Transmitter Berlin-Britz was a

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facility for

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and FM on the site of a former tree nursery in

Berlin-Britz Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is known for being the site ...

. It was established in 1946 and until 1993 it was the most important transmitter of RIAS. It was used by

Deutschlandradio Deutschlandradio (DLR; ) is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutschlandfunk Kultur'' ...

until 4 September 2013, and was finally demolished on 18 July 2015. The Berlin-Britz transmitter initially used a wire supported between two tall wooden poles. This aerial was replaced in 1947 by a guyed insulated steel framework mast. This mast was replaced in turn in 1948 by two guyed insulated steel framework masts, each with a height of and which still exist today. These masts were extended in subsequent years so that today they are and tall and carry FM radio broadcasting antennas. Since 1949 the Berlin-Britz transmitter has also been a shortwave transmission facility. A dipole aerial aligned in east–west direction was installed. A second shortwave broadcasting aerial in the form of a dipole with whole length was built in 1983. A cross dipole aerial for the

frequency 990 kHz was built in 1978 to provide better coverage to the former

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for RIAS’ first channel. This aerial for circular polarization radiated vertically in the ionosphere and permitted good reception of RIAS 1 in the entire former East Germany. This aerial was mounted on five guyed masts each with a height of and was shut down at the end of 1995.

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