Saarbrücken-Winterberg transmitter

Basic data

Place:

Winterberg near Saarbrücken

Country:

Saarland

Country:

Germany

Altitude :

305 m above sea level NHN

Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′ 13.7 ″ N , 7 ° 0 ′ 10.9 ″ E

Use:

Broadcasting station

Accessibility:

Transmission tower not open to the public

Owner :

German radio tower

Tower data

Building materials :

Concrete , reinforced concrete

Total height :

100 m

Data on the transmission system

Waveband :

FM transmitter

Radio :

VHF broadcasting

Position map

Saarbrücken-Winterberg transmitter

The Saarbrücken-Winterberg transmitter is a transmitter system from Deutsche Funkturm GmbH for broadcasting radio signals. It is located on the Winterberg within the urban area of Saarbrücken . A 100 meter high free-standing concrete tower is used as the antenna carrier.

The transmitter mainly supplies the city of Saarbrücken and the surrounding areas.

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)
90.1	Deutschlandfunk	__DLF___	D210	-	1	D (30–90 °)	H
92.9	Classic rock radio	CLASSIC_	D3B9	-	1	D (40–90 °, 210–230 °)	H
107.5	Deutschlandradio Kultur	DKULTUR_	D220	-	0.4	D (300–90 °)	H

The frequency 107.5 MHz of Deutschlandradio Kultur is coordinated with 1 kilowatt, but this is not used.

Analog television (PAL)

Before the Schoksberg station went into operation in 1977, the station served as the main network station for the Saarland for ZDF and SR television. Then it was only used as a TV filler for the city of Saarbrücken:

channel	Frequency (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
46	671.25	Saar TV (before Sat.1 )	1	D.	H
56	751.25	VOX	1	D.	H