Mainz-Kastel transmitter
Mainz-Kastel transmitter
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New transmitter Mainz-Kastel with Mainz in the background
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Basic data | ||
Place: | Mainz-Kastel ( Wiesbaden ) | |
Country: | Hesse | |
Country: | Germany | |
Altitude : | 87 m above sea level NHN | |
Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 21.2 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 37.4 ″ E | ||
Use: | Broadcasting station | |
Owner : | Südwestrundfunk | |
Mast data | ||
Construction time : | 2013-2014 | |
Operating time: | since 2014 | |
Total height : | 170 m | |
Data on the transmission system | ||
Waveband : | FM transmitter | |
Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |
Send type: | DAB | |
Position map | ||
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The Mainz-Kastel transmitter is a broadcasting facility of the Südwestrundfunk for FM and DAB in the Wiesbaden district of Mainz-Kastel . The guyed transmission mast was built in 2013 and is 170 meters high. It replaced an older 156-meter-high transmitter mast from 1984.
location
Although the transmitter is located within the Hessian state borders, where the Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) is responsible for public broadcasting, it was built on behalf of Südwestfunk (SWF). The location in Mainz-Kastel was chosen in order to supply the entire city of Mainz with SWF programs, which otherwise would have been on the edge of the transmission area in a receiving hole.
Since the merger of SWF and SDR in 1998, the system has been operated by Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and is also owned by them. Until 2011, only SWR programs and also Deutschlandradio Kultur were broadcast. With the broadcast of DAB +, programs from hr and private broadcasters were added.
Renewal in 2013
From August 2013 the old 156 meter high mast in need of renovation was replaced by a newly erected 170 meter high steel lattice mast. In February 2014, the new transmitter had completely taken over operation and the dismantling of the old mast began. Since it was in a populated area, it had to be removed step by step up to a height of 70 meters, only then was the remaining tower stump moved with a heavy-duty crane. The dismantling work was largely completed on March 28, 2014.
FM frequency change 2017
On January 18, 2017 Deutschlandfunk and American Forces Network exchanged the FM frequencies, since then AFN Wiesbaden has been broadcast by the Wiesbaden Hainerberg station with 500 W and Dlf from the Großer Feldberg .
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) |
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87.7 | SWR1 Rhineland-Palatinate | SWR1_RP_ | D3A1 | - | 1 | ND | H |
103.2 | SWR2 | __SWR2__ | D3A2 | Rhineland-Palatinate | 1 | ND | H |
93.7 | SWR3 | __SWR3__ | D3A3 | Rhineland-Palatinate / Cologne | 1 | ND | H |
91.4 | SWR4 Rhineland-Palatinate | SWR4_MZ_ | DAA4 | Radio Mainz | 1 | ND | H |
105.2 | THE THING | THE THING_ | D3A5 | - | 1 | ND | H |
107.2 | Deutschlandradio Kultur | DKULTUR_ | D220 | - | 0.4 | D (150 ° -210 °) | H |
Digital radio (DAB)
DAB or DMB is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.
Former analog television (PAL)
Until the switch to DVB-T on December 4th, 2007, the following analog TV programs were broadcast here:
channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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11 | 217.25 | The First (SWR) | 1 | D (170–220 °) | H |
Since the switch to DVB-T in the Palatinate, this area has been supplied with digital terrestrial television several times by the transmitter Donnersberg (SWR) and the Hohe Wurzel telecommunications tower near Wiesbaden (hr Rhein-Main). In the Rhine-Main area, DVB-T started in two stages on October 4 and December 6, 2004 at the Hessian locations of Großer Feldberg (Taunus), Europaturm (Frankfurt am Main) and Hohe Wurzel.
See also
Web links
- Photos from the station Mainz-Kastel ( Memento from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Satnews: SWR builds new transmission tower in Mainz-Kastel. August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Wiesbadener Tagblatt: Sometimes five meters, often more: The old mast of the Südwestrundfunk in Mainz-Kastel is losing height every day. (No longer available online.) March 18, 2014, archived from the original on March 19, 2014 ; Retrieved March 19, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ AFN leaves the 98.7 MHz frequency on January 18, 2017 on radioszene.de published on December 17, 2016