Monte Penice transmitter
Monte Penice transmitter
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Basic data | ||
Place: | Mount Penice near Menconico | |
Province: | Pavia | |
Region: | Lombardy | |
Country: | Italy | |
Altitude : | 1310 m slm | |
Coordinates: 44 ° 47 ′ 25 ″ N , 9 ° 19 ′ 1 ″ E | ||
Use: | Broadcasting station | |
Accessibility: | Transmission system not accessible to the public | |
Owner : | Radiotelevisione Italiana | |
Data on the transmission system | ||
Height of the towers / masts : | 150 m | |
Construction time: | 1953 | |
Operating time: | since 1954 | |
Waveband : | FM transmitter | |
Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |
Send type: | DVB-T | |
Position map | ||
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The transmitter Monte Penice is a transmitter of the RAI for television and FM broadcasting on the district of the municipality Menconico in the southern tip of the Lombardy .
The location was created in 1953 out of the desire to supply as much of northern Italy as possible . The Monte Penice , a 1460 m slm high mountain on the northwestern edge of the Apennines , offered ideal conditions for this, because from here there is a wide view over the entire Po Valley , from Cuneo on the western edge of Piedmont via Milan to Veneto and Emilia. Romagna . A 150 meter high freestanding steel lattice tower is used as the antenna carrier .
If the conditions are good, the stations on Monte Penice can be heard as far as German-speaking Switzerland .
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) |
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94.2 | Rai Radio 1 | _RADIO1_ | 5701 (regional), 5201 |
Lombardy | 120 | ND | circular |
97.4 | Rai Radio 2 | _RADIO2_ | 5202 | - | 120 | ND | circular |
99.9 | Rai Radio 3 | _RADIO3_ | 5203 | - | 120 | ND | circular |
103.0 | Rai Radio 1 | _RADIO1_ | 5501 (regional), 5201 |
Piedmont | 120 | ND | H |
Digital television (DVB-T)
Digital TV muxes are broadcast from this location on six channels: 22, 23, 24, 26, 30 and 34.
Analog television (PAL)
Before the switch to DVB-T, the broadcasting location was still used for analog television.
channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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B. | 62.25 | Rai Uno | 100 | D. | H |
23 | 487.25 | Rai Due | 2000 | D. | H |
35 | 583.25 | Rai Tre Lombardy | 2000 | D. | H |
36 | 591.25 | Rai Tre Piedmont | 250 | D. | H |