Patscherkofel Transmitter

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The Patscherkofel Transmitter is a facility for FM and TV on the mountain Patscherkofel near Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. It uses as its antenna a 50-metre high free-standing lattice tower, built in 1958.


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