Eifel-Bärbelkreuz transmitter

Eifel-Bärbelkreuz transmitter
Basic data
Place:	Hellenthal
Country :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:	Germany
Altitude :	652  m above sea level NN
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 21.3 ″  N , 6 ° 27 ′ 32.4 ″  E
Use:	Broadcasting station
Accessibility:	Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner :	West German Broadcasting Cologne
Tower data
Construction time :	1985
Client : West German Broadcasting Cologne Building materials : Concrete , reinforced concrete
Operating time:	since 1985
Total height :	167  m
Operating rooms:	45  m , 90 m, 132 m
Data on the transmission system
Last modification (transmitter) :	November 2007
Waveband :	FM transmitter
Radio :	VHF broadcasting
Position map
Eifel-Bärbelkreuz transmitter

The transmitter Eifel-Bärbelkreuz is a transmitter of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in the Zitterwald , Euskirchen district , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). Its transmission tower , built in 1985, is 167 m high.

Geographical location

The Eifel-Bärbelkreuz transmitter is located in the north of the Eifel in the northern Zitterwald. It is located in the Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park in the south of the Hellenthal municipality ; to the south, near the Neuhaus district of Hellenthal, is the community of Dahlem .

The tower of the transmitter is 1.1 km west-northwest of the summit of the mountain Bärbelkreuz ( 662.8  m above sea  level ) and 410 m north of that of the Huppertsberg ( 655.5  m ). It is located 320 m north of the junction from Landesstraße  110 in Neuhaus , from which a cul-de-sac leads past the tower to Metzigeroder . The tower foundation is at a height of 652  m . About 20 m southeast of the tower is a trigonometric point at a height of 652.3  m .

Notice board on the transmission tower

Tower description and use

The Eifel-Bärbelkreuz transmission tower was built in 1985 from reinforced concrete and broadcasts six radio programs. In addition, DAB digital radio is broadcast from this tower . Previously, the WDR used the Eifel station , which was located in Rhineland-Palatinate and already broadcast the programs of the Südwestfunk . The transmission tower closes the supply gaps for WDR radio in the surrounding Eifel valleys. The VHF programs are supplied by receiving a ball from the Langenberg and Nordhelle transmitters, as well as by means of a direct connection with WDR 2 . In addition, the transmission tower is also used by mobile phone providers who connect their base stations in the surrounding area via directional radio from here.

In addition, the tower served as a low-power filler for Das Erste until November 13, 2007 . A transmission of DVB-T signals is not planned.

Analog radio (VHF)

The following radio programs are broadcast by the Eifel-Bärbelkreuz transmitter:

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
89.6	WDR 5	WDR_5___	D395	-	10	D (330–50 °, 90–160 °)	H
96.3	WDR 3	WDR_3___	D393	-	20th	D (280–70 °, 120–160 °)	H
101.0	WDR 2	WDR_2_AC WDR_2___	D492 (regional), D392	Aachen	20th	ND	H
104.4	WDR 4	WDR_4___	D394	-	20th	ND	H
105.5	1Live	_1LIVE__	D391	-	20th	D (350-320 °)	H
106.1	Deutschlandfunk culture	Dlf_Kult	D220	-	20th	D (360–150 °)	H

Digital radio (DAB / DAB +)

DAB or the successor standard DAB + is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters. On August 29, 2012 the change from DAB channel 12D to DAB channel 11D took place. The multiplex radio for NRW with the programs of the WDR and the cathedral radio with an output of 1 kW ERP is currently transmitted via this .

block	Programs (data services)	ERP   (kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND), directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)	Single frequency network (SFN)
11D  radio for NRW (D__00236)	1 live (72 kbps) WDR 2 Cologne (K) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Aachen (AC) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Bielefeld (BI) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Dortmund (DO) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Münster (MS) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Rhine-Ruhr (RR) (72 kbps) WDR 2 victories (SI) (72 kbps) WDR 2 Wuppertal (W) (72 kbps) WDR 3 (96 kbps) WDR 4 (72 kbps) WDR 5 (64 kbps) WDRcosmo (64 kbps) 1 Live diGGi (72 kbps) WDR mouse (64 kbps) WDR event (48 kbps) WDR EPG (8 kbps) ARD TPEG (16 kbps)	1	D.	V	Aachen region: Aachen (Stolberg-Donnerberg) , Eifel (Dahlem-Bärbelkreuz) Bergisches Land: Gummersbach (Engelskirchen-Hohe Warte) , Wuppertal (Auf der Königshöhe) Rhineland: Bonn (Venusberg) , Cologne (Kölnturm) Rhine and Ruhr: Düsseldorf (Rheinturm) , Kleve (Bresserberg) , Langenberg (Hordtberg) Ruhr: Dortmund (Florian Tower) Münsterland: Münster (Nottuln-Baumberge) Ostwestfalen-Lippe: Bad Oeynhausen (P.Westf.-Wittekindsberg) , Herford (Eggeberg) , Ibbenbüren (Blomenkamp) , Oelde (Mackenberg) , Stemwede (Arrenkamp) , Teutoburg Forest (Bielstein) , Willebadessen (Eggegebirge) South Westphalia: Arnsberg (Schloßberg) , Ederkopf (Oberste Henn) , Hochsauerland (Hunau) , Nordhelle , Olsberg , Siegen (Giersberg)

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the broadcasting location was still used for analog television.

channel	Frequency   (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
54	735.25	Das Erste (WDR)	0.02	D.	V

See also

• List of transmitters in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Height of the tower foundation (height above sea ​​level  652 m) and tower height (167 m) according to the inscription on the plate attached to the tower
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )