Helgoland radio tower
Helgoland radio tower is a 113 m (370 ft) high transmission tower on the island of Helgoland in Germany. It is owned by the Deutsche Telekom.[1] It was constructed in 2000, replacing an older, lower mast that was subsequently demolished, and has some unusual characteristics. It uses a triangular base and, despite being a free-standing tower, is supported by guy wires as well. A few months after its 2000 installation, Gemeinde Helgoland, Der Buergermeister, sought the sale of municipal land on the Düne area of Helgoland island for private building and operational purposes.[2]
Besides its use as a microwave radio relay station, it is used for transmitting radio and TV stations as well. It serves the entire island of Helgoland and is a major landmark on the island, and plays a major role in maintaining connections to the mainland.[3] In addition, the collective of Helgoland radio tower and two other towers on the island retain a military air that seems to discourage future attacks like the those by the Royal Air Force in 1952 that used the island as target practice.[4]
Channels
- Analog radio:[5]
- NDR 1 Welle Nord - 88.9 MHz (10 W)
- NDR 2 - 93.4 MHz (10 W)
- NDR Kultur - 97.0 MHz (10 W)
- NDR Info - 92.5 MHz (10 W)
- N-Joy - 91.5 MHz (50 W)
- Deutschlandfunk - 107.4 MHz (50 W)
- Deutschlandradio Kultur - 103.0 MHz (50 W)
- R.SH - 100.0 MHz (50 W)
- delta radio - 104.5 MHz (50 W)
- Radio NORA - 101.6 MHz (10 W)
- Klassik Radio - 89.8 MHz (10 W)
- Analog television (no longer on air):[6]
- Digital television (DVB-T):[7]
- UHF 23 - ZDF bouquet (250 W)
- UHF 39 - NDR bouquet (250 W)
- UHF 47 - ARD bouquet (250 W)
References
- ↑ A short trip of D-KFDI and D-KKGG to Helgoland, May 2009
- ↑ "D-Helgoland: sale of municipal land for specific purposes". Tenders Electronic Daily. December 5, 2000. Document number 000000150618-2000.
- ↑ Der Spiegel, Volume 19, Part 3 at Google Books
- ↑ Andrew Billen (September 18, 2000). "Atoll be the day". Evening Standard.
A military air is retained by its three radar towers, which seem to say: "Never Again."
- ↑ http://www.ukwtv.de/sender-tabelle/UKW/Deutschland/Schleswig-Holstein.htm
- ↑ Wittsmoorliste
- ↑ http://www.ukwtv.de/sender-tabelle/TV/Deutschland/Schleswig-Holstein.html
Coordinates: 54°10′49″N 7°53′00″E / 54.180397°N 7.883282°E