Fernmeldeturm Berlin

From 1964 to the early nineties, the tower was used to implement two over-the-horizon radio links to the rest of West Germany.

Because of these aerials, the Fernmeldeturm Berlin had to be designed to withstand triple the wind loading of the comparably sized TV tower in Stuttgart.

Directly adjacent to the Fernmeldeturm Berlin is a free standing steel framework tower.

Since 2001, the Fernmeldeturm Berlin is also used for transmissions in the medium wave range on 1485 kHz in DRM mode.

Since the tower was not designed to accommodate this frequency range, a long wire aerial was installed for this purpose.