Aholming transmitter, Radio transmission tower in Aholming, Germany.
The Aholming transmitter was a radio facility consisting of two tall steel lattice towers near the village of Aholming. The installation worked by sending radio signals across Lower Bavaria and beyond through a combination of broadcasting equipment positioned at the site.
This facility began broadcasting in 1989, taking over the role from an older radio site. Programming continued until 2014, when longwave radio technology was phased out.
The site broadcast Deutschlandfunk on 207 kHz, and its signal reached most of Europe. At night the two masts were fed with a 117° phase shift, suppressing radiation toward the east so as not to interfere with a transmitter then operating at Kiev on the same frequency.
The transmitter building stood 420 metres from both masts and covered 1,300 square metres. The two steel lattice masts, 265 metres tall and 483 metres apart, were brought down by controlled demolition on 29 March 2018, so the site between Aholming and Ottmaring now shows no towers. The grounds are private property; the area can be seen from nearby public roads.
Both towers were completely demolished in 2018, leaving an empty field that now marks where this radio facility once stood. This location represented one of Germany's final longwave broadcast centers.
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