Editing Transmitter Solt (section)

{{short description|Radio transmitter station in Hungary}}
{{Expand Hungarian|topic=struct|Solti rádióadó|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox building
|name=Transmitter Solt
|native_name=''Solti rádióadó''
|image=Antennenmast Solt.jpg
|caption=
|building_type=[[Radio masts and towers|Mast radiator insulated against ground]]
|location=[[Solt]], [[Bács-Kiskun]], [[Hungary]]
|coordinates=
|status=In use
|start_date=6 September 1974
|completion_date=10 January 1977
|destruction_date=
|height=303.6 m
|civil_engineer= 
|architect= 
|main_contractor= [[Magyar Posta]] (Hungarian Post)
|other_designers=
}}

The '''Transmitter Solt''' ({{langx|hu|Solti rádióadó}}) is a [[Transmitter|radio transmission facility]] for 540&nbsp;kHz [[Mediumwave|MW (Medium Wave)]] near [[Solt]], [[Hungary]], serving as the primary transmitter site for [[Kossuth Rádió]].<ref name="Solt2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/1976/03/1976_03_02.PDF |title=Fucskó Lajos: A magyar középhullámú műsorszórás (History of the Hungarian medium wave broadcasting, 1924-1975), Híradástechnika, 1975 (Hungarian) |access-date=2013-08-22 |archive-date=2021-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612193828/https://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/1976/03/1976_03_02.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref> With an output power of 2000&nbsp;kW (2 MW), it is the [[List of European medium wave transmitters|most powerful radio transmitter in Europe]] and is among the most powerful radio transmitters in the world.<ref>[http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=540 List of medium wave transmitters worldwide, MWLIST - longwave, mediumwave, tropical bands and shortwave radio database (English)]</ref><ref name="Solt">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/2008/2008_kszam/HT_kszam_tv50-4.pdf |title=Hlatky Béla: Egy évforduló nyomában – 30 éves a solti adó (Solt Transmitter is 30 years old), Híradástechnika, 2008 (Hungarian) |access-date=2013-08-16 |archive-date=2021-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126143425/https://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/2008/2008_kszam/HT_kszam_tv50-4.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its intended broadcast area covers the [[Hungarian people|Hungarian-speaking]] territories of [[Central Europe|Central]]- and [[Eastern Europe]], however successful reception of the [[Kossuth Rádió]] was reported from as far as [[Michigan|Michigan, United States]]<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/J7OcQIr5_cA| archive-date = 2021-12-08| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7OcQIr5_cA| title = 540 kHz MR1 Kossuth Rádió Hungary Medium Wave DX Heard in Michigan | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/2012/10/mr1-mr1-kossuth-radio-solt-hungary-on.html|title=SOUTH EAST ASIA DXING: MTVA / MR1-Kossuth Radio (Solt, Hungary on Medium-Wave)|date=27 October 2012}}</ref>  It uses a 303.6-metre tall [[guyed mast]].<ref name="Solt"/> The transmitter site (including all its original equipment) has been a preserved industrial [[monument]] since 2013.<ref>[http://www.kecskemeti-hirhatar.hu/hirek/muemlek-lett-a-solti-radioado Műemlék lett a solti rádióadó (Transmitter Solt became a monument), Kecskeméti hírhatár (Hungarian)]</ref>