Schwarzenburg shortwave transmitter

Schwarzenburg shortwave transmitter: State 2013

The Schwarzenburg shortwave transmitter was a transmission system for the Swiss post, telephone and telegraph companies .

The short-wave transmitter of the post, telephone and telegraph companies in Schwarzenburg BE broadcast from 1939 to 1998 for the international broadcasting company Schweizer Radio International . It was also used for the point-to-point connection for telephony connections with foreign countries in the period from 1940 to 1980 (with a receiving station in Châtonnaye ). In addition, it served as Berna radio for air communications from 1972 to 1985. Radio broadcasts for the ICRC were also broadcast when required .

The system was abandoned and the broadcasting operation for SRI was handled by other transmitters after the population of Schwarzenburg had significant health problems ( electromagnetic environmental compatibility ) due to the strong field strengths . The transmitters were sold to North Korea and the antenna masts blown up. The building serves as the depot of the Museum for Communication Bern .

literature

Ekkehardt Altpeter et al .: 10 years of epidemiological research in the area of the Schwarzenburg shortwave transmitter: What did we learn? Proceedings International conference location of mobile radio transmitters. State Medical Directorate, Salzburg 2000, pages 127–132 ( online ).
Walter Fankhauser, Markus Meier: The short-wave transmitter Schwarzenburg: industrial culture in the canton of Bern. Swiss Society for the History of Technology and Industrial Culture, Winterthur 1999.

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