Transmitter Solt

{{short description|Radio transmitter station in Hungary}}

{{Expand Hungarian|topic=struct|Solti rádióadó|date=April 2013}}

{{Infobox building

|name=Transmitter Solt

|native_name=Solti rádióadó

|image=Antennenmast Solt.jpg

|caption=

|building_type=Mast radiator insulated against ground

|location=Solt, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary

|coordinates=

|status=In use

|start_date=6 September 1974

|completion_date=10 January 1977

|destruction_date=

|height=303.6 m

|civil_engineer=

|architect=

|main_contractor= Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post)

|other_designers=

}}

The Transmitter Solt ({{langx|hu|Solti rádióadó}}) is a radio transmission facility for 540 kHz MW (Medium Wave) near Solt, Hungary, serving as the primary transmitter site for Kossuth Rádió.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/1976/03/1976_03_02.PDF |title=Fucskó Lajos: A magyar középhullámú műsorszórás (History of the Hungarian medium wave broadcasting, 1924-1975), Híradástechnika, 1975 (Hungarian) |access-date=2013-08-22 |archive-date=2021-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612193828/https://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/1976/03/1976_03_02.PDF |url-status=dead }} With an output power of 2000 kW (2 MW), it is the most powerful radio transmitter in Europe and is among the most powerful radio transmitters in the world.[http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=540 List of medium wave transmitters worldwide, MWLIST - longwave, mediumwave, tropical bands and shortwave radio database (English)]{{Cite web |url=http://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/2008/2008_kszam/HT_kszam_tv50-4.pdf |title=Hlatky Béla: Egy évforduló nyomában – 30 éves a solti adó (Solt Transmitter is 30 years old), Híradástechnika, 2008 (Hungarian) |access-date=2013-08-16 |archive-date=2021-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126143425/https://www.hiradastechnika.hu/data/upload/file/2008/2008_kszam/HT_kszam_tv50-4.pdf |url-status=dead }} Its intended broadcast area covers the Hungarian-speaking territories of Central- and Eastern Europe, however successful reception of the Kossuth Rádió was reported from as far as Michigan, United States{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/J7OcQIr5_cA| archive-date = 2021-12-08| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7OcQIr5_cA| title = 540 kHz MR1 Kossuth Rádió Hungary Medium Wave DX Heard in Michigan | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{Cite web|url=http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/2012/10/mr1-mr1-kossuth-radio-solt-hungary-on.html|title=SOUTH EAST ASIA DXING: MTVA / MR1-Kossuth Radio (Solt, Hungary on Medium-Wave)|date=27 October 2012}} It uses a 303.6-metre tall guyed mast. The transmitter site (including all its original equipment) has been a preserved industrial monument since 2013.[http://www.kecskemeti-hirhatar.hu/hirek/muemlek-lett-a-solti-radioado Műemlék lett a solti rádióadó (Transmitter Solt became a monument), Kecskeméti hírhatár (Hungarian)]