Sender Inselsberg Explained

The Sender Inselsberg (transmitter Inselsberg) is an FM, DAB+ and television-transmission facility on the Großer Inselsberg in Thuringia, Germany. It has two aerial towers, which were built in 1939 and 1974.

The transmission tower built in 1939 is a 43.31adj=midNaNadj=mid freestanding cylindrical tower built of steel concrete, which carried until the beginning of the 1990s similar to Gerbrandy Tower a guyed steel tube mast on its top. This mast carried the FM- and TV-broadcasting aerials.

Nowadays this mast is demounted and there are only small aerials for mobile phone services on its top. The tower is nicknamed because of its cylindrical form "thermos flask".

The transmission tower built in 1974 is a 126adj=midNaNadj=mid freestanding steel tube tower on three feet. This tower which is similar to the tower of transmitter Brocken, which was built at the same time, carries above its legs three platforms for aerials for directional radio services and in its topmost section, protected by layers of glass-reinforced plastic, transmission aerials for FM broadcasting services and TV.

Signals transmitted from Inselsberg

Analogue television (formerly)

FM radio

Frequency 
(MHz)
ProgrammeRDS PSRDS PIRegional programmeERP 
(kW)
92.5MDR ThüringenMDR_THUED4F1Erfurt80
90.2MDR JumpMDR_JUMPD3C280
87.9MDR Kultur__MDR___/_KULTUR_D3C349
97.2Deutschlandfunk KulturDlf_KultD220100
102.2Antenne ThüringenAT-WEST_
ANT.THUE
D4F8 (regional), 
D3F8
West100
104.2Landeswelle ThüringenLANDESW.D4F9 (regional), 
D3F9
West100

Digital Radio (DAB+)

BlockkWOperator
5C5DR Deutschland
5D5Antenne Deutschland
8B10MDR Thüringen

Digital Television (DVB-T2)

ChannelFrequency 
(MHz)
MultiplexProgrammesERP 
(kW)
Bitrate 
(MBit/s)
27522MDR 1 (ARD) 5023.6
39618MDR 2 (ARD) 5023.6
41634Substream 0:ZDF

(ZDFmobil)

Substream 1: MEDIA BROADCAST

Substream 0:

Substream 1:

  • freenet.TV connect
5022
In order to receive ARD-alpha HD (Internet) and SWR BW HD (Internet), a hbb-TV-compatible device is required.

See also

External links

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