Directional radio station Exelberg
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Directional radio station Exelberg
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Exelberg near Klosterneuburg | |||
| State: | Lower Austria | |||
| Country: | Austria | |||
| Altitude : | 513 m above sea level A. | |||
| Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 55.5 ″ N , 16 ° 14 ′ 38.9 ″ E | ||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |||
| Owner : | Telekom Austria | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Building materials : | Concrete , reinforced concrete | |||
| Total height : | 109 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Send types: | Directional radio , aeronautical radio | |||
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The Exelberg transmission tower is a 109 meter high telecommunications tower made of reinforced concrete on the Exelberg in Lower Austria . The transmission tower is a type tower operated by the owner Telekom Austria . It represents a directional radio link primarily between the directional radio station on Jauerling to the west and the Wien-Arsenal radio tower in Vienna to the east . The radio links are in the frequency range from 7 GHz to 7.4 GHz. In addition, the type tower serves as a carrier for transmission systems for the air traffic control of the Austro Control air traffic control and radio monitoring .
As a special feature, there are only four reinforced concrete type towers in Austria for radio relay purposes: Roßbrand transmitter in Salzburg, Ansfelden radio station near Linz, Exelberg and the Vienna Arsenal radio tower . The reason is that, in the mountainous landscape, radio links can be implemented more cost-effectively on mountain peaks and hills using small steel lattice towers than with complex and larger reinforced concrete towers .
The directional radio tower on Exelberg is, however, underutilized economically. In the 1960s, it was expected that the demand for radio relay services in the Vienna area would increase. However, due to the development of satellite and fiber optic technology, this assumption did not come true.
Until this radio relay system was built, the radio links were handled by the Anninger transmitter , which has only been required for the south route since then .
Picture gallery
The Exelberg transmission tower - aerial view, the city of Vienna in the background
The transmission tower seen from the Sophienalpe
Transmission tower in winter
