Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter

The transmitter Höhbeck (internal designation: Radio Transfer Agent Gartow ) is a transmitter of Deutsche Telekom AG for radio relay and the dissemination of FM programs, which lies on the Höhbeck in the Lüchow -Dannenberg. As a guyed antenna supporting lattice steel mast and a reinforced concrete tower can be used.

Until 1 July 2008, analog television was broadcast by the transmitter. The 324 -meter-high radio mast Gartow 1 used for this purpose was blown up on August 20, 2009. The 344 -meter-high radio mast Gartow 2 is still in operation. In addition to these two radio masts exist on the grounds of the complex is a 44 -meter-high radio tower in reinforced concrete.

Gartow 1

The 324 -meter-high radio mast Gartow 1 was built in 1963 in a very sturdy construction and was guyed in part to double backstays. He served for the realization of an over- horizon radio link to West Berlin and contributed at the top of several square lattice structures that represented the directional antennas. Other station was the telecommunications tower Berlin- Schäferberg. From here, the ZDF aired on analog channel 21 and the Germany radio on 102.2 MHz with 94 kW. The television station for the RBB television and the NDR television were shut down in late 2006 or early 2007 with the introduction of DVB -T. The setting of the ZDF broadcast and thus the entire television broadcast operation on the location Höhbeck was completed on 1 July 2008 with the introduction of DVB- T in northern Saxony -Anhalt.

Blasting

The functionless become steel truss mast was blown up on 20 August 2009. Suitable disintegrants three kilograms of Semtex Razor 40 were used. The explosive consisted of 16 cutting charges that were attached to eight Pardunenlaschen. The backstays with which the mast was braced in a northeasterly direction were so isolated at Pardunenfundament. The radio mast was still tired to the northwest and south and was thus in a southwesterly direction across the road between Brünkendorf and Sweden hill. The plan was a case direction of 244 degrees.

Originally a blasting New Year's Eve 2008/2009 was planned. However, the radio mast contained a high proportion of asbestos-containing materials that had to be removed earlier. The removal lasted until the spring of 2009. This created a further delay because the set and breeding seasons had between 1 March and 15 July 2009 in the Biosphere Reserve Lower Saxony Elbe Valley, where the transmitter is located, are observed.

Gartow 2

The 344 -meter-high radio mast Gartow 2 was built in 1977-1978. He allowed together with the former radio relay system first Berlin- Frohnau interference-free communication link, inter alia, for telephone calls between West Berlin and West Germany without use of infrastructure of the former East Germany. Prior to commissioning of this plant, this was only possible with the help of the disturbance-sensitive technique of horizon radio relay. Since this mast carried the directional antennas on the top, it was built in a particularly heavy duty. He is guyed in four heights of 60 m, 132 m, 216 m and 312 m partial to double backstays and contains several closed premises and an elevator for six people.

This mast is also equipped since 1989 with an anemometer. At a distance of 18 meters, the wind speeds and directions are measured with anemometers and wind direction sensors. In addition, strain gauges are attached to the corner posts of the tower and the terminals of the backstays to measure the boom due to wind load. The measuring system Gartow is run by the Institute for Steel Construction at the Technical University of Braunschweig.

The operating room at 325 meters above sea level represents the highest enclosed space above the ground in a building in the EU territory

In addition, radio amateurs to operate here a relay station for Amateur Television. It also contributes transmit antennas for radiating the FM broadcast Germany (DLF ) to 102.2 MHz with 94 kW ERP. A future use for the distribution of DVB-T programs in principle by mounting a corresponding antenna on the top possible, but was not carried out for reasons of cost.