Sender Saalfeld

Radio transmission point Saalfeld 6

Basic data

Place:

Berg Kulm near Oberpreilipp ( Rudolstadt )

Country:

Thuringia

Country:

Germany

Altitude :

461 m above sea level NHN

Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 0.1 ″ N , 11 ° 22 ′ 7 ″ E

Use:

Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station

Accessibility:

Transmission tower not open to the public

Owner :

German radio tower

Tower data

Construction time :

1974

Client :	German postal service
Building material :	steel

Operating time:

1973-1974

Total height :

78.8 m

Data on the transmission system

Waveband :

FM transmitter

Radio :

VHF broadcasting

Send types:

DVB-T, directional radio

Position map

Sender Saalfeld

On the Kulm , the Deutsche Funkturm , a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom , operates a 78.8 meter high transmission tower for VHF and digital television ( DVB-T ). This tower, designed as a free-standing steel lattice tower, was built in 1973/1974. During the GDR era, there was a medium wave transmitter in Saalfeld that broadcast the DT64 program with 1 kW transmission power on the 1602 kHz frequency.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio ( FM )

In the case of directed radiation, the main radiation directions are given in degrees in the antenna diagram.

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
97.6	Radio Top 40	* TOP_40 *	DAFA	-	0.05	D (130 ° -170 °, 190 ° -290 °, 310 ° -350 °)	H
98.7	Deutschlandfunk	__Dlf___	D210	-	0.1	D (170 ° -250 °, 280 ° -0 °)	H
105.2	Open channel Saalfeld	_SRB.FM_	15F1	-	0.3	D (130 ° -280 °, 320 ° -0 °)	H
104.6	MDR current	__MDR___ CURRENT_	D3D5	-	0.1	D (130 ° -280 °, 320 ° -0 °)	H

Digital radio ( DAB )

For cost reasons and in preparation for the nationwide restart of DAB + , broadcasting was discontinued on January 4, 2010. DAB was broadcast with other transmitters in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode.

block	Programs	ERP (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Single frequency network (SFN)
12B Thuringia 1 (D__00015)	MDR classic (192 kbps) Germany radio (64 kbps) Deutschlandradio Kultur (128 kbps)	0.5	D.	Altenburg (Weißer Berg), Sonneberg (Bleßberg) , Dingelstädt (Hockelrain), Eisenach (City), Eisenberg (Heimstättensiedlung), Erbenhausen, Geismar (Hülfensberg), Gera-Ronneburg , Gießübel, Greiz, Heiligenstadt (Dorotheenhof), Ilmenau (Kickelhahn) , Inselsberg (Thuringian Forest) , Jena (Oßmaritz-Cospoth), Keula, Kulpenberg (Bad Frankenhausen) , Lobenstein (Sieglitzberg), Meiningen, Pleß (Breitungen), Remda / Saalfeld (Großer Kalmberg), Ronneburg, Saalfeld (Kulm) , Schleid (Rockenstuhl), Schmiedefeld (Lichte), Steinbach-Hallenberg, Suhl (Erleshügel) , Triptis, Weimar (Großer Ettersberg)

Digital television ( DVB-T )

The DVB-T broadcasts ran from 1 July 2008 and stayed in the single-frequency operation (Single Frequency Network) with other transmitter sites. They took place until April 24, 2018 according to the table below.

channel	Frequency (MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Modulation method	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate (Mbit / s)	SFN
21st	474	ARD Digital (MDR)	The First (MDR) ARTE Phoenix One	5	ND	V	64-QAM	2/3	1/4	19.91	Saalfeld (Kulm), Sonneberg (Bleßberg) , Erfurt-Windischholzhausen , Weimar (Großer Ettersberg)
27	522	ARD regional (MDR Thuringia)	mdr television Thuringia rbb television Brandenburg Bavarian Television North (Franconia) hr television	5	ND	V	64-QAM	2/3	1/4	19.91	Saalfeld (Kulm), Sonneberg (Bleßberg) , Gera-Roschütz , Erfurt-Windischholzhausen , Weimar (Großer Ettersberg)
50	706	ZDFmobil	ZDF 3 sat ZDFinfo KiKA (6 a.m. to 9 p.m.) / ZDFneo (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.)	5	ND	V	16 QAM (8 k mode)	2/3	1/4	13.27	Saalfeld (Kulm), Sonneberg (Bleßberg) , Großer Inselsberg , Erfurt-Windischholzhausen , Weimar (Großer Ettersberg)

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)
41	631.25	The First (MDR)	0.2	D.	H
47	679.25	MDR television Thuringia	0.2	D.	H
54	735.25	ZDF	0.2	D.	H

Web links

Commons : Sender Saalfeld - collection of images, videos and audio files

Kulm transmitter mast. In: Structurae