Transmitter Żórawina

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The transmitter Żórawina is a facility for FM (in earlier days also for MW) -transmission at Żórawina, then Rothsorben or Rothbach, south of Wrocław (then Breslau) 17°01' E and 50°59' N. It was established in 1932 as "Reichssender Breslau" and used as an antenna tower, a 140 metre tall free-standing lattice tower built of wood, in which a wire antenna was hung up. On the top of the tower there was an octanular ring of bronze with a diameter of 10.6 metres for electrical lengthing the antenna.

In 1940 a second transmission aerial was built. It was an arrangement of 3 T-antennas mounted on three 49.9 metre tall guyed masts, which formed a triangle with equal side length. This antenna was as the wood tower in use until the shutdown of the facility on February 7, 1945. After World War II the facility was rebuilt as transmitter Żórawina for medium wave with a 260 metre high guyed mast, which is insulated against ground. After medium wave broadcasting was discontinued, it is used to re-transmit various FM programmes and experimental digital TV channels.