Veľké Kostoľany transmitter

The transmitter Veľké Kostoľany (Slovak vysielač Veľké Kostoľany; known because of its proximity to the corresponding city also known as transmitter Nitra ) is a now largely disused larger transmission device for medium-wave and short-wave broadcasting in the western Slovakia. The state before the political changes in Czechoslovakia plant was privatized since that year. In particular, the Slovak State Radio ( Slovenský rozhlas, SRo ) spread from here since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993 its programs on medium wave and on radio Slovakia International for international shortwave. The short-wave transmitters were shut down in 1998. Although the medium-wave transmitter is still in operation, but has a strongly reduced transmission power.

History

The now disused transmitter facility is located just north of Veľké Kostoľany near the western Slovakian town of Nitra ( German: Neutra ) northwest of the capital Bratislava. Located close to the city of Nitra, the system was therefore also known as transmitter Nitra.

The transmission system was commissioned in 1949 with four 100 kW shortwave transmitters payable in steel truss design for the then Foreign Service Czechoslovakia ( today's Czech and foreign service ) Radio Prague in operation. In parallel, an entirely new medium wave transmitter was built with a maximum of 500 kW power level, the should (also known as a transmitter Pressburg ) complement the older medium wave transmitter of Bratislava.

Over the next decades, the area was in Veľké Kostoľany the prime means of the Czechoslovak international broadcasting until the newer shortwave facility Rimavská Sobota completely modernized between 1980 and 1982 in southern Slovakia and thus became the new prime location to the outside. The transmitter in Veľké Kostoľany were, in contrast, does not change except for alterations in the sense of technical updating and increasing their transmission power to a greater extent.

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December 1992 and the establishment of the two new states Czech Republic and Slovakia, the plant was on the territory of Slovakia. The previously state transmitter system was privatized shortly after the political changes in Czechoslovakia and now operated from 1993 by a new Slovak telecommunications company. The plant has been used since 1993 on the shortwave almost exclusively from the Slovak Radio ( Slovenský rozhlas ) after the now -Czech foreign service instead with the old and new name Radio Prague still for another ten years also sent to the facilities in Rimavská Sobota. On the medium wave was in 1993 in the episode, only the Slovak radio to hear.

Shortwave transmitter

The four short wave transmitters Veľké Kostoľany were used for the complete shortwave broadcasting on all HF bands. The maximum transmission power has been increased from 100 to 250 kW, each over time. However, the unit came from 1982 and especially from 1993 onwards more and more in the shade of the Rimavská Sobota, after which the operation was set to short wave in 1998 due to unprofitability.

Medium-wave transmitter

The medium-wave transmitter Veľké Kostoľany transmits on the frequency 1098 kHz, was designed for a transmission power of 500 kW and beamed his program until around 1995 in all directions with this performance. By 2003, the transmitting power was on the frequency of 1098 kHz with a maximum of 250 kW, then this was again reduced to 50 kW. Since 2009, the transmitter operates at a power of 10 kilowatts.

Former users

• Czechoslovak Radio (1949-1992)
• Czech Radio (1993-2002)
• Slovak Radio ( shortwave or medium wave from 1993 to 1998 since 1993)