Transmitter Welden

Transmitter Welden Radio transmission center Welden 3
Basic data
Place:	Heretsried
Country:	Bavaria
Country:	Germany
Altitude :	577.2  m above sea level NN
Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 52.5 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 6 ″  E
Use:	Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station
Accessibility:	Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner :	German radio tower
Tower data
Construction time :	1983
Client : German Federal Post Office Building materials : Concrete , reinforced concrete
Operating time:	since 1983
Total height :	158.5  m
Operation room:	75  m
Data on the transmission system
Last modification (transmitter) :	November 2007
Waveband :	FM, DAB +
Radio :	FM, DAB +
Send types:	Cellular radio , directional radio
Position map
Transmitter Welden

The Welden transmitter is a 158.5 m high transmission tower owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, around 15 km northwest of Augsburg in Bavaria . It is located on the Buchberg between the communities of Bonstetten and Heretsried at an altitude of 577.2  m above sea level. NN .

The reinforced concrete type tower (FMT 2/72) built in 1983 has an operating pulpit at a height of 75 m. In addition to directional radio and cellular radio , the location is used for VHF . AFN Munich was broadcast from here until 1998 .

Until DVB-T was switched off on April 25, 2018 and DVB-T2 HD was taken over from the Augsburg hotel tower , digital television was on channels K36 (ARD Digital (BR), 100 kW), K25 (ARD regional (BR) Südbayern , 100 kW) and K44 (ZDFmobil, 50 kW).

Until the switch to DVB-T on November 27, 2007, analog television was broadcast on channels K23 ( ZDF , 390 kW) and K44 ( BR , 430 kW).

Until October 2009 DAB was broadcast in the LH band with 2.3 kW. As a result of the network harmonization, the local ensemble Augsburg has been broadcast on Kanal 9C from the Augsburg hotel tower since June 3, 2020 .

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio ( VHF )

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)
100.0	Deutschlandradio Kultur	DKULTUR_	D220	-	15th	D (80-160 °)	H

Digital radio ( DAB )

DAB is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.

block	Programs (data services)	ERP   (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND), directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Single frequency network (SFN)
9C  Augsburg  (D__00172)	DAB block of Bayern Digital Radio : Radio Fantasy (80 kbps) Fantasy Lounge (72 kbps) Fantasy Classix (80 kbps) Radio Augsburg (88 kbps) RT1 Augsburg (80 kbps) Smart radio (88 kbps) Megaradio Bavaria (80 kbps) MEGA 80s (80 kbps) RT1 IN THE MIX (80 kbps) RT1 North Swabia (80 kbps) Radio Galaxy (80 kbps) Radio Swabia (80 kbps) Arabella cult (80 kbps)	25th	ND	V	Augsburg (hotel tower) , Augsburg (Welden) , Hühnerberg
10A  Obb / Schw (D__00008)	DAB block of Bayern Digital Radio: Bavaria 1 (Franconia) (96 kbps) Bavaria 1 (Upper Bavaria) (96 kbps) Bavaria 1 (Swabia) (96 kbps) Bavaria 1 (Mainfranken) (96 kbps) Bavaria 2 (North) (96 kbps) BR traffic (16 kbps, mono) Rock antenna (72 kbps) Absolutely HOT (72 kbps) Radio Teddy (72 kbps) egoFM (72 kbps) BR EPG (8 kbps data) BR News (8 kbps data) ARD TPEG (24 kbps data)	25th	D (250 ° -70 °)	V	Upper Bavaria: Berchtesgaden (Jenner) , Bad Tölz (Gaißach) , Eichstätt , Gelbelsee (Ingolstadt) , Herzogstand (Fahrenbergkopf) , Hochberg (Traunstein) , Hohenpeißenberg , Isen, Munich-Freimann, Munich-Ismaning , Munich (Olympic Tower) , Neuötting , Oberammergau , Pfaffenhofen (Wolfsberg) , Reit im Winkl , Untersberg , Tegernsee Valley (Wallberg) , Wasserburg am Inn , Wendelstein (Bayrischzell) Swabia: Augsburg (hotel tower) , Augsburg (Welden) , Grünten , Hühnerberg , Markt Wald , Memmingen , Pfänder (Vorarlberg) , Pfronten (Breitenberg) , Ulm (Kuhberg)
11D  Bavaria (D__00165)	DAB block of Bavarian Broadcasting : Bavaria 1 (Lower Bavaria / Upper Palatinate) (96 kbps) Bavaria 2 (South) (96 kbps) Bavaria 3 (96 kbps) BR Classic (144 kbps) B5 current (64 kbps, mono) B5 plus (96 kbps) BR home (128 kbps) Bavaria plus (96 kbps) PULSE (96 kbps) Antenna Bavaria (80 kbps) BR EPG (8 kbps data)	25th	D (250 ° -70 °)	V	Lower Franconia: Alzenau (Hahnenkamm) , Burgsinn (Main-Spessart) , Dettelbach , Kreuzberg (Rhön) , Miltenberg-Wenschdorf , Pfaffenberg (Aschaffenburg) , Wertheim , Würzburg (Frankenwarte) Upper Franconia: Bamberg (Geisberg) , Coburg (Eckardtsberg) , Hof (Labyrinthberg), Kronach , Kulmbach , Ludwigsstadt (Ebersdorf) , Ochsenkopf (Fichtelgebirge) Middle Franconia: Büttelberg , Hesselberg , Nuremberg (telecommunications tower) , Rothenburg ob der Tauber , Treuchtlingen, Weißenburg Upper Palatinate: Altenstadt , Amberg (Hirschau) , Amberg-Süd, Dillberg (Neumarkt) , Hoher Bogen (Furth im Wald) , Hohe Linie (Regensburg) Lower Bavaria: Brotjacklriegel , Deggendorf (Aletsberg), Dingolfing, Einödriegel , Kelheim, Landshut, Mainburg , Passau (Kühberg) , Pfarrkirchen (Postmünster) , Rattenberg Swabia: Augsburg (hotel tower) , Augsburg (Welden) , Grünten , Hühnerberg (Harburg) , Markt Wald , Memmingen , Pfänder (Vorarlberg) , Pfronten (Breitenberg) , Ulm (Kuhberg) Upper Bavaria: Berchtesgaden (Jenner) , Bad Tölz-Gaißach, Eichstätt, Gelbelsee , Herzogstand (Fahrenbergkopf) , Hochberg (Traunstein) , Hohenpeißenberg , Isen, Munich-Freimann, Munich-Ismaning , Munich (Olympic tower) , Neuötting , Oberammergau (Laber) , Pfaffenhofen (Wolfsberg) , Pfaffenhofen (BR), Reit im Winkl, Untersberg (Salzburg) , Tegernseer Tal (Wallberg) , Wasserburg am Inn , Wendelstein (Bayrischzell)

Digital television ( DVB-T )

The station Welden was not converted from DVB-T to DVB-T2 HD . Instead, the transmitter in the Augsburg hotel tower has been distributing DVB-T2 HD since April 25, 2018 . The broadcaster Welden stopped broadcasting television programs at the same time.

The following DVB-T television programs were broadcast until it was switched off:

channel	Frequency   (in MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP   (in kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Modulation method	FEC	Guard interval	Bit rate   (in Mbit / s)	Single frequency network (SFN)
36	594	ARD Digital (BR)	The first ARTE Phoenix One	100	ND	H	16-QAM	2/3	1/4	13.27	Welden , Gelbelsee transmitter , Pfaffenhofen (Ilm)
25th	506	ARD regional (BR) southern Bavaria	Bavarian television (Swabia / Old Bavaria) ARD-alpha SWR television Baden-Württemberg tagesschau24	100	ND	H	16-QAM	2/3	1/4	13.27	Welden , Gelbelsee, Pfaffenhofen
44	658	ZDFmobil	ZDF 3 sat KiKA  (6 a.m. to 9 p.m.) / ZDFneo  (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.) ZDFinfo	50	ND	H	16-QAM	2/3	1/4	13.27	Welden (Augsburg) , Gelbelsee, Hesselberg , Pfaffenhofen

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the following analog television programs were broadcast:

channel	Frequency   (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
23	487.25	ZDF	310	ND	H
26th	511.25	ProSieben	3.2	D.	H
30th	543.25	RTL (Augsburg)	6.3	D.	H
38	607.25	Sat.1 (Bavaria)	6.3	D.	H
44	655.25	Bavarian television (Swabia / Old Bavaria)	430	ND	H
58	767.25	Tele 5	6.3	D.	H

Web links

Commons : Sender Welden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DVB-T: Many TV viewers have to adapt. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. March 28, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018 .