The Sendeturm Dobratsch (Dobratsch Transmitter Tower) is a

radio tower Radio masts and towers are typically tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. There are two main types: guyed and self-supporting structures. They are among the tallest human-m ...

on the Dobratsch mountain, the easternmost peak of the

Gailtal Alps The Gailtal Alps ( or ''Drauzug''), is a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria. It rises between the River Drava (''Drau'') and the Gail (river), Gail valley (in southwestern Carinthia (state), Carinthia) and through the southe ...

near

Villach Villach (; ; ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 61,887. Together wit ...

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

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The transmitter was built in 1971 and succeeded a provisional facility on the lower Pyramidenkogel mountain near Klagenfurt. It consists of a concrete tower which carries a guyed steel tube mast on the top, similar to the Gerbrandy Tower in the

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. The tower is located at an altitude of above sea-level, its total height is . The transmission facility can be reached by a private cable car from

Bad Bleiberg Bad Bleiberg () is a market town in the district of Villach-Land District, Villach-Land, in Carinthia, Austria. Originally a mining area, especially for lead (), Bad Bleiberg today due to its hot springs is a spa town. Geography Bad Bleiberg is ...

. The Dobratsch Transmitter Tower is used for directional radio services and

FM broadcasting FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to transmit high fidelity, high-f ...

as well as for

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transmission of several TV programmes. 125,000 watts ERP make it the strongest transmitter of Austria. It supplies virtually the entire state of Carinthia as well as adjacent regions in

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) and

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* http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b46989 * {{Structurae, id=20025983, title=Dobratsch Transmission Tower
Pictures of Dobratsch transmitting site
Towers in Austria Buildings and structures in Carinthia

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