Transmitter Heilsberg
The transmitter Heilsberg was a large transmitter in the former East Prussia, approximately 3 kilometers northwest of Lidzbark Warmiński (known as Heilsberg before 1945) at the road from Heilsberg to Preussisch Eylau. It went live on December 15, 1930 with a transmitting power of 60 kilowatts, using a vertical cage antenna, which was hung with a rope spun between two 102-metre tall free-standing wood towers 200 metres 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-metre 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 1950s until mid 1990s a local program was broadcast 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.
[edit] External links
- SkyscraperPage.com: Heilsberg Transmitter - Cage Antenna Support Towers, Lidzbark Warminski
- SkyscraperPage.com: Heilsberg Transmitter - Radio Tower, Lidzbark Warminski
- SkyscraperPage.com: Heilsberg Transmitter - Radio Mast, Lidzbark Warminski
- RadioPolska: Niekomercyjny serwis poświęcony radiofonii i telewizji w Polsce
- RadioPolska: Z archiwum wykazu - 153-1602 kHz (2)
Coordinates: 54°08′20″N 20°33′52″E / 54.13889°N 20.56444°E
