Transmitter Linz on the Rhine

Basic data

Place:

Saint Catherine

Country:

Rhineland-Palatinate

Country:

Germany

Altitude :

363 m above sea level NHN

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 37.2 ″ N , 7 ° 20 ′ 25.1 ″ E

Use:

Broadcasting station

Accessibility:

Transmission system not accessible to the public

Owner :

Südwestrundfunk

Data on the transmission system

Number of towers / masts:

2

Height of the towers / masts :

156 m

Construction time:

1955

Operating time:

since 1955

Waveband :

FM transmitter

Radio :

VHF broadcasting

Send types:

DVB-T, DAB

Position map

Transmitter Linz on the Rhine

The Linz am Rhein transmitter was built in 1955 by Südwestrundfunk (formerly Südwestfunk ) for VHF and digital radio and DVB-T in Ginsterhahn ( St. Katharinen municipality ) near Linz on the Rhine . The transmitter is located on the northwest side of the 376 m high "Ginsterhahner Kopf" and is 156 meters high. The transmitter system consists of a guyed steel framework mast and a small free-standing steel tower.

Due to the exposed location in front of the beginning of the Cologne Bay , a few kilometers from the state border with North Rhine-Westphalia, and the high output of 50 kilowatts, the radio programs broadcast by the Linz transmitter reach several million people in the Cologne / Bonn region beyond Düsseldorf .

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (VHF)

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
92.4	SWR1 Rhineland-Palatinate	SWR1_RP_	D3A1	-	50	ND	H
94.8	SWR3	__SWR3__	D3A3	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rhineland	50	ND	H
97.4	SWR4 Rhineland-Palatinate	SWR4_KO_	D6A4	Radio Koblenz	50	ND	H

Until 1991 the program SWF2 was broadcast on the frequency 97.4 MHz . With the introduction of the fourth program (at that time SWF4 Rhineland-Palatinate ) the assignment was changed because the Südwestfunk lacked a fourth frequency at the Linz location.

Digital radio (DAB +)

The digital radio ( DAB + ) is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.

The broadcast is directed, so that in NRW the range is by far not achieved as with FM.

block	Programs	ERP (kW)	Single frequency network (SFN)
11A Rhineland- Palatinate 1 (D__00217)	DAB + multiplex of Digital Radio Südwest : SWR1 RP (96 kbps) SWR2 (96 kbps) SWR3 (Rhineland-Palatinate) (96 kbps) SWR4 KL (88 kbps) SWR4 KO (88 kbps) SWR4 LU (88 kbps) SWR4 MZ (88 kbps) SWR4 TR (88 kbps) DASDING (96 kbps) SWR current (72 kbps) bigFM (72 kbps) RPR1 (national) (72 kbps) Rockland Radio (national) (72 kbps) EPG (24 kbps) TPEG (16 kbps)	8th	Kaiserslautern region: Bornberg , Kaiserslautern (Rotenberg) , Kettrichhof , Zweibrücken Koblenz region: Alf-Bullay , Bad Marienberg , Diez , Koblenz (Dieblich-Waldesch) , Linz am Rhein Ludwigshafen region: Weinbiet Mainz region: Donnersberg , Idar-Oberstein , Mainz-Kastel Trier region: Bitburg , Haardtkopf , Schartenberg (Eifel) , Saarburg , Trier (Markusberg)

Digital television (DVB-T)

Since September 30, 2009 the Linz broadcaster (as a filling station) has broadcast digital aerial television ( DVB-T ) with three public multiplex channels. The transmitter improved especially in the Ahr valley, in the area of Linz, Sinzig Bad Neuenahr the reception situation of the existing single-frequency network (Single Frequency Network) in the Rheinland-Pfalz Nord.

On November 8, 2017, the broadcast of DVB-T was switched off on the occasion of the switch to DVB-T2. Since then, the region has been supplied with DVB-T2 by the Koblenz transmitter.

channel	Frequency (MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Modulation method	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate (Mbit / s)	SFN
E56	754	ARD Digital (SWR)	The First (SWR) ARTE Phoenix One	5	D.	H	16 QAM (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Ginsterhahn-Linzer Höhe , Kühkopf (Koblenz), Heckenbach-Schöneberg (Ahrweiler), Marienberger Höhe (Bad Marienberg)
E33	570	ARD regional (SWR Rhineland-Palatinate)	SWR television Rhineland-Palatinate Bavarian television (Swabia / Old Bavaria) hr television WDR television ( studio Cologne )	5	D.	H	16 QAM (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Ginsterhahn-Linzer Höhe , Kühkopf, Heckenbach-Schöneberg, Marienberger Höhe
E28	530	ZDFmobil	ZDF 3 sat ZDFinfo KiKA (6 a.m. - 9 p.m.) ZDFneo (9 p.m. - 6 a.m.)	5	D.	H	16 QAM (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Ginsterhahn-Linzer Höhe , Kühkopf, Heckenbach-Schöneberg, Marienberger Höhe