Bremerhaven radio tower
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Bremerhaven radio tower
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| Place: | Bremerhaven - center | ||||
| Country: | Bremen | ||||
| Country: | Germany | ||||
| Altitude : | 6.3 m above sea level NN | ||||
| Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 18.3 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 49" E | |||||
| Use: | Telecommunication tower , observation tower | ||||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower open to the public | ||||
| Owner : | Bremerhaven Waterways and Shipping Authority | ||||
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| Construction time : | 1962-1965 | ||||
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| Operating time: | since 1965 | ||||
| Total height : | 107.3 m | ||||
| Data on the transmission system | |||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | ||||
| Send types: | Mobile radio , directional radio , mobile land radio , mobile marine radio , BOS radio , level data radio, radio services of the federal and state authorities | ||||
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The directional radio tower in Bremerhaven is a transmission tower in the Bremerhaven district of Mitte .
Construction and task
The reinforced concrete tower was built between 1962 and 1965 and is roughly where the lock to the old port used to be . It is 107.3 m high in total. The 33 m high antenna needle ends at a height of 113.6 m above sea level . The tower carries numerous transmitting and receiving systems for marine radio purposes, level data radio , directional radio connections to radar antennas of the land radar chain of the Lower and Outer Weser and antennas for the AIS system . There are also antennas from federal and state authorities on the tower.
In the 7.5-meter-high tower head of the directional tower there is a visitor room accessible to the public at a height of 59 meters, and above it, at a height of 62.5 meters, a machine room. In contrast to other transmission towers with viewing platforms, the directional radio tower does not belong to Deutsche Telekom or a broadcasting company, but to the Bremerhaven Waterways and Shipping Authority .
The radio link tower is commonly referred to as a radar tower , although it does not have a radar antenna.
tourism
The radar tower is open to tourist traffic and can be used as a viewing platform during opening times.
See also
- Ports in Bremerhaven # Mitte (Bremerhaven)
- List of transmitters in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bremerhaven radio tower. In: Structurae
- ↑ Opening times. wsa-bremerhaven.de, accessed on October 25, 2010 .