Kvitsøy transmitter
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Kvitsøy transmitter
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Kvitsøy | |||
| Province: | Rogaland | |||
| Country: | Norway | |||
| Coordinates: 59 ° 3 '58.1 " N , 5 ° 26' 19.8" E | ||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | |||
| Owner : | Norwegian radio | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1981-1982 | |||
| Building material : | steel | |||
| Operating time: | 1982-2012 | |||
| Total height : | 117.5 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Waveband : | AM station | |||
| Radio : | MW broadcasting | |||
| Send type: | DAB | |||
| Shutdown : | June 30, 2006 | |||
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The radio station Kvitsøy of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was a transmitter on the island of Kvitsøy for the medium wave frequency 1,314 kHz with 1,200 kilowatts . The facility was built in 1981 and 1982. The tower is a 117.5 meter high, grounded steel framework construction , which carries cables for a trap antenna for medium waves on cantilevers at the top and in the middle of the tower at a height of 67.5 meters . The antenna cables suspended from the lower booms are attached to anchor structures on the ground.
history
The shortwave system gradually replaced the transmitter in Fredrikstad and was supplemented by an additional transmitter in the municipality of Sveio north of Haugesund at the end of the 1980s .
On June 30, 2006 the medium wave transmitter was switched off without replacement. He broadcast a mixed program of the first two radio programs of the Norwegian radio as well as regular sea weather reports. Due to its favorable location, the station reached large parts of Europe with high signal strength, especially at night.
Until November 30, 2011, only one shortwave transmitter for the Romanian foreign service Radio Romania International and for the foreign service of the Polish Radio was in operation on the island. The broadcast was in digital DRM mode .
On May 30, 2012, the 125-meter-high short-wave transmission mast was blown up, and a few days later the medium-wave transmission system for the frequency 1,314 kHz.
Web links
- Description of the transmission system (waniewski.de)
- Technical information about the Kvitsøy transmitter (structurae.de)