The FM and TV mast Katowice / Kosztowy (RTCN Katowice / Kosztowy) is a 358,7 metre tall guyed
mast
Mast, MAST or MASt may refer to:
Engineering
* Mast (sailing), a vertical spar on a sailing ship
* Flagmast, a pole for flying a flag
* Guyed mast, a structure supported by guy-wires
* Mooring mast, a structure for docking an airship
* Radio mast ...
for
FM and
TV situated at
Mysłowice - near
Kosztowy,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. It replaced the TVP Katowice Mast which was dismantled in the 1970s.
The TVP Katowice Mast which it replaced was a 225-metre-high guyed steel framework mast with a triangular cross-section near Katowice, Poland. It was not the transmission site for the medium-wave frequency 1080 kHz. This frequency is transmitted by the
transmitter Koszęcin.
The FM and TV mast
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
/ Kosztowy is since the collapse of the
Warsaw radio mast the tallest structure in Poland. It was inaugurated on June 23, 1976. Originally its height was 269 metres. In 1987 it was converted to its actual value.
Transmitted Programs
Digital Television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advanc ...
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a group of international standards for the compression of digital audio and visual data, multimedia systems, and file storage formats. It was originally introduced in late 1998 as a group of audio and video coding formats and related tec ...
Digital Radio
Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum. Digital transmission by radio waves includes digital broadcasting, and especially digital audio radio services.
Types
In digital broadcasting syst ...
Programs
Analogue Radio Programs
See also
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List of masts
External links
EmiTelMast in RadioPolskaDVB-T map in SilesiaTV Katowice History*
Radio masts and towers in Poland
Silesian Voivodeship
Mysłowice
Towers completed in 1976
1976 establishments in Poland
Buildings and structures in Silesian Voivodeship
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