Weinbiet transmitter
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Weinbiet transmitter
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse | |||
| Country: | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 554 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 35.1 ″ N , 8 ° 7 ′ 16.1 ″ E | ||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | |||
| Owner : | Südwestrundfunk | |||
| Mast data | ||||
| Building material : | steel | |||
| Total height : | 136 m | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Last modification (transmitter) : | May 2006 | |||
| Waveband : | Volume II, Volume III | |||
| Radio : | Radio | |||
| Send type: | FM, DAB + | |||
| Position map | ||||
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The transmitter Weinbiet is a radio - backbone network transmitter of the SWR (SWR) at Neustadt on the wine route . The transmitter is located on the Weinbiet in the Palatinate Forest . Antenna support ( transmission tower ) is a 136 meter high guyed lattice mast .
The system is used to broadcast public and private radio programs in analog ( FM on ultra-short wave / band II ) and / or digital ( DAB + on band III ) technology. The broadcast of television programs in the (old) digital standard DVB-T was discontinued at the end of November 2018.
With the television station of the then Südwestfunk (SWF), which went into operation at the end of May 1953 , the Weinbiet station is one of the oldest stations in post-war German television history .
history
In the two years before the opening of the German television on Christmas Day 1952, had German Federal Post numerous radio set ( radio transmission sites ) for the exchange of programs between the studios and the modulation lines to the transmitters new build. For this purpose, the FREDA directional radio devices ( frequency- modulated decimeter wave system ) newly developed by Telefunken and Lorenz were used at selected locations . Due to its exposed location, the Weinbiet was the connection and junction between the FREDA systems on the Großer Feldberg in the Taunus and the Hornisgrinde in the northern Black Forest and the Merkur Tower near Baden-Baden . In addition, it was the location of a transmitter for VHF radio and the new medium of television, which was emerging again after the war .
Just in time for the first international direct broadcast in television history, the coronation of Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, a first 10 kW television station , working on channel 6 in VHF band III , was put into operation on the Weinbiet at the end of May 1953 also supplied the Stuttgart area until the commissioning of the Stuttgart television tower . In addition, Südwestfunk broadcast its radio program SWF1 on ultra-short waves from the Weinbiet .
Current programs and frequencies
Analog radio (VHF)
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Frequency (MHz) |
program | RDS PS | RDS PI | Regionalization |
ERP (kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.9 | SWR1 Rhineland-Palatinate | SWR1_RP_ | D3A1 | - | 25th | ND | H |
| 95.9 | SWR4 Rhineland-Palatinate | SWR4_LU_ | D8A4 | Radio Ludwigshafen | 25th | ND | H |
| 102.2 | THE THING | THE THING_ | D3A5 | - | 25th | D (220-170 °) | H |
Digital radio (DAB +)
The digital radio ( DAB + ) is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.
| block | Programs |
ERP (kW) |
Single frequency network (SFN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11A Rhineland- Palatinate 1 (D__00217) |
DAB + multiplex of Digital Radio Südwest :
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5 pl. 8th |
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Digital television (DVB-T)
On May 17, 2006, the Weinbiet broadcaster switched from analog broadcasting to DVB-T . The DVB-T broadcasts ran in single-frequency operation (Single Frequency Network) with other transmitter sites. On November 28, 2018, the DVB-T broadcast on the Weinbiet station ended.
| 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) |
Single frequency network (SFN) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E44 | 658 | ARD regional (SWR Rhineland-Palatinate) |
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20th | D. | H | 16 QAM (8 k mode) |
2/3 | 1/4 | 13.27 | Weinbiet , Donnersberg (Palatinate Forest), Göttelborner Höhe , Kettrichhof (Pirmasens), Kaiserslautern-Dansenberg |
Previous programs and frequencies
Analog radio (VHF)
Until 1998, when SWF and Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) merged to form Südwestrundfunk (SWR), two SWF radio programs were broadcast on FM by the Weinbiet station:
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Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.9 | SWF3 | 25th | ND | H |
| 95.9 | SWF1 Rhineland-Palatinate | 25th | ND | H |
Analog television
Analog television from the Weinbiet transmitter could be received on channel 6 from the end of May 1953 until the switch to DVB-T in 2006:
| channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 182.25 | The First (SWR) | 30th | D. | H |
See also
Web links
- Transmission mast Weinbiet. In: Structurae
- Photos from the Weinbiet broadcaster ( Memento from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Transmitters and Channels - Rhineland-Palatinate on swr.de, accessed on July 11, 2019