Ederkopf transmitter

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Ederkopf transmitter
Image of the object
Basic data
Place: Berg Oberste Henn near Netphen
Country : North Rhine-Westphalia
Country: Germany
Altitude : 675.9  m above sea level NHN
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 38.4 "  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 46"  E
Use: Broadcasting station
Accessibility: Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner : West German Broadcasting Cologne
Tower data
Construction time : 1981
Operating time: since 1982
Total height : 161  m
Data on the transmission system
Waveband : FM transmitter
Radio : VHF broadcasting
Send type: DAB +
Position map
Ederkopf transmitter (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Ederkopf transmitter
Ederkopf transmitter
Localization of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
Construction of the transmission tower (1981)
Close-up of the transmission tower (2013)

The Ederkopf transmitter near Netphen in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein is a transmitter for radio and television on the Oberste Henn mountain in the Rothaargebirge ( 675.9  m above sea  level ) and is after its southern foothills, the Ederkopf ( 648.8  m ), named. It is operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).

Geographical location

The Ederkopf transmitter is located in the southern part of the Rothaargebirge in the urban area of Netphen , a few meters west of the border with Erndtebrück ; About 200 m north of this border meets that of Netphen to Hilchenbach . The facility is located in an extensive forest area near the summit on the Obersten Henn, about 1 km north of the Eder spring ( 621  m ) near the Ederkopf . The site height of (around) “ 676  m ” is shown on a board on your transmission tower .

General

The Ederkopf transmitter started operating on November 25, 1982. A 161 m high, slim, free-standing transmission tower, which was erected in 1981 in reinforced concrete construction, is used as the antenna carrier . Originally the VHF coverage of the WDR in this region was carried out by the Wittgenstein / Biedenkopf transmitter of the Hessian broadcasting company . On July 1, 1987, the WDR's VHF programs (with the exception of WDR 3 ) changed to this location, and the WDR also changed some frequencies. The radio program WDR 2 will continue to be broadcast by Wittgenstein. The VHF programs are supplied by receiving a ball from the Nordhelle transmitter . DAB is fed in via radio relay from Siegen.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio ( VHF )

From the transmitter Ederkopf are FM - radio programs 1 Live , WDR 2 , WDR 4 and WDR 5 aired.

In the case of directed radiation, the main radiation directions are given in degrees in the antenna diagram.

Frequency  
(MHz) 		program RDS PS RDS PI Regionalization ERP  
(kW) 		Antenna pattern
round (ND) / directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
95.8 WDR 5 WDR_5___ D395 - 20th ND H
100.7 WDR 4 WDR_4___ D394 - 15th ND H
101.8 WDR 2 WDR_2_SI
WDR_2___ 		DB92 (regional),
D392 		Wins 15th ND H
107.2 1 live _1LIVE__ D391 - 15th ND H

Digital radio (DAB +)

DAB + is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters. 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 with an output of 10 kW (until August 26, 2020 only 1.5 kW) ERP is currently transmitted via this ; until 2015 Radio Impala and until summer 2020 domradio were also broadcast. The nationwide DAB packages are distributed with the same transmission power from the Eisernhardt telecommunications tower (Siegen-Süd).

block Programs
(data services) 		ERP  
(kW) 		Antenna diagram
round (ND),
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V) 		Single frequency network (SFN)
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 D. V



This package is also broadcast by the neighboring station Siegen, the higher station Siegen-Süd has been switched off. Digital radio can now be distributed almost everywhere in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. Only in parts of Burbach, Bad Berleburg and Bad Laasphe are there gaps in reception that will only be closed with the planned activation of the bagpipe transmitter.

Analog television (PAL)

Its use as a basic network transmitter for Das Erste ended on November 12, 2007 with the shutdown of analog television in Siegerland. Since then, DVB-T has been broadcast by the Siegen (Giersberg) transmitter and the broadcasting systems on Nordhelle. The Ederkopf broadcasting location, which would have guaranteed a good range in the Wittgenstein valleys, was therefore dispensed with when DVB-T was introduced.

The UHF channel 50 was initially reused for DVB-T in the Aachen region. The Cologne / Bonn region was later also switched to this channel. The next transmitter in North Rhine-Westphalia that now uses this frequency is the Engelskirchen transmission tower .

channel Frequency  
(MHz) 		program ERP
(kW) 		Transmission diagram
round (ND) /
directional (D) 		Polarization
horizontal (H) /
vertical (V)
50 703.25 Das Erste (WDR) 50 ND H

Transmitters in the area

Neighboring stations are:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  2. ↑ Leafed back ... , Siegener Zeitung from December 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ Forecast map for DAB reception , on digitalradio.de