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[[image:Raichberg_transmitter.jpg|thumb|left|The mast of Raichberg Transmitter until 2007]]
'''Raichberg transmitter''' is a broadcast facility for various FM radio and television programs operated by the [[Südwestrundfunk]] (SWR, "Southwest Broadcasting") on the [[Raichberg]] mountain (elevation {{convert|956|m|ft|sp=us}}) in [[Albstadt]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. It uses a 137 meter (449&nbsp;ft) guyed steel tube mast as the antenna tower. There is also a free-standing lattice tower for [[microwave radio]].

[[File:Raichberg 100731.jpg|thumb|right|Raichberg mountain with broadcast transmitter]]

==History==
The Raichberg station started broadcast service on {{start date and age|1950|12|23|df=y|p=y}} as an FM radio transmitter operating the Südwestfunks program SWF 1. The first transmitting antenna was installed at this time on the observation tower “Raichbergturm”, which is close to the current station. Since December 1954, a {{convert|57|m|sp=us|adj=on}} high steel tube mast was used as an antenna support. As this tower could not carry TV broadcasting antennas, a new steel tube mast went into operation starting in {{start date and age|1971|p=y}}. Between September and November 2007, the originally {{convert|147|m|sp=us|adj=on}} high mast was converted to the upcoming digital [[DVB-T]]. The old analog [[VHF]] antenna was dismantled and a new {{convert|62|m|sp=us|adj=on}} high [[UHF]] antenna segment for DVB-T was mounted on top, thereby shrinking the transmission tower from {{convert|147|to|137|m|sp=us}}.

==See also==
*[[List of masts]]

==External links==
* {{Structurae|id=20017523|title=Raichberg Transmission Mast}}
* {{Structurae|id=20017712|title=Raichberg Directional Radio Transmitter}}

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[[Category:Radio in Germany]]
[[Category:Radio masts and towers in Germany]]
[[Category:Albstadt]]