Dillberg transmitter

Dillberg transmitter

Dillberg transmitter
Location	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Mast height	198m
Coordinates	49°19′27″N 11°22′56″E / 49.32417°N 11.38222°E / 49.32417; 11.38222
Built	1955
Local TV service	Bavarian Broadcasting Company

Dillberg transmitter is a transmitting facility of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company (German: Bayerischer Rundfunk) on the 595-metre-high Dillberg mountain west of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. Dillberg transmitter went into service in 1955 for serving the area of Nuremberg with TV and FM radio programmes from a 198-metre-tall guyed mast.

Medium wave transmissions

In 1969 Dillberg transmitter took over the

a single frequency network, as operating on 909 kHz would have required an expensive extension of the antenna as directional radiation would be required at night time for this frequency. The Mediumwave Transmitter has been officially shut down on September 30, 2015 (together with the Würzburg 729 kHz and Ismaning 801 kHz Transmitters), according to Guidelines of the "Commission for Budget Requirement of public Broadcast (KEF)" and also due to the fact that there remained only minimal auditorium for the "Bayern Plus" Program via Mediumwave, which is primarily distributed digitally today - Bavaria-wide - via DAB+ (Bavarian Bouquet), within Broadband Cable Networks and Satellite (DVB-S), as well as via Internet.

Directional radio

In 1986 a 62-metre-tall telecommunication tower was built nearby for directional radio services. A second mast for TV transmission with a height of 231 metres was built in 1991. This mast is, like the old mast, grounded and equipped with a cage antenna for medium wave broadcasting. After completion of this mast, the old mast is used only as a backup antenna mast.

Short wave transmitter

In 2004 a

-mode was installed. On May 30, 2005 the analogue TV transmitters were switched off after digital transmitters took over their task.

Control centre

At Dillberg transmitter there is the control centre for transmitter operation of Northern Bavaria of Bavaria Broadcasting Company. From this installation, the radio and TV transmitters of Bavarian Broadcasting Company, which are not always staffed, are remotely controlled.

Frequencies of Dillberg transmitter

Sendername	Frequency	ERP
BAYERN 1	88,9 MHz	25 kW
BAYERN 1	104,5 MHz	5 kW
BAYERN 2	92,3 MHz	25 kW
BAYERN 2	102,5 MHz	10 kW
BAYERN 3	97,9 MHz	25 kW
BAYERN 4 KLASSIK	87,6 MHz	25 kW
B 5 AKTUELL	102,0 MHz	25 kW
ANTENNE BAYERN	100,6 MHz	25 kW

References

External links

• Reservesendemast Dillberg (1955) at Structurae
• Entry of old transmission mast of Dillberg transmitter at Skyscraperpage
• Sendemast Dillberg (1991) at Structurae
• Entry of new transmission mast of Dillberg transmitter at Skyscraperpage
• Entry of directional radio tower at Skyscraperpage