Chasseral transmission tower

Chasseral transmission tower
Basic data
Place:	Chasseral
Canton:	Bern
Country:	Switzerland
Altitude :	1600  m
Coordinates: 47 ° 7 '59.7 "  N , 7 ° 3' 37.8"  E ; CH1903:  571,311  /  220321
Use:	Broadcasting station
Accessibility:	Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner :	Swisscom Broadcast
Tower data
Construction time :	1975-1979
Building materials :	Concrete , steel , reinforced concrete
Operating time:	since 1983
Last renovation (tower) :	2010
Total height :	114  m
Data on the transmission system
Last modification (antenna) :	2010
Waveband :	FM transmitter
Radio :	VHF broadcasting
Position map
Chasseral transmission tower

The Chasseral transmission tower is a 114 meter high transmission tower in concrete / steel construction on the Chasseral in the municipality of Nods near Biel , Switzerland . The Nods Chasseral transmitter (as it is listed in official publications) was built in 1979 and is noticeable due to its clunky construction . The tower went into operation in 1983 and only offers an area accessible to the public at the level of the ground floor. Only the operating floors are housed in the actual tower cage .

In June 2010 the originally 120 meter high tower was rebuilt. As part of this conversion, the top of the transmission mast was shortened by 6 meters by removing the old GRP cylinder.

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)
102.3	RTS La Première	RTS-1ERE	43D1	-	20th	D (70–250 °)	H
100.3	Espace 2	ESPACE2_	43D2	-	20th	D (70–230 °)	H
104.2	Color 3	COULEUR3	43D3	-	20th	D (70–230 °)	H
103.0	Radio SRF 1	SRF_1_BE _SRF_1__	44B1 (regional), 43B1	Bern-Freiburg-Wallis	20th	D (70–250 °)	H
105.3	Radio SRF 3	_SRF_3__	43B3	-	20th	D (70–250 °)	H
107.3	Rete Uno	RETE_UNO	43E1	-	20th	D (70–230 °)	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)
12A  SRG SSR F01  (SUI0007A)	DAB block of SRG SSR : RTS La Première (72 kbit / s DAB +) Première-Bis (48 kbit / s DAB +) Espace 2 (96 kbit / s DAB +) Color 3 (80 kbit / s DAB +) Musique option (80 kbit / s DAB +) Radio SRF 1 BE FR VS (72 kbit / s DAB +) Radio SRF Musikwelle (64 kbit / s DAB +) Radio SRF 3 (64 kbit / s DAB +) Radio SRF 4 News (56 kbit / s DAB +) Radio Rumantsch (72 kbit / s DAB +) Rete Uno (72 kbit / s DAB +) Radio Swiss Pop (64 kbit / s DAB +) Radio Swiss Jazz (64 kbit / s DAB +) Radio Swiss Classic (72 kbit / s DAB +)	12	D (140-270 °)	Bern: Biel-Magglingen (Evilard Hohmatt), Chasseral , Ins ( Schaltrain princely graves), Leubringen (Moron Chez Joseph), Münster BE (Mont Graitery), Sonceboz (Cernil du bas) Freiburg: Charmey (la Monse), Gurmels (Cordast), Freiburg im Üechtland city center (Lorette), Montbovon, Sorens (Mont-Gibloux) Geneva: Geneva city center (Studio Carl Vogt) Jura: Bourrignon (Les Ordons) , Delsberg (La Met), Pruntrut (sur le Banne) Neuchâtel: Bread-Plamboz (Solmon Val de Travers), La Brévine (Cerneux-Péquignot Charmottes), Chaux-de-Fonds (Mont Cornu), Cerneux-Pequignot (Maix-Rochat), Les Hauts-Geneveys (rue republique), Le Locle (Roche-Houriet), Saint-Sulpice NE (Haut de la Vy), La Sagne (Plature) Vaud: Bougy (Villars Signal), Chardonne (Mont Pèlerin) , Château-d'Oex (Sarouche), Chavannes-sur-Moudon (Velotty), Cudrefin (Tremblex), La Dôle (Gingins) , Fontanezier (Bonvillars Champs Lequet), Lausanne (Chailly), Lausanne (Renens), Olun (Chamossaire), Premier (Buclards), Sainte Croix-Auberson (la Broutire), Vallée de Joux (Pont-Agouillons) Valais: Arbaz / Ayent (Pas de Maimbré), Bagnes (Bruson Côt), Evolène (La Forclaz quartier col), Grimentz (Roua), Martigny (Ravoire) , Haute-Nendaz , Orsières-Champex (le Signal), Port Valais ( Chalavornaire)

Digital television ( DVB-T )

Programs broadcast until 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)
30th	546	SRG F01	RTS Un SRF 1 RSI LA 1 RTS Deux	11	D (290–40 °)	V
48	690	SRG D01	SRF 1 SRF two SRF info RSI LA 1 RTS Un	10	D (80–90 °, 180–190 °)	V

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)
22nd	479.25	TSR 1	12	D (80-170 °)	H
25th	503.25	SF 1	12	D (80-170 °)	H
56	751.25	TSI 1	15th	D (80-170 °)	H
59	775.25	TSR 2	15th	D (80-170 °)	H
62	799.25	SF two	15th	D (75 °)	H

Web links

Commons : Nods Chasseral transmitter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Chasseral transmission tower. In: Structurae
• Info page about the transmitter (French; PDF file; 5.50 MB)
• Info page with pictures of the transmitter

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bieler Tagblatt: Landmarks trimmed by six meters. Retrieved June 21, 2013 .