Veľké Kostoľany transmitter
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Veľké Kostoľany transmitter system
vysielač Veľké Kostoľany
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| Place: | Veľké Kostoľany | ||||||||||||
| Regional association: | Trnavský | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Slovakia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '5.6 " N , 17 ° 43" 24.4 " E | |||||||||||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | ||||||||||||
| Accessibility: | Transmission system not accessible to the public | ||||||||||||
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| Last modification (transmitter) : | 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Wavebands : | MW transmitter , SW transmitter | ||||||||||||
| Radio : | MW broadcasting | ||||||||||||
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The transmission system Veľké Kosto Sendany (Slovak : vysielač Veľké Kostoľany ; also known as the transmitter Nitra because of its proximity to the corresponding city ) is a larger transmission facility for medium-wave and short-wave radio in western Slovakia, which has largely been disused today . The state-owned facility in Czechoslovakia before the political turnaround has been privatized since that year. Above all, the Slovak State Broadcasting Corporation ( Slovenský rozhlas , SRo) has been broadcasting its programs on medium wave from here since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on January 1, 1993, and Radio Slovakia International on short wave abroad . The shortwave transmitters were shut down in 1998. All antennas have now been dismantled.
history
The transmitter, which is now shut down, is located a little north of Veľké Kostoľany not far from the western Slovak city of Nitra (German: Neutra ) northwest of the capital Bratislava . Due to its proximity to the city of Nitra, the system was therefore also known as the transmitter Nitra .
The transmission system was put into operation in 1949 with four 100 kW shortwave transmitters in steel framework construction for the former foreign service of Czechoslovakia (and today's Czech foreign service) Radio Prague . At the same time, a completely new medium wave transmitter with a maximum transmission power of 500 kW was built to complement the older medium wave transmitter from Bratislava (also known as the Pressburg transmitter ).
For the next few decades, the system in Veľké Kosto Anlageany was the main broadcasting facility for Czechoslovak international radio , until the newer shortwave system Rimavská Sobota in southern Slovakia was completely modernized between 1980 and 1982 and then became the new main broadcasting location. The transmitters in Veľké Kostoľany, on the other hand, have not been changed to any major extent, apart from modifications in the sense of technical updates and an increase in their transmission power.
After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on December 31, 1992 and the establishment of the two new states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia , the plant was located on the territory of Slovakia. The previously state-owned transmitter was privatized shortly after the political change in Czechoslovakia and has now been operated by a new Slovak telecommunications company since 1993. The system has been used on shortwave almost exclusively by the Slovak Radio ( Slovenský rozhlas ) since 1993 , after the now purely Czech international service with the old and new name of Radio Prague also broadcast via the systems in Rimavská Sobota for another ten years. Since 1993 only the Slovak radio can be heard on the medium wave.
Shortwave transmitter
The four shortwave transmitters from Veľké Kostoľany could be used for the entire shortwave broadcasting area on all shortwave bands. The maximum transmission power has been increased from 100 to 250 kW in the course of time. However, from 1982, and especially from 1993, the system was increasingly overshadowed by the one in Rimavská Sobota , whereupon the shortwave operation was discontinued in 1998 due to unprofitability.
Medium wave transmitter
The medium wave transmitter from Veľké Kostoľany transmits on the frequency 1098 kHz, was designed for a transmission power of 500 kW and broadcast its program in all directions with this power until about 1995. Until 2003 the transmission power was at the frequency of 1098 kHz at a maximum of 250 kW, after which it was reduced again to 50 kW. The transmitter has been running since 2009 with an output of 10 kilowatts.
Former users
- Czechoslovak Radio (1949–1992)
- Czech Radio (1993-2002)
- Slovak radio (short wave 1993–1998 or medium wave since 1993)