Raichberg Transmitter
The transmitter Raichberg is at Raichberg on the southwest Swabian Alb on the boundary of the district Albstadt Onstmettingen in Zollernalbkreis.
There is since 1950 a basic network channels of SWR (formerly of Südwestfunk ) for radio and television. As an antenna carrier erected in 1971, visible from afar, 137 -meter high guyed steel tube mast used. In addition, still there is a designed as a free-standing lattice tower radio tower.
Construction
The transmission tower consists of two segments: the lower part with a diameter of 1.50 meters carrying the antennas for DAB, radio, cellular and FM, the upper part of the UHF antenna for DVB -T. Before the conversion, 2007, the transmission tower consisted of three segments with a total height of 147 meters.
History
The transmitter Raichberg went on 23 December 1950 as FM transmitter for the first radio program of Südwestfunk, SWF, 1 in operation. At that time, the transmitting antenna was mounted on an observation tower, which stands next to the radio mast today. As of 24 December 1954, a 57 meter high steel tube mast was used as antenna support. Since this transmission mast could not carry the antennas for the broadcasting of the television program in 1971 went today, originally 147 meters high steel tube mast in operation. From 20 September 2007, the transmission tower of the forthcoming digital television DVB-T was converted. For this, the old analog VHF transmitter antenna was dismantled and a new 62 -meter-high UHF antenna for DVB- T mounted. This shrank the transmission tower from 147 to 137 meters.
Coverage area
The coverage area of the station mainly includes the Neckar-Alb region. Due to its exposed location, the programs are also about to receive by far. Due to the hilly countryside of the Swabian Alb in the south, some valleys of the Zollernalb district and the district of Sigmaringen on some large reception problems. For this reason, gap-fillers for FM broadcasting in Albstadt- Ebingen and Albstadt- Lautlingen be operated.
Frequencies and programs
Analogue radio (FM )
Digital radio (DAB / DAB )
DAB is broadcast in vertical polarization and in the single-frequency mode ( SFN) with other transmitters. By 12 January 2012, the radio and the SWR Radio and Germany ( Germany Funk ( 64 kbps -M), Germany radio culture (128 kbps) ) have been sent and DRadio knowledge ( 64/kbps ) on DAB channel 12B. Due to the implementation of the digital radio channel change was completed, the programs of the Germany radio will no longer be broadcast.
- SWR1 BW (192 kbps)
- SWR2 BW ( 120 kbps, DAB )
- SWR3 ( 120 kbps, DAB )
- SWR4 BW ( 120 kbps, DAB )
- SWRinfo (192 kbps)
- DASDING ( 120 kbps, DAB )
- Program accompanying supplementary information (DAB )
Digital TV (DVB -T)
On 27 November 2007, the analogue terrestrial distribution of television program was the first ended and switched the transmitter Raichberg to DVB-T. The television converter for ZDF and SWR television, were also shut down. Since then, with a DVB -T receiver to receive the following twelve programs:
- The first one ( BWR)
- ARTE
- Phoenix
- EinsPlus
- SWR Fernsehen (Baden- Württemberg)
- Hr- TV
- Bayerisches Fernsehen ( Swabia / Old Bavaria )
- WDR Fernsehen (Cologne)
Analog TV (PAL)
Up to the conversion on 27 November 2007 on Freeview following programs were broadcast in analog PAL:
The transmitter low power once served the supply of Hechingen.
Pictures
Board at SWR transmitter building
Radio tower on the mountain Raich, in the background the castle Hohenzollern
Seen mountain and stations from the north from Albvorland from
Conversion work for DVB- T transmitter systems Raichberg in September 2007