Transmitter Berlin-Britz

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The Transmitter Berlin-Britz is a broadcasting facility for medium wave, shortwave and FM on the area of a former tree school in Berlin-Britz. It was established in 1946 and until 1993 it was the most important transmitter of RIAS. It is now used by Deutschlandradio. The transmitter Berlin-Britz used at its beginning in 1946 a wire, which was span between two 30 metre high wood poles. This aerial was replaced in 1947 by a 60 metre high guyed insulated steel framework mast. This mast was replaced in 1948 by two guyed insulated steel framework masts with a height of 100 metres and which exist still today.

These masts were in the following years made higher. Nowadays they are 160 metres and 144 metres high and carry aerials for FM.

Since 1949 the transmitter Berlin-Britz is also a shortwave transmission facility. Therefore a dipol aerial showing in East-West direction was installed on the area of the station. A second shortwave broadcasting aerial in form of a dipole with whole length was built in 1983.

In 1978 for a better supply of former East Germany with the first program of RIAS a cross dipole aerial on the station site for the medium wave frequency 990 kHz was built. This aerial for circular polarization radiated vertically in the ionosphere and allowed a good reception of the first program in the whole area of former Eastern Germany. Unfortunately this aerial mounted on five guyed masts with a height of 30.5 metres had to be shutdown at the end of 1995.