Domžale radio transmitter

The Domžale Transmitter is a facility for medium wave broadcasting near Domžale, in Slovenia. The first transmitter was built in 1928 and used until its destruction in 1941, during World War II. A t-antenna with 5 wires, it was hung on two 120-metre tall steel framework masts, which were insulated against the ground.

In 1949, the reconstruction of the transmitter started under the new socialist government. The transmitter was equipped with a 60-metre tall guyed tube mast, which was insulated against the ground. It entered service on 25 March 1951. This radio mast was replaced a little later by a 136-metre high guyed steel framework mast, which was also insulated against the ground.

In 1969, the transmitting power was increased to 200 kilowatts. In the course of the roll-out of the Geneva wave plan the transmitter got the licence to work with an output power of 600 kilowatts and the facility was renovated in the second half of the 1970s; not only were new transmitters installed, but the old radio mast was replaced by a 161-metre high guyed mast of steel tube, which is insulated against the ground. In July 1991, the station was attacked during the Ten Day War, and the 600-kilowatt transmitter was heavily damaged. The feeder and the radio mast of the old transmitter from the 1950s were not damaged, so there were only short interruptions in the transmission.

Today, a fully transistorized transmitter is in use at the Domžale Transmitter. The transmitter can be received easily at a medium wave frequency of 918 kHz across the whole of Europe at night-time.

See also

• List of masts

External links

• http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b57862

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