Monte Ceneri radio tower
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Monte Ceneri radio tower
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Monte Ceneri mountain pass near Rivera , municipality of Monteceneri | |||
| Canton: | Ticino | |||
| Country: | Switzerland | |||
| Altitude : | 610 m | |||
| Coordinates: 46 ° 8 '26.2 " N , 8 ° 54' 56.3" E ; CH1903: 714128 / 110 977 | ||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |||
| Owner : | Swisscom | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1933 | |||
| Building material : | steel | |||
| Operating time: | since 1933 | |||
| Total height : | 135 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
| Send type: | DAB | |||
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The Monte Ceneri radio tower is a free-standing steel lattice tower above the Monte Ceneri pass in the Rivera area in the municipality of Monteceneri in the canton of Ticino . The radio tower, which was initially isolated from the ground, was built in 1933 at a height of 120 meters and served as a national transmitter for Italian-speaking Switzerland. In 1978 a new guyed mast was erected for the medium wave transmitter. It kept the old name Landessender Monte Ceneri , although it is east of the old location. The Monte Ceneri radio tower, however, continued to serve as the basic network transmitter for television. Later the mast was raised to a height of 135 meters. Today there is a barracks in the area of the transmitter mast.
The Monte Ceneri radio tower is a cultural asset of national importance in the canton of Ticino .
Frequencies and Programs
Digital television (DVB-T)
DVB-T broadcasting was discontinued on June 3, 2019.
| channel |
Frequency (in MHz) |
Multiplex | Programs in multiplex |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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| 49 | 698 | SRG I01 | 14th | ND | H |
Digital radio ( DAB )
DAB is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.
| block | Programs |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND), directional (D) |
Single frequency network (SFN) |
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| 12A SRG SSR I01 (SUI0005A) |
DAB block of SRG SSR idée suisse:
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0.93 | D. |
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Analog television (PAL)
Before the switch to DVB-T, the transmitter location was also used for analog television:
| channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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| 5 | 175.25 | TSI 1 | 6.9 | D. | H |
| 46 | 671.25 | SRF 1 | 38.5 | D. | H |
| 49 | 695.25 | TSR 1 | 39.5 | D. | H |
| 55 | 743.25 | TSI 2 | 46 | D. | H |