast has been from the steel lattice mast of Bayerischer Rundfunk since November 8, 2017.

channel Frequency  (in MHz) Multiplex Programs in multiplex ERP  (in kW) Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D) Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) Modulation method FEC Guard interval Bit rate  (in Mbit / s) SFN
36 594 ARD Bavaria 50 D. H 64-QAM 3/5 19/128 21.56 Transmitter Kreuzberg , transmitter Pfaffenberg
43 650 BR 50 D. H 64-QAM 3/5 19/128 21.56 Transmitter Kreuzberg , transmitter Pfaffenberg

1) rbb Berlinoutside the regional times ofBR television

2) To receive theWDRand to use the BR media library, anhbb-TV-capabledevice is required.

Multiplexes of the broadcasting network operator Media Broadcast

Since November 8, 2017, Media Broadcast has been broadcasting via the broadcasting infrastructure of Deutsche Funkturm GmbH.

channel Frequency  
(in MHz) 		Multiplex Programs in multiplex ERP  
(in kW) 		Antenna pattern
round (ND) /
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V) 		Modulation
method 		FEC Guard
interval 		Bit rate  
(in Mbit / s) 		SFN
26th 514 ZDFmobil 50 ND H 64-QAM 3/5 19/128 22nd Heidelstein (Rhön) , Pfaffenberg , Würzburg

 1) A suitable device and an internet connection are required for the display.

Digital television (DVB-T)

The broadcast in the DVB-T standard ended with the switch to DVB-T2 HD on November 8, 2017.

Multiplexes of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation

It is broadcast from the steel lattice mast of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation.

channel Frequency  
(in MHz) 		Multiplex Programs in multiplex ERP  
(in kW) 		Antenna pattern
round (ND) /
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V) 		Modulation
method 		FEC Guard
interval 		Bit rate  
(in Mbit / s) 		SFN
36 594 ARD digital 50 ND H 16-QAM 2/3 1/4 13.27 Pfaffenberg , Kreuzberg (Rhön) , Würzburg
45 666 ARD regional (BR Northern Bavaria) 50 ND H 16-QAM 2/3 1/4 13.27 Wurzburg

Multiplexes of the broadcasting network operator Media Broadcast

Broadcast is carried out by Media Broadcast via the broadcasting infrastructure of Deutsche Funkturm GmbH.

channel Frequency  
(in MHz) 		Multiplex Programs in multiplex ERP  
(in kW) 		Antenna pattern
round (ND) /
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V) 		Modulation
method 		FEC Guard
interval 		Bit rate  
(in Mbit / s) 		SFN
25th 506 ZDFmobil 50 ND H 16-QAM 2/3 1/4 13.27 Heidelstein (Rhön) , Pfaffenberg , Würzburg

Analog television (NTSC)

Until 2008, it was broadcast by Media Broadcast via the broadcasting infrastructure of Deutsche Funkturm GmbH.

channel Frequency  
(MHz) 		program ERP
(kW) 		Transmission diagram
round (ND) /
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V)
47 679.25 AFN Prime Atlantic 0.5 ND V

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the following analog TV channels continued to be broadcast:

Programs of the Bavarian radio

channel Frequency  
(MHz) 		program ERP
(kW) 		Transmission diagram
round (ND) /
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V)
10 210.25 The First (BR) 5 ND H

Programs of the broadcasting network operator Media Broadcast

It was broadcast by Media Broadcast via the broadcasting infrastructure of Deutsche Funkturm GmbH.

channel Frequency  
(MHz) 		program ERP
(kW) 		Transmission diagram
round (ND) /
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V)
23 487.25 DSF 0.316 D. H
25th 503.25 ZDF 410 ND H
34 575.25 RTL II 0.3 D. H
38 607.25 Sat.1 (Bavaria) 0.316 D. H
41 631.25 ProSieben 0.316 D. H
45 663.25 Bavarian television (Franconia) 360 ND H
60 783.25 RTL (Würzburg) 0.3 D. H

Web links

Commons : Frankenwarte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Winfried Schenk, Rüdiger Glaser , Moritz Nestle: Würzburg's environment in the transformation from the pre-industrial era to the service society. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume III (2007), Pp. 351-368 and 1295 f., Here: p. 355 f.
  2. ↑ BR press release on the commissioning of the new transmitter mast ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dvb-t-bayern.de
  3. ↑ Article in the Main Post about the demolition
  4. ↑ https://www.br.de/unternehmen/inhalt/technik/mittelwelle-verschaltung-radio-100.html BR-Mittelwelle only broadcasts until September 30th