Radio station Deutsch-Altenburg

Radio station Deutsch-Altenburg
Broadcasting station in 1963
Basic data
Place:	Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
State:	Lower Austria
Country:	Austria
Altitude :	179  m above sea level A.
Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 22 ″  N , 16 ° 55 ′ 13 ″  E
Use:	Telecommunication system
Demolition :	1980s
Data on the transmission system
Tower / mast 1 Height: 150 m Construction time: 1916-1917 Operating time: 1919-1925 Tower / mast 2 Height: 100 m Construction time: 1925 Operating time: 1925-1953 Tower / mast 3 Height: 100 m Construction time: 1953 Operating time: 1953-1980s Tower / mast 4 Height: 100 m Construction time: 1953 Operating time: 1953-1980s Tower / mast 5 Height: 100 m Construction time: 1953 Operating time: 1953-1980s
Wavebands :	LW transmitter , SW transmitter
Position map
Radio station Deutsch-Altenburg

The radio station Deutsch-Altenburg was a large transmission system for commercial long and shortwave radio in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg , Radiostraße 1, in Lower Austria . It was built by Russian prisoners of war between 1915 and 1918 on the initiative of the technician Emo Descovich (1878–1952) as a large kk radio station . In the early days it used an antenna system suspended from a 150 m high mast. However, since the transmitter manufactured by Telefunken was destroyed in a fire, the complete commissioning of the station was delayed until 1919.

In 1925, the station received a new antenna system with a 100 meter high, free-standing steel lattice tower . The power was obtained from the municipality of Vienna via an overhead line .

In 1953 the radio station Deutsch-Altenburg received a new long wave antenna, which was supported by three 100 m high, guyed steel framework masts. In the 1980s the radio station Deutsch-Altenburg was closed. The entire antenna system was dismantled. In addition to the buildings, there are remains of the foundations of the former antenna supports.

literature

• Josef Mayer, Leo Högelsberger:  Large radio station Deutsch-Altenburg. In:  Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna. Organ of the Association of Austrian and Hungarian Electricity Companies / Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna (and organ of the branch association Brno) / E. u. M. (E and M) electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Journal of the Electrotechnical Association in Vienna from 1883 to 1938 / E and M electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Organ / journal of the Austrian Electrotechnical Association , year 1921, No. 1/1921 (XXXIX. Year), pp. 2–9. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Emo Descovich (text), Hans Nawratil (foreword): What is radio? J. Rubinstein, Vienna 1924, OBV .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emil Seeliger:  The teachings of the captain Descovich. In:  Neues Wiener Journal , No. 11.009 / 1924 (XXXII. Volume), July 13, 1924, p. 7, top center. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ↑ Mayer, Högelsberger: Great Radio Station German-Altenburg , p.1.
3. ↑ Johannes Luxner: Military Infrastructure for Civil Purposes (...) A stone as a last hint . In: orf.at , June 15, 2017, accessed June 15, 2017.
4. ^ Franz Leist:  The systems of Radio Austria A.-G. (...) The transmitter station Deutsch-Altenburg. In:  The radio technology. Supplement to "Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering". Journal of the electrical engineering association in Vienna , year 1927, July 24, 1927, No. 9/1927 (fourth year), p. 85. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ^ Franz Leist:  The systems of Radio Austria A.-G. (...) source of power. In:  The radio technology. Supplement to "Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering". Journal of the electrical engineering association in Vienna , year 1927, July 24, 1927, No. 9/1927 (fourth year), p. 85. (Online at ANNO ). .

Web links

• Old photos of the radio station in the topotheque of the Bad Deutsch-Altenburg community