Editing Wilsdruff transmitter (section)

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[[Image:Transmitter Wilsdruff.jpg|thumb|Transmitter Wilsdruff]]
The '''transmitter Wilsdruff''' was a [[medium wave]] [[radio]] broadcasting facility near [[Wilsdruff]], [[Germany]]. Until the 1990s there was a transmitter for 1044&nbsp;kHz with 250 kilowatts transmission power. This was a 153-metre guyed steel tube [[Radio masts and towers|mast]], insulated with respect to ground. Since the mid nineties transmission power was only 20 kilowatts. The new transmitter is in a circular building on which the mast stands. The old transmitter of the fifties is a technical monument. The whole facility is a relic from the [[Joseph Stalin]] era with a high fence (double fence with dog track and [[watchtower]]s) which is still almost complete.

[[Diesel engine]]s are employed for an emergency power supply, modified from [[World War II]] [[submarine]] engines. The program "MDR info" transmitted from here on 1044&nbsp;kHz until 2013. From 2001 to 2003 a second transmitter for MEGARADIO on 1431&nbsp;kHz was operated. This also used the {{convert|153|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} steel tube mast as its transmitter.

After its shutdown in 2013, the mast was torn down on August 1, 2021.