Transmitter Heilsberg

The transmitter Heilsberg was a large transmitter in the former East Prussia, approx.. 3 kilometers northwest of Lidzbark Warmiński (known as Heilsberg before 1945) at the road from Heilsberg to Preussisch Eylau. It went live on December 15th, 1930 with a transmitting power of 60 kilowatts, using a vertical cage antenna, which was hung with a rope spun between two 102 meter tall free-standing wood towers 200 meters apart.

In 1935 the transmitting power was increased to 100 kilowatts and the vertical cage aerial was replaced by a dipole with top capacity and coil, which was carried by a 115 metre high free standing wood tower.

In 1940 this was replaced with a 151 meter high guyed mast of square cross section lattice steel, which was insulated against ground. In addition, a triangle plane antenna and a 50 metre high guyed mast (also insulated against ground) were installed.

On January 31 1945 the facility was destroyed by the largest part of the withdrawing armed forces. After World War II a transmitter was operated on the site by the Soviet Foreign Service. From Mid of 1950ies until Mid of 1990ies a local program was broadcasted there with low power. The mast, which is 83 metres tall is today used for broadcasting of Radio Maryja on 106,2 MHz with 10 kW ERP and the TV programme TVP 1 on 527,25 MHz with 200 kW ERP. A shortwave facility for cross-border skywave jamming beamed towards the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria has existed in Heilsberg / Lidzbark Warmiński. The jamming facility was shut off for good in late 1988. Today, the site is a military area, presumably used for communications purposes.

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