Rütscher Strasse transmitter
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Rütscher Strasse transmitter
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Aachen , Rütscher Strasse, Theodore von Kármán House | |||
| Country : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 190 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 14.6 ″ N , 6 ° 4 ′ 18.3 ″ E | ||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission system not accessible to the public | |||
| Owner : | RWTH Aachen (formerly WDR ) | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
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The Rütscher Strasse transmitter in Aachen was a filling station for the analog television program Das Erste . It is located on the Theodore von Kármán House, one of the four high-rise buildings on Rütscher Strasse that are used as student dormitories .
The transmitter was needed because there were reception problems at the foot of the Lousberg in Aachen . The signal was supplied by the Langenberg transmitter (channel 9). However, due to the spread of cable and satellite television , this station had hardly any significance for broadcasting ARD and was switched off on November 20, 2007 with the introduction of digital aerial television DVB-T .
The university radio Aachen has been broadcasting from here since May 3, 2006 and is not affected by the shutdown of the ARD.
Frequencies and Programs
| program | frequency | ERP |
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| University radio Aachen | 99.1 MHz | 0.1 kW |
Previous use
| program | channel | Video carrier frequency | ERP / polarization |
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| Das Erste (WDR) | 40 | 623.25 MHz | 20 W horizontal |
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