The Piątkowo transmitter (Polish designation: SLR Piątkowo) is a facility for directional radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 and broadcasting of local FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 and TV programmes at Piątkowo

Piątkowo, Poznań

Piątkowo is a part of the city of Poznań in western Poland. It consists mainly of large estates of blocks of flats, built from the late 1970s onwards...

, a northern residential district of the Polish city of Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

. The Piątkowo transmitter, which is situated at 52°27′35"N 16°54′27"E and property of the Polish company Emitel, consists of two tower

Tower

A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires....

s of different height and construction type.

The smaller tower is a 76 metre tall free-standing concrete tower, which was built in 1963. Unlike most concrete telecommunication towers, it has no antenna mast on its top.
The higher tower of Piątkowo transmitter is a 128 metre tall free-standing lattice tower, which was built in 1993. This tower is the second tallest structure in Poznań (a chimney of a power station in the urban part Karolin is taller) and belongs to the tallest free-standing radio towers in Poland.

Programmes transmitted

Radio Radio Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
Program	Frequency Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...	Transmission Power
PR1 Polskie Radio S.A.	89,10 MHz	0,10 kW
EMAUS Archidiecezja Poznańska	89,80 MHz	1 kW
RMI FM Media Sp. z o.o.	90,60 MHz	0,10 kW
TOK FM - Pierwsze Radio Informacyjne INFORADIO Sp. z o.o.	97,70 MHz	0,10 kW
PR4 Polskie Radio S.A.	100,20 MHz	0,10 kW
Radiostacja "Radiostacja" Sp. z o.o.	101,60 MHz	1 kW
Radio ZET Radio ZET Sp. z o.o.	104,70 MHz	0,10 kW
Radio Merkury Polskie Radio - Regionalna Rozgłośnia w Poznaniu "Radio Merkury" S.A.	102,70 MHz	0,40 kW

TV
Program	Frequency Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...	Channel Channel (communications) In telecommunications and computer networking, a communication channel, or channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel...	Transmission power
TVN TVN S.A.	679,25 MHz	47	1 kW

External links

• http://emi.emitel.pl/EMITEL/obiekty.aspx?obiekt=DODR_W1J
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b25864
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b26620
• http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=132
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