Transmitter Völklingen

Transmitter Völklingen
Transmitter tower of the Völklingen transmitter
Basic data
Place:	Wehrden ( Völklingen )
Country:	Saarland
Country:	Germany
Altitude :	280  m above sea level NHN
Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 33.5 ″  N , 6 ° 49 ′ 4.2 ″  E
Use:	Broadcasting station
Accessibility:	Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner :	German radio tower
Tower data
Building materials :	Concrete , reinforced concrete
Data on the transmission system
Waveband :	FM transmitter
Radio :	VHF broadcasting
Position map
Transmitter Völklingen

The Völklingen transmitter is a transmission system for broadcasting radio signals. It is located on the Hoheberg, southwest of the Wehrden district of the city of Völklingen and supplies the surrounding areas. A transmission tower in the form of a free-standing concrete tower is used as the antenna carrier .

Originally it was built by the Deutsche Bundespost and is now part of Deutsche Funkturm GmbH , a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.

The Wehrden radio station of the Saarland broadcasting company is about 2.5 km away .

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (VHF)

There are currently the following analogue radio transmitters on the tower:

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
88.6	Deutschlandradio Kultur	DKULTUR_	D220	-	0.1	D (20-160 °)	H

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the following analog TV channels were running here:

channel	Frequency   (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
24	495.25	ZDF	0.1	D.	H
36	591.25	VOX	0.1	D.	H
55	743.25	SR television	0.1	D.	H
57	759.25	The First (SR)	0.1	D.	H
60	783.25	Saar TV (before Sat.1 )	0.1	D.	H

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: FMLIST database query: Location = Völklingen