Engelskirchen transmitter

Engelskirchen transmission tower

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Basic data

Place:

Hohe Warte near Engelskirchen

Country :

North Rhine-Westphalia

Country:

Germany

Altitude :

360 m above sea level NHN

Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 45.8 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 47 ″ E

Use:

Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station

Accessibility:

Transmission tower not open to the public

Tower data

Construction time :

1992

Building material :

steel

Operating time:

since 1992

Total height :

70 m

Data on the transmission system

Waveband :

FM transmitter

Radio :

VHF broadcasting

Send types:

DVB-T, DAB , mobile radio

Position map

Engelskirchen transmission tower

The Engelskirchen transmission tower is a 70 meter high steel lattice tower with a striking tubular steel tip on the Hohe Warte near Engelskirchen -Ründeroth. The transmission tower was built in 1992 and serves as a mobile radio transmission tower, transmission tower for VHF radio and as a television converter .

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (FM)

Frequency (in MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (in kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
91.8	WDR 2	WDR_2_W_ WDR_2___	DC92 (regional), D392	Wuppertal	10	D (350–70 °, 130–140 °, 220–240 °, 300–330 °)	H

Digital radio (DAB / DAB +)

DAB or the successor standard 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 and the cathedral radio with an output of 0.25 kW ERP is currently transmitted via this .

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)	0.5 (max. 1)	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 the radio tower Engelskirchen 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
E50	706	ARD Digital (WDR)	Das Erste (WDR) ARTE Phoenix One	3	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)
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	3	ND	V	64-QAM	1/2	1/4	14.93	Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg), Gummersbach (Kerberg), Hohe Warte / Engelskirchen (Ründeroth)
E26	514	ZDFmobil	ZDF 3 sat ZDFinfo KiKA / ZDFneo	3	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)

¹⁾ Broadcasting time on workdays from Monday to Saturday 7.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the transmitter continued to be used for analog television.

channel	Frequency (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
7th	189.25	Das Erste (WDR)	0.001	ND	H
27	519.25	ZDF	0.06	ND	H
41	631.25	WDR television (Cologne)	0.07	ND	H

Web links

Photos of the tower ( Memento from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )