Bonn-Venusberg transmitter

Bonn-Venusberg transmitter
Basic data
Place:	Venusberg near Bonn
Country :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:	Germany
Altitude :	165  m above sea level NHN
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 29 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 48 ″  E
Use:	Broadcasting station
Accessibility:	Transmission mast not open to the public
Owner :	West German Broadcasting Cologne
Mast data
Construction time :	1985
Client : West German radio Building material : steel
Operating time:	since 1985
Last conversion (mast) :	2004
Total height :	180  m
Data on the transmission system
Last modification (antenna) :	2005
Last modification (transmitter) :	May 31, 2016
Waveband :	FM transmitter
Radio :	VHF broadcasting
Send types:	DVB-T, DVB-T2HD, DAB
Further data former waveband: AM transmitter (1985-2015)
Position map
Bonn-Venusberg transmitter

Transmission mast on the Venusberg

Sender Bonn-Venusberg, aerial photo (2018)

The station Bonn-Venusberg is a transmitter of the West German Radio for FM , DAB , DVB-T and DVB-T2 HD on the Venusberg in Bonn . The broadcasting station Bonn-Venusberg uses a 180-meter-high self- radiating transmission mast as a transmitting antenna , which is guyed at 97 and 137 meters. It was erected in 1985 to replace a transmission mast from 1949 that was insulated from earth. In 2004 the mast was rebuilt. A long wire antenna was attached to the mast to broadcast medium wave broadcasts. The transmitter is the central WDR broadcaster for the Bonn / Rhein-Sieg region and the Cologne basin.

The medium wave transmitter was switched off on July 6, 2015.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (FM)

Frequency   (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP   (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND), directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
102.4	1 live	_1LIVE__	D391	-	50	ND	H
100.4	WDR 2	WDR_2_K_ ,  WDR_2___	D992 (regional),  D392	Cologne	50	ND	H
93.1	WDR 3	WDR_3___	D393	-	35	ND	H
90.7	WDR 4	WDR_4___	D394	-	18th	ND	H
88.0	WDR 5	WDR_5___	D395	-	35	ND	H
98.9	Deutschlandfunk culture	Dlf_Kult	D220	-	0.1	ND	H
97.8	Radio Bonn / Rhein-Sieg	_BONN / SU	D47C	-	0.316	ND	H

Until the end of June 2010, BFBS Radio 1 used the 97.8 MHz frequency from this location. After BFBS had given up this station, there was a ring swap in which Radio Bonn / Rhein-Sieg switched from the 98.9 MHz frequency to the currently used 97.8 MHz frequency on September 1, 2010. At the same time, Deutschlandradio Kultur was switched to 98.9 MHz.

Analog radio (MW)

Frequency   (kHz)	program	Regionalization	ERP   (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
774	WDR 2 / WDR VERA	-	5	ND	V

The medium wave transmitter was switched off on July 6, 2015 for cost reasons.

Digital radio (DAB)

DAB or the successor standard DAB + is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters. The nationwide multiplex, which contains the programs of Deutschlandradios and various private broadcasters, is broadcast on channel 5C with a transmission power of 10 kW ERP. On August 29, 2012 the change from DAB channel 12D to DAB channel 11D took place. The multiplex radio for NRW with the programs of the WDR and the Domradio with an output of 10 kW ERP is transmitted via this .

block	Programs (data services)	ERP   (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND), directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Single frequency network (SFN)
5C DR Germany (D__00188)	DAB + multiplex of Media Broadcast : Absolutely relax (72 kbps) Dlf (104 kbps) Dlf culture (112 kbps) DLF Nova (104 kbps) DRadio DokDeb (48 kbps) Energy Digital (72 kbps) ERF Plus (72 kbps) Classic radio (72 kbps) Radio Bob (72 kbps) Radio Horeb (48 kbps) Radio Schlagerparadies (64 kbps) Black Forest radio (64 kbps) sunshine live (72 kbps) DRadio data (32 kbps data) EPG Germany (16 kbps data) TPEG (16 kbps data) TPEG_MM (16 kbps data)	10	ND	V	Baden-Württemberg: Aalen , Baden-Baden (Fremersberg) , Bad Mergentheim , Blauen , Brandenkopf , Donaueschingen , Feldberg in the Black Forest , Freiburg (Vogtsburg-Totenkopf) , Geislingen (Oberböhringen) , Heidelberg (Königstuhl) , Heilbronn (Schweinsberg) , Upper Rhine ( Rickenbach) , Pforzheim (Schömberg-Langenbrand) , Raichberg , Ravensburg (Höchsten) , Stuttgart (Frauenkopf) , Ulm (Kuhberg) Bavaria: Amberg (Hirschau) , Aschaffenburg (Pfaffenberg) , Augsburg (hotel tower) , Bamberg (Geisberg) , Büttelberg , Brotjacklriegel , Grünten , Herzogstand , Hochberg (Traunstein) , Hoher Bogen , Ingolstadt (Gelbelsee) , Kreuzberg / Rhön , Landshut (Altdorf ) , Munich (Olympic Tower) , Nuremberg , Oberammergau , Ochsenkopf , Passau , Pfänder , Pfarrkirchen , Pfronten , Regensburg (Hohe Linie) , Untersberg , Wendelstein (Bayrischzell) , Würzburg (Frankenwarte) Berlin: Berlin (Alexanderplatz) , Berlin (Scholzplatz) Brandenburg: Bad Belzig , Boossen , Brandenburg / Havel , Calau , Casekow , Cottbus , Pritzwalk , Templin Bremen: Bremen (Walle) , Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf Hamburg: Hamburg (Moorfleet) , Hamburg (Heinrich Hertz Tower) Hesse: Bad Hersfeld (Rimberg) , Biedenkopf (bagpipe) , Fulda (Hummelskopf) , Frankfurt (Europaturm) , Gelnhausen (Schnepfenkopf) , Gießen (Dünsberg) , Großer Feldberg , Hardberg , Hoher Meißner , Kassel (Habichtswald) , Mainz-Kastel Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Garz (Rügen) , Neubrandenburg-Süd , Rostock (Toitenwinkel) , Röbel , Schwerin (Zippendorf-Gr.Dreesch) , Züssow Lower Saxony: Aurich-Popens , Braunschweig (Broitzem) , Braunschweig (Drachenberg) , Cuxhaven-Stadt , Dannenberg , Göttingen (Bovenden-Osterberg) , Hanover (Telemax) , Lingen , Lüneburg-Neu Wendhausen , Molbergen-Peheim , Osnabrück (Bramsche-Schleptruper Egge) , Hildesheim (Sibbesse / Griesberg) , Visselhövede North Rhine-Westphalia: Aachen (Karlshöhe) , Bielefeld (Hünenburg) , Bonn (Venusberg) , Dortmund (Florian tower) , Düsseldorf (Rheinturm) , Eggegebirge , Herscheid , Hochsauerland (Hunau) , Cologne (Colonius) , Langenberg , Lügde-Rischenau (Köterberg ) , Minden (Jakobsberg) , Münster (telecommunications tower) , Siegen-Süd , Wesel Rhineland-Palatinate: Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) , Bornberg , Daun (Eifel) , Edenkoben (Kalmit) , Idar-Oberstein , Kaiserslautern , Kettrichhof , Koblenz (Kühkopf) , Trier (Petrisberg) Saarland: Saarbrücken (Schoksberg) Saxony: Chemnitz , Dresden , Geyer , Leipzig , Löbau , Neustadt , Oschatz , Schöneck Saxony-Anhalt: Brocken , Burg , Dequede , Petersberg , Pettstädt (Weißenfels) , Wittenberg Schleswig-Holstein: Bungsberg , Flensburg , Heide , Helgoland , Kiel (Kronshagen) , Lübeck (Stockelsdorf) , Westerland (Sylt) Thuringia: Bleßberg (Sonneberg) , Gera , Inselsberg , Jena (Oßmaritz) , Kulpenberg , Saalfeld (Remda) , Lobenstein (Sieglitzberg) , Weimar (Ettersberg)
11D  radio for NRW (D__00236)	1 live (72 kbps) WDR 2 Cologne (K) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Aachen (AC) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Bielefeld (BI) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Dortmund (DO) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Münster (MS) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Rhine-Ruhr (RR) (72 kbps) WDR 2 victories (SI) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Wuppertal (W) (72 kbps) WDR 3 (96 kbps) WDR 4 (72 kbps) WDR 5 (64 kbps) WDRcosmo (64 kbps) 1 Live diGGi (72 kbps) WDR mouse (64 kbps) WDR event (48 kbps) WDR EPG (8 kbps) ARD TPEG (16 kbps)	10	ND	V	Aachen region: Aachen (Stolberg-Donnerberg) , Eifel (Dahlem-Bärbelkreuz) Bergisches Land: Gummersbach (Engelskirchen-Hohe Warte) , Wuppertal (Auf der Königshöhe) Rhineland: Bonn (Venusberg) , Cologne (Kölnturm) Rhine and Ruhr: Düsseldorf (Rheinturm) , Kleve (Bresserberg) , Langenberg (Hordtberg) Ruhr: Dortmund (Florian Tower) Münsterland: Münster (Nottuln-Baumberge) Ostwestfalen-Lippe: Bad Oeynhausen (P.Westf.-Wittekindsberg) , Herford (Eggeberg) , Ibbenbüren (Blomenkamp) , Oelde (Mackenberg) , Stemwede (Arrenkamp) , Teutoburg Forest (Bielstein) , Willebadessen (Eggegebirge) South Westphalia: Arnsberg (Schloßberg) , Ederkopf (Oberste Henn) , Hochsauerland (Hunau) , Nordhelle , Olsberg , Siegen (Giersberg)

Digital television (DVB-T)

The DVB-T broadcasts from Venusberg run in single-frequency operation (Single Frequency Network) with other transmitter sites.

channel	Frequency   (MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP   (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Modulation method	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate   (Mbit / s)	SFN
E26	514	ZDFmobil	ZDF 3 sat ZDFinfo KiKA / ZDFneo	20th	ND	V	16 QAM  (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg) , Aachen (Stolberg-Donnerberg), Aachen (Karlshöhe-Mulleklenkes), Gummersbach (Kerberg), Hohe Warte / Engelskirchen (Ründeroth)
E29	538	RTL Group 2)	RTL Television (North Rhine-Westphalia) RTL II Super RTL VOX	20th	ND	V	16 QAM  (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg) , Wesel (Büderich) , Düsseldorf (Rheinturm) , Langenberg / Velbert (Hordtberg) , Essen (Holsterhausen-Am Fernmeldeamt), Dortmund (Westfalenpark-Florian)
E36	594	Mixed private North Rhine-Westphalia  (T-Systems, BetaDigital  [Tele 5])	Tele 5 Eurosport 1 sixx RTL Nitro multithek ( HbbTV service with multiple streams)	20th	ND	V	16 QAM  (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg)
E49	698	ARD regional (WDR Cologne / Bonn)	WDR television ( studio Cologne ) MDR television (Saxony-Anhalt), WDR television ( studio Bonn )  1) NDR television (Lower Saxony), WDR television ( Studio Aachen )  1) SWR television Rhineland-Palatinate	50	ND	V	64-QAM	1/2	1/4	14.93	Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg) , Gummersbach (Kerberg), Hohe Warte / Engelskirchen (Ründeroth)
E50	706	ARD national (WDR)	Das Erste (WDR) ARTE Phoenix One	50	ND	V	16 QAM  (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg) , Aachen (Stolberg-Donnerberg) , Aachen (Karlshöhe-Mulleklenkes) , Gummersbach (Kerberg), Hohe Warte / Engelskirchen (Ründeroth)
E53	730	ProSiebenSat.1 Media North Rhine-Westphalia	ProSieben Sat.1 (NRW) cable one N24 ProSieben Maxx	20th	ND	V	16 QAM  (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg)

DVB-T2 HD

On May 31, 2016, the broadcast of the high definition DVB-T2 HD began in North Rhine-Westphalia. Since then, Das Erste HD, Pro Sieben HD, Sat 1 HD, RTL HD, Vox HD and ZDF HD can be received via antenna on channel 43 with 20 kW from Venusberg.

Former analog television (PAL)

The transmission of analog television programs was already terminated on November 8, 2004 in connection with the introduction of DVB-T in the greater Cologne / Bonn area and in the Ruhr area. The analog TV station on channel 43 was switched off on May 24, 2004. Thereupon the program Das Erste was temporarily broadcast on channel 5 until November 8, 2004.

channel	Frequency   (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
5	175.25	Sat.1 (North Rhine-Westphalia)	0.05	D (320–20 °, 90–140 °)	H
43	647.25	Das Erste (WDR)	100	ND	H

See also

• List of transmitters in North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

Commons : Rundfunksender Bonn-Venusberg  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Bonn-Venusberg transmitter. In: Structurae

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bonn's inconspicuous giant , General-Anzeiger , June 12, 2013
2. ↑ WDR switched off medium wave ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Radio Eins
3. ↑ Reception areas of DVB-T2 HD - first stage from May 31, 2016 as a PDF file
4. ↑ Reflexion - Fachzeitschrift für UKW / TV-Fernempfang, p. 44, issue No. 188, June 2004
5. ↑ Discussion in the forum on Digitalfernsehen.de ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ DVB-T project office North Rhine-Westphalia technology group