The Zeven DECCA-transmitter was a transmitting facility for
DECCA transmission at
Zeven
Zeven () is a town in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of around 14,000. The nearest large towns are Bremerhaven, Bremen and Hamburg. It is situated approximately 22 km northwest of Rotenburg, and 40& ...
, Germany. It used a 93 metre tall guyed mast antenna, which is insulated against ground. As backup antenna, a 46-meter mast radiator also insulated against ground was in its proximity.
From 1952 until 1992 the DECCA transmitter Zeven belonged to the German DECCA chain, which consisted of transmitters at Brilon, Stadtkyll and Coburg-Lautertal. In this chain it was the "Green" station and transmitted on 127,1100 kHz.
After 1968 the station served also in the Frisian DECCA-chain as the "Purple"-station and used the frequency of 71.433 kHz. From 1992 until the shut-down of Frisian Decca chain on December 31, 1999, this station was operated exclusively for this DECCA chain.
After shut-down of DECCA, the facility was not used until the 2004. At this year it started transmitting of
DGPS
Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPSs) supplement and enhance the positional data available from global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs). A DGPS can increase accuracy of positional data by about a thousandfold, from approximately to ...
-signals on the frequency 303.5 kHz.
In 2017 the 93m tall mast was demolished, because a new built steel lattice tower adopted its task.
See also
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List of famous transmission sites
In the following there are lists of sites of notable radio transmitters. During the early history of radio many countries had only a few high power radio stations, operated either by the government or large corporations, which broadcast to the po ...
External links
* http://www.earth-dots.de/decca-sender-zeven-94695.html
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* http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b57861
* http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b57860
Radio masts and towers in Germany
Buildings and structures in Rotenburg (district)
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