Cholfirst transmission tower
Cholfirst transmission tower
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Basic data | |||||||
Place: | Flurlingen | ||||||
Canton: | Zurich | ||||||
Country: | Switzerland | ||||||
Altitude : | 570 m | ||||||
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '51.9 " N , 8 ° 38' 48.5" E ; CH1903: 690 721 / 281862 | |||||||
Use: | Broadcasting station , observation tower | ||||||
Accessibility: | Transmission tower open to the public | ||||||
Owner : | Swisscom | ||||||
Tower data | |||||||
Construction time : | 1973 | ||||||
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Operating time: | since 1973 | ||||||
Total height : | 96 m | ||||||
Viewing platform: | 42 m | ||||||
Data on the transmission system | |||||||
Waveband : | FM transmitter | ||||||
Radio : | VHF broadcasting | ||||||
Send type: | DAB | ||||||
Position map | |||||||
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The Cholfirst transmission tower is a 96 meter high freestanding steel lattice tower on the 570 meter high Cholfirst near Flurlingen (south of Schaffhausen ) in Switzerland .
The Cholfirst transmission tower was built by the PTT in 1973 after an experimental television transmitter on channel 47 had operated nearby at a height of 40 meters for three years. The construction cost 7 million Swiss francs. At the request of the municipality of Flurlingen, it was provided with a viewing platform at a height of 42 meters. The additional costs incurred were taken over by PTT.
Ascent
The viewing platform can be reached via a spiral staircase attached to the outside of the tower core via 191 steps.
Viewing platform
The viewing platform at a height of 42 meters is kept very simple, there is no seating or panorama boards.
Around the tower
A fireplace with seating is in the immediate vicinity of the observation tower.
getting there
From Flurlingen you climb the 180 meters in altitude to the Cholfirst transmission tower via well-developed forest paths in about 30 minutes.
view
To the northwest you can see Neuhausen am Rheinfall , to the north large parts of Schaffhausen and Feuerthalen , to the northeast the German exclave Büsingen on the Upper Rhine and to the south the entire Alpine panorama. Otherwise, the forests around the Cholfirstturm can be seen in particular.
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) |
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89.3 | Radio SRF 1 |
SRF_1_ZH _SRF_1__ |
48B1 (regional), 43B1 |
Zurich / Schaffhausen | 0.5 | ND | H |
91.5 | Radio Munot | MUNOT___ | 4F0C | - | 0.5 | ND | V |
99.6 | Radio SRF 2 culture | _SRF_2 __ / _ Culture_ | 43B2 | - | 0.5 | ND | H |
103.3 | Radio top | __TOP___ | 4330 | St. Gallen | 0.2 | D (120–220 °) | V |
104.7 | Radio SRF 3 | _SRF_3__ | 43B3 | - | 0.5 | ND | H |
Digital radio ( DAB )
DAB is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.
block | Programs |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND), directional (D) |
Single frequency network (SFN) |
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7D SMC_D02 (SUI0001F) |
DAB block of SwissMediaCast:
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1.7 | ND |
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9B SMC_D03 O-CH; (SUI4202) |
DAB block of SwissMediaCast:
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1.7 | ND |
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12C SRG SSR D01 (SUI0006A) |
DAB block of SRG SSR :
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5 | ND |
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Digital television ( DVB-T )
DVB-T broadcasting was discontinued on June 3, 2019.
channel |
Frequency (in MHz) |
Multiplex | Programs in multiplex |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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32 | 562 | SRG D01 | 2.6 | D (260–80 °) | V |
Analog television (PAL)
Before the switch to DVB-T, the transmitter location was also used for analog television:
channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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47 | 679.25 | SF 1 | 8.3 | D. | H |
50 | 703.25 | SF two | 8.3 | D. | H |
60 | 783.25 | TSI 1 | 7.1 | D. | H |