{"id":61845,"date":"2025-01-26T08:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T12:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61845"},"modified":"2025-01-26T08:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T12:52:10","slug":"orf-moosbrun-rotating-antenna-to-be-demolished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/orf-moosbrun-rotating-antenna-to-be-demolished\/","title":{"rendered":"ORF: Moosbrun rotating antenna to be demolished"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12096\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Drehbare_Hochleistungsrichtantenne_ORF_Moosbrunn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12096\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12096\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Drehbare_Hochleistungsrichtantenne_ORF_Moosbrunn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Drehbare_Hochleistungsrichtantenne_ORF_Moosbrunn.jpg 645w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Drehbare_Hochleistungsrichtantenne_ORF_Moosbrunn-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drehbare Hochleistungsrichtantenne ORF Moosbrunn (Daniel Csiky &#8211; Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Adi, who shares the following news about Austria\u2019s historic 500-kilowatt shortwave transmitter in Moosbrunn:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heise.de\/en\/news\/ORF-has-Austria-s-500-kilowatt-short-wave-transmitter-blown-up-10253139.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ORF has Austria\u2019s 500-kilowatt short-wave transmitter blown up<\/b><b><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This massive, unique rotating HF antenna, capable of broadcasting to the furthest corners of the globe, is set to be demolished. The article explores its rich history, technical capabilities, and the broader implications of its loss for global communications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the full story on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heise.de\/en\/news\/ORF-has-Austria-s-500-kilowatt-short-wave-transmitter-blown-up-10253139.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>heise online<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adi, who shares the following news about Austria\u2019s historic 500-kilowatt shortwave transmitter in Moosbrunn: ORF has Austria\u2019s 500-kilowatt short-wave transmitter blown up This massive, unique rotating HF antenna, capable of broadcasting to the furthest corners of the globe, is set to be demolished. The article explores its rich history, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[10684,3568],"class_list":["post-61845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-moosbrunn","tag-orf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g5v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12095,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-osterreich-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":61845,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio \u00d6sterreich International","author":"Thomas","date":"January 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"For your listening pleasure:\u00a0Radio\u00a0\u00d6sterreich International. This recording was made on 6,155 kHz on January 29, 2015 starting about \u00a005:59 UTC. Only recently, SWLing Post reader, Eric asked about orchestral\u00a0music on shortwave--as you'll hear,\u00a0Radio Oesterreich International is certainly a good source! Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rotating high performance directional antenna of the ORF (Image: \"Drehbare Hochleistungsrichtantenne ORF Moosbrunn\u201c von Daniel Csiky - selbst fotografiert. 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