Engelskirchen transmitter
Engelskirchen transmission tower
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Basic data | ||
Place: | Hohe Warte near Engelskirchen | |
Country : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Country: | Germany | |
Altitude : | 360 m above sea level NHN | |
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 45.8 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 47 ″ E | ||
Use: | Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station | |
Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |
Tower data | ||
Construction time : | 1992 | |
Building material : | steel | |
Operating time: | since 1992 | |
Total height : | 70 m | |
Data on the transmission system | ||
Waveband : | FM transmitter | |
Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |
Send types: | DVB-T, DAB , mobile radio | |
Position map | ||
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The Engelskirchen transmission tower is a 70 meter high steel lattice tower with a striking tubular steel tip on the Hohe Warte near Engelskirchen -Ründeroth. The transmission tower was built in 1992 and serves as a mobile radio transmission tower, transmission tower for VHF radio and as a television converter .
Frequencies and Programs
Analog radio (FM)
Frequency (in MHz) |
program | RDS PS | RDS PI | Regionalization |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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91.8 | WDR 2 |
WDR_2_W_ WDR_2___ |
DC92 (regional), D392 |
Wuppertal | 10 | D (350–70 °, 130–140 °, 220–240 °, 300–330 °) | 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 0.25 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) |
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11D radio for NRW (D__00236) |
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0.5 (max. 1) |
ND | V |
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Digital television (DVB-T)
The DVB-T broadcasts from the radio tower Engelskirchen run in single-frequency operation (Single Frequency Network) with other transmitter sites.
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) |
SFN |
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E50 | 706 | ARD Digital (WDR) | 3 | ND | V |
16 QAM (8 k mode) |
2/3 | 1/4 | 13.27 | Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg) , Aachen (Stolberg-Donnerberg) , Aachen (Karlshöhe-Mulleklenkes) , Gummersbach (Kerberg) , Hohe Warte / Engelskirchen (Ründeroth) | |
E49 | 698 | ARD regional (WDR Cologne / Bonn) |
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3 | ND | V | 64-QAM | 1/2 | 1/4 | 14.93 | Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg), Gummersbach (Kerberg), Hohe Warte / Engelskirchen (Ründeroth) |
E26 | 514 | ZDFmobil | 3 | ND | V | 16 QAM (8 k mode) |
2/3 | 1/4 | 13.27 | Colonius (Cologne-Ehrenfeld), Bonn (Venusberg), Aachen (Stolberg-Donnerberg), Aachen (Karlshöhe-Mulleklenkes), Gummersbach (Kerberg), Hohe Warte / Engelskirchen (Ründeroth) |
- 1) Broadcasting time on workdays from Monday to Saturday 7.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Analog television (PAL)
Before the switch to DVB-T, the transmitter continued to be 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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7th | 189.25 | Das Erste (WDR) | 0.001 | ND | H |
27 | 519.25 | ZDF | 0.06 | ND | H |
41 | 631.25 | WDR television (Cologne) | 0.07 | ND | H |
Web links
- Photos of the tower ( Memento from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )