The Hörby transmitter (''Hörbymasten'' in Swedish) is a transmission centre located in Östra Sallerup, near

Hörby Hörby () is a locality and the seat of Hörby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 15 631 inhabitants in 2019. 6 km (3.7 mi) south-east of the center of Hörby is at least since 1959 the location of a radio and TV transmitter. S ...

in the southmost part of

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operated by national broadcaster

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. Due to its location in the middle of the province, it provides

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and television to most of

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. It is 320 metres high and when opened in October 1959 it was one of the tallest structures in Europe. It transmits the four national channels from

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, SR P2, SR P3 and SR P4. Two versions of P4 are provided: SR Malmöhus and SR Kristianstad. The only remaining short wave radio transmissions also originated from outside Hörby, but were broadcast from the Hörby short wave transmitter. The Hörby transmitter is among the last in Sweden to terminate its analogue signals. The analogue television channels carried by the transmitter were

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and TV4, all on UHF, which is unusual as SVT1 was usually broadcast on VHF. The analogue broadcasts of SVT2 and TV4 were closed down on October 15, 2007, with SVT1 continuing its broadcast for two more weeks. The station has been broadcasting digital television (

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) since 1999 and carries all seven national multiplexes. On 2 April 2011 some short wave antennas have been blasted and dismantled. Among these the curtain antenna "G1".

References

External links

Horbyradioforening (In Swedish)
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