Suchá Hora transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission on 1,231.6 metres high mountain Skalka (Kremnica Mountains

Kremnica Mountains

The Kremnica Mountains are a volcanic mountain range in central Slovakia. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts.The mountain range is situated east of the town of Kremnica, which gave it its name...

) near Banská Bystrica

Banská Bystrica

Banská Bystrica is a key city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With 81,281 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia...

 in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. Suchá Hora transmitter uses as antenna mast a 312 metres tall guyed tubular mast

Guyed mast

A guyed mast is a tall thin vertical structure that receives support from guy lines.Guyed masts are frequently used for radio masts. The mast can either support aerials mounted at its top, or the entire structure itself can function as an antenna ; this is called a mast radiator...

, which is one of the tallest structure of Slovakia and one the highest elevated supertall structures in Europe.
The mast of Suchá Hora transmitter was built in 1960. The transmitter went on service on October 28th, 1960. In 1961 a storm blasted the roof of the transmitter building away and in 1962 the 7 ton weighing TV broadcasting antenna, which was covered with ice, fell from 300 metres height to the ground and impacted close to the transmitter building.
Close to the tower, there is a small free-standing telecommunication tower built of steel.

FM

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... [MHz]	Programm	ERP
87.7	Jemné Melódie	10.00 kW
90.1	Rádio Slovensko	100.00 kW
97.6	Rádio Hey!	100.00 kW
101.5	Rádio Regina	100.00 kW
104.0	Fun Radio	95.00 kW
106.0	Europa 2	50.00 kW

TV

Channel Number	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... [MHz]	Programm	Antenna Height	ERP
7		Jednotka Jednotka Jednotka is a Slovak television channel owned and operated by Slovenská televízia.... STV	266 m	85 kW
32		Dvojka Dvojka Dvojka is a Slovak television channel owned and operated by Slovenská televízia.... STV	300 m	360 kW
49		Markíza Markíza Markíza is a television station in Slovakia. The station launched on 31 August 1996. The station was owned by the politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of CME network...	300 m	400 kW

External links

• http://cestovani.idnes.cz/igsvet.asp?r=igsvet&c=A051005_081349_igsvet_tom
• http://www.solideurope.sk/TV_stanice.htm
• http://www.radia.sk/vysielace/5_banska-bystrica-sucha-hora.html