Editing Transmitter Solt (section)

== History ==
By the early 1970s, interference from the increasing number of powerful MW transmitters across Europe rendered the [[Lakihegy Tower|Lakihegy Transmitter]] inadequate to provide the required coverage (covered approximately 50% of the territory of Hungary in 1972) so the [[Magyar Posta|Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post)]] and the [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|central government]] decided to build a new transmitter with improved characteristics.<ref name="Solt"/> The high priority project involved [[Hungary|Hungarian]], [[Poland|Polish]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] engineers from several companies and organizations. Construction works started in 1974, with several [[farmhouse]]s and [[barn]]s having been demolished on the intended site.<ref name="Solt2"/>

The transmitter was completed in 1977 and went on air the same year.<ref name="Solt"/> It underwent a substantial renovation and equipment modernisation in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ahrt.hu/hu/hirek/befejezodtek-a-solti-kozephullamu-radioallomas-rekonstrukcios-munkai|title = Antenna Hungária &#124; Befejeződtek a solti középhullámú rádióállomás rekonstrukciós munkái}}</ref>