Ochsenkopf TV Tower
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Ochsenkopf TV Tower is a 163 metre tall TV tower of reinforced concrete, which was built in 1958 as replacement for a 50 metre tall guyed steel tube TV mast, which collapsed in January 1958 as result of icing, on the summit of the 1024 metre high Ochsenkopf mountain, the second highest mountain in the Fichtel Mountains in Northern Bavaria. Ochsenkopf TV Tower, which is not accessible for tourists, has a characteristic hyperbolic shaped basement, in which are 5 floors with technical equipment. Above it, there are platforms for directional antennas. The antennas for FM-transmission are on the upper part of the concrete tower, that for TV transmission on a steel tube mast on the top.
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[edit] Role for Supply of TV from West Germany in former GDR
Ochsenkopf TV Tower played an important role for the supply of former GDR with FM and TV programmes in the southern areas of former GDR, where antennas for its reception where because of their characteristic design ( long antenna elements, vertical polarization) nicknamed "Ochsenkopf antennas".
[edit] Similar Towers
Many other TV towers of similar design were built after 1958 in Germany and other European countries.
These are e.g.:
- Święty Krzyż TV Tower in Poland
- Brotjacklriegl TV Tower in Germany
- Donnersberg TV Tower in Germany
- Ještěd Tower in Czech
- A TV tower in Schladming, Austria [1]
[edit] Transmitted Programmes
| Program | Frequency | ERP |
|---|---|---|
| Bayern 1 | 90,7 MHz | 100 kW |
| Bayern 1 | 91,2 MHz | 20 kW |
| Bayern 2 Radio | 96,0 MHz | 100 kW |
| Bayern 3 | 99,4 MHz | 100 kW |
| DLF | 100,3 MHz | 100 kW |
| Bayern 4 Klassik | 102,3 MHz | 100 kW |
| Antenne Bayern | 103,2 MHz | 100 kW |
| B5 Aktuell | 107,1 MHz | 100 kW |
[edit] External links
- http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0011594
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b54478
![[1]](http://www.dxradio-ffm.de/AUTSchladming.jpg){kind=link}