Funkturm Stuttgart, Television tower in Stuttgart, Germany.
Funkturm Stuttgart is a 93-metre reinforced concrete transmitting tower built in 1966 on the Raichberg in Stuttgart-Ost. It is a slender mast carrying antennas for the police and fire-brigade radio, operated by the Stuttgart police, and it is closed to the public. Two red aviation safety lamps burn steadily at its top after dark.
Funkturm Stuttgart was built in 1966 on the Raichberg in Stuttgart-Ost as a reinforced concrete transmitting tower. It has served the radio networks of the Stuttgart police, which operates it, and the fire brigade. Its technical equipment has since been converted to digital technology after digital police radio was put into trial operation.
Locals call it the Polizeifunkturm, or police radio tower, because the Stuttgart police operate it and it carries police and fire-brigade radio traffic. Its technical equipment has been switched to digital technology, with digital police radio tested there. Two red aviation safety lamps burn steadily at the mast top after dark.
The tower stands on the Raichberg in Stuttgart-Ost and is not open to the public, so there is no observation deck to climb. It can be seen from the surrounding streets, and at night two red aviation safety lights burn steadily at the top of the mast. Built-in floodlights illuminate the forecourt.
The tower carries two red aviation safety lights at the top of its mast that glow steadily after dark, and fixed floodlights illuminate the forecourt. Its technical equipment has been switched to digital technology following the trial launch of digital police radio. The operator is the Stuttgart police.
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