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The Żórawina radio transmitter is a facility for FM (and previously MW) transmission at
picture from communist era, showing the actual mast and the former wooden tower
Radio masts and towers in Poland Buildings and structures in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Wrocław County Towers completed in 1932 1932 establishments in Poland {{Europe-mast-stub
The Żórawina radio transmitter is a facility for FM (and previously MW) transmission at Żórawina
Żórawina (: , 1937–1947: ) is a village (former town) in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (''gmina'') called Gmina Żórawina. It lies approximately south of ...
, south of Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
. It was established in 1932 as "Reichssender Breslau" and used as an antenna tower. Originally it was a 140-metre-tall free-standing lattice tower built of wood, on which a wire antenna was hung up. On the top of the tower there was an octagonal ring of bronze with a diameter of 10.6 metres for electrical lengthening of the antenna.
In 1940 a second transmission aerial was built. It was an arrangement of three T-antenna
A ‘T’-antenna, ‘T’-aerial, or flat-top antenna is a monopole antenna, monopole antenna (radio), radio antenna consisting of one or more horizontal wires suspended between two supporting radio masts and towers, radio masts or buildings and ...
s mounted on three 49.9-metre-tall guyed masts, which formed a triangle with equal side length. This antenna and the wood tower were in use until the shutdown of the facility on February 7, 1945.
After 1945 transmission was resumed by the Polish Broadcasting Company using the wood tower as an antenna tower. The frequency of the transmitter was changed to 1206 kHz in 1965. In 1976 a 260-metre-tall mast radiator
A mast radiator (or radiating tower) is a radio mast or tower in which the metal structure itself is energized and functions as an antenna. This design, first used widely in the 1930s, is commonly used for transmitting antennas operating at l ...
was built at the site, with the radiated power increased to 200 kilowatts after its completion. The wood tower remained as a backup antenna until its demolition in fall 1990. Until its own demolition, the tower was the tallest wooden structure on earth after the demolition of the wooden radio tower of Transmitter Ismaning on March 16, 1983.
In 1997 the MW transmitter was shut down. The guys of the mast, which were divided by insulators, were replaced with guys without insulators as the mast is now only used for FM- and TV-transmissions.
Transmitted programmes
TV programmes
FM radio programmes
See also
* List of masts *List of towers
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External links
* http://www.emitel.pl/obiekty/wroclawzorawina.html * http://www.ukf.pl/index.php/topic,52.0.html * http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b47072 * http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b60101 * http://skps.wroclaw.pl/wieczorynki/wiecz09.php * http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=138picture from communist era, showing the actual mast and the former wooden tower
Radio masts and towers in Poland Buildings and structures in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Wrocław County Towers completed in 1932 1932 establishments in Poland {{Europe-mast-stub