Aurich-Popens transmitter
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Aurich-Popens transmitter
Basic network transmitter Ostfriesland
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Popens ( Aurich ) | |||
| Country: | Lower Saxony | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 6 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′ 41.8 ″ N , 7 ° 30 ′ 24.9 ″ E | ||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | |||
| Owner : | Northern German Radio | |||
| Mast data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1961 | |||
| Operating time: | since May 1961 | |||
| Total height : | 238 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Last modification (transmitter) : | May 2006 | |||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
| Send types: | DVB-T , DAB | |||
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The Aurich-Popens transmitter is a basic network transmitter in Aurich-Popens and is operated by Norddeutscher Rundfunk . It ensures the basic terrestrial broadcasting service for TV ( DVB-T ) and radio ( DAB , VHF radio ) on the East Frisian peninsula and in Ammerland . Only Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Radio Ostfriesland and Radio 21 (all UKW, DLF Kultur is also broadcast via DAB + from the Popens station) are not broadcast from here, but from the Aurich-Haxtum media broadcast. A 238-meter-high, guyed tubular steel mast is used as the antenna carrier at the Aurich-Popens site, which is the sixth highest structure in East Frisia - after five antennas from the Navy's DHO38 long-wave transmitter in the municipality of Ostrhauderfehn .
history
The Aurich-Popens transmitter went into operation on May 4, 1961 with the broadcast of German television on Kanal 39. In the fall of 1961, the station switched to channel 53. The program was initially broadcast via a temporary antenna at a height of 130 meters. The final antenna was put into service on July 10, 1962 at the top of the transmission tower. The code of the test pattern broadcast in the event of interference with the transmitter was here and also for other television programs broadcast later on East Frisia .
The NWDR radio programs were initially broadcast from the company premises in Osterloog . Shortly before the site was sold to what was then Deutsche Bundespost and Norddeich Radio took over operations there , they moved to Aurich-Popens on March 7, 1964, thereby ensuring better VHF coverage. The program NDR 1 was broadcast on 90.05 MHz and NDR 2 on 95.80 MHz with 25 kW each, after which only 3 kW were available in Osterloog. In addition, the NWDR was broadcast on the medium wave frequency 701 kHz with 5 kW.
On April 1, 1964, NDR 3 went on air on 98.15 MHz with 25 kW. The third NDR television program followed on September 9, 1966 on channel 43.
NDR 2 began broadcasting in stereo on November 5, 1967. The young technology was designed for this right from the start and the Aurich transmitter broadcast in stereo. The medium wave transmitter on 701 kHz was switched off on March 14, 1977. The connection of the Deutschlandfunk to 101.8 MHz took place on December 23, 1986 with 2 kW. The power was later increased to 100 kW.
The first private broadcaster in Lower Saxony, Radio ffn , went on air on December 23, 1986 on 103.1 MHz. It was followed on May 21, 1990 by the second private broadcaster, Antenne Niedersachsen, on 104.9 MHz. The intrusion of NDR Info 96.4 MHz with 10 kW took place on November 5, 1991. On April 8, 1995, the program was N-Joy Radio switched to 92.7 MHz with 1 kW.
All analog television programs ( PAL standard ) were switched off on May 22, 2006 and digital broadcasting ( DVB-T standard ) began with three bouquets .
The national DAB + program package was activated on October 1, 2015, followed by the North German Broadcasting’s DAB + program package on November 24, 2015 .
Frequencies and Programs
Analog radio ( FM )
|
Frequency (MHz) |
program | RDS PS | RDS PI | Regionalization |
ERP (kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90.0 | NDR culture | NDR_Cult | D383 | - | 25th | ND | H |
| 92.7 | N-Joy |
_N-JOY __ / VOM_NDR_ |
D385 | - | 1.6 | D (160–0 °, 30–50 °, 80–130 °) | H |
| 95.8 | NDR 1 Lower Saxony |
NDR_1_OL NDR1_NDS |
D681 (regional), D381 |
Oldenburg | 25th | ND | H |
| 96.4 | NDR info | NDR_Info | D384 | - | 10 | D (160–0 °, 30–50 °, 80–130 °) | H |
| 98.1 | NDR 2 | _NDR_2__ | D382 | - | 25th | ND | H |
| 90.6 | Radio North Sea Wave | NORTH SEA_ | 1888 | - | 1 | D (290-330 °) | H |
| 101.8 | Deutschlandfunk | __DLF___ | D210 | - | 100 | ND | H |
| 103.1 | Radio ffn |
ffn_sea __ffn___ |
DC88 (regional), D388 |
sea | 25th | ND | H |
| 104.9 | Aerial Lower Saxony | ANTENNA_ | D889 (regional), D389 |
East Frisia / coast | 25th | D (150-60 °) | H |
Digital radio ( DAB / DAB + )
Digital audio broadcasting in the DAB standard is in the vertical polarization in the common-frequency operation ( single frequency network broadcast) with other transmitters.
Digital television ( DVB-T / DVB-T2 )
The Aurich-Popens transmitter was converted to the DVB-T2 standard with HEVC image coding on March 29, 2017.
The following DVB-T2 bouquets are transmitted:
| channel |
Frequency (in MHz) |
Multiplex | Programs in multiplex |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
SFN with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 538 | ARD Digital (NDR) | 79 | ND | H | Aurich-Popens , Bremen (Walle) , Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf , Cuxhaven-Stadt , Steinkimmen | |
| 35 | 586 | Mixed multiplex from ZDF and freenet TV |
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50 | ND | H | Aurich-Popens , Bremen (Walle) , Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf , Cuxhaven-Stadt , Steinkimmen |
| 43 | 650 | ARD regional (NDR) Lower Saxony |
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79 | ND | H | Aurich-Popens |
Send parameters
| Used by (HD Programs per Mux) | Modulation method |
Code rate | FFT mode | Guard interval |
Pilot tones | Data rate [Mbit / s] |
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| ZDF (5) | 64-QAM | 3/5 | 16k extended | 19/128 | Pilot Pattern 2 | 22.0 |
| ARD Digital (NDR) (5) NDR regional (5) |
64-QAM | 1/2 | 16k extended | 19/128 | Pilot Pattern 2 | 18.2 |
Analog television
Until the switch to DVB-T on May 22, 2006, the following programs were broadcast in analogue PAL :
| channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 567.25 | ZDF | 220 | ND | H |
| 43 | 647.25 | NDR television (Lower Saxony) | 210 | ND | H |
| 53 | 727.25 | Das Erste (NDR) | 250 | ND | H |
literature
- Information brochure from the North German Broadcasting Corporation on the Open Day on July 7, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Großrundfunksender Osterloog , accessed on March 3, 2012
- ↑ http://www.oz-online.de/-news/artikel/165190/Ab-sofort-Digitalradio-im-Landkreis-Aurich
- ↑ http://www.ndr.de/der_ndr/technik/DAB_Sendereinschalt-Aurich,auricheinschaltdab100.html ( Memento from November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Data sheet DVB-T2 HD Lower Saxony. (PDF) NDR.de, accessed on November 7, 2017 .