Söhrewald transmission tower
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Söhrewald transmission tower
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Söhrewald | |||
| Country: | Hesse | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 485 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 26 " N , 9 ° 36 ′ 36.7" E | ||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |||
| Owner : | German radio tower | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1962-1963 | |||
| Operating time: | since 1963 | |||
| Total height : | 148 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Send type: | Directional radio | |||
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History and description
The Söhrewald transmission tower is a former basic network transmitter for television. It is located between the communities of Wellerode and Eschenstruth, southeast of Kassel. It is a 148 meter high type tower that was built between 1962 and 1963. It belongs to the rare type D, of which only five copies were built. The upper part of the tower was demolished in 2006.
Until 1986, the programs ZDF and Hessen 3 were broadcast from here to supply North Hesse. After the construction of the Habichtswald telecommunications tower and the activation of both programs on the Hohe Meißner , these frequencies were superfluous, so that they were passed on to the private broadcasters RTL Television and Sat.1 . The Söhrewald station was no longer operated after the broadcasting was switched from analog to the DVB-T system. With the introduction of DVB-T2 HD for terrestrial broadcasting of television programs, the location was reactivated to supply the Kassel area close to the city.
Frequencies and Programs
Digital television (DVB-T2)
Regular operation of DVB-T2 HD in Northern Hesse began on November 8, 2017. The programs of ARD ( hr -Mux), ZDF and the commercial offer from freenet TV ( encoded in Irdeto ) are broadcast in HEVC video coding and in full HD resolution. The DVB-T2 HD -Ausstrahlungen from the transmitter Kassel-Söhrewald are simulcast (Single Frequency Network) with other transmitter sites.
All channels shown in italics are encrypted and can only be received via the DVB-T2 HD platform freenet TV .
| channel |
Frequency ( MHz) |
Multiplex | Programs in multiplex |
ERP (kW) |
Antenna pattern / round (ND) directed (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
Modulation method | FEC | Guard interval |
Bit rate (Mbit / s) |
Single frequency network (SFN) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 674 | ARD Digital (hr) | 10 | D. | V | 64-QAM (16k mode) |
1/2 | 19/128 | 18.34 | Kassel-Söhrewald , Hoher Meißner , Habichtswald | |
| 29 | 538 | ARD regional (hr) north | 10 | D. | V | 64-QAM (16k mode) |
3/5 | 19/128 | 22.00 | Kassel-Söhrewald , Hoher Meißner, Habichtswald, Rimberg | |
| 35 | 586 | Substream 0:
ZDF ( ZDFmobil ) Substream 1: MEDIA BROADCAST |
Substream 0:
Substream 1: |
10 | D. | V | 64-QAM (16k mode) |
3/5 | 19/128 | 22.00 | Kassel-Söhrewald , Hoher Meißner, Habichtswald, Göttingen / Espol |
| 28 | 530 | MEDIA BROADCAST
( RTL Group ) |
10 | D. | V | 64-QAM (32k mode) |
2/3 | 1/16 | 27.6 | Kassel-Söhrewald , Habichtswald | |
| 57 | 762 | MEDIA BROADCAST | 10 | D. | V | 64-QAM (32k mode) |
2/3 | 1/16 | 27.6 | Kassel-Söhrewald , Habichtswald | |
| 55 | 746 | MEDIA BROADCAST | Substream 0:
Substream 1:
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10 | D. | V | 64-QAM (32k mode) |
2/3 | 1/16 | 27.6 | Kassel-Söhrewald , Habichtswald |
Former analog television (PAL)
After the changeover to DVB-T in Northern Hesse on May 29, 2006, no television signals were broadcast from the Söhrewald transmission tower. Previously the following was broadcast in analog PAL :
| channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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| 35 | 583.25 | RTL Television | 200 | ND | H |
| 42 | 639.25 | Sat 1 | 200 | ND | H |
Individual evidence
- ^ "Söhrewald 1984", p. 146 and "650 years Wellerode 1351-2001", p. 155 (aerial photo of the television tower), Th. Hans-Dieter Scholz: "Söhrewald von AZ", volume 1, p. 96.
- ↑ Hans-Ulrich WERNERs “From the farming village to the commuter settlement. A contribution to the building and population history of Wellerode ”, in: Söhrewald 1984, pp. 225–267