Marlow naval radio station

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Marlow naval radio station
Image of the object
Border and shortwave transmitters at Marlow 2018
Basic data
Place: Marlow
Country: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Country: Germany
Altitude : 30  m above sea level NHN
Coordinates: 54 ° 8 ′ 30.4 ″  N , 12 ° 33 ′ 16.1 ″  E
Use: Telecommunication system , military use
Accessibility: Transmission system not accessible to the public
Owner : German Navy
Data on the transmission system
Last modification (transmitter) : Spring 2004
Wavebands : GW transmitter, KW transmitter
Send type: Directional radio
Position map
Marine radio station Marlow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Marlow naval radio station
Marlow naval radio station
Localization of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany

The marine radio station Marlow is a transmitter of the German Navy in Marlow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

The Marlow marine radio station has a rotatable border and shortwave antenna that is used by the radio station with the callsign DHO26. The system also includes a 106.3 meter high telecommunications tower made of reinforced concrete.

The approximately 80 hectare facility was extensively modified by Daimler-Benz Aerospace for long-distance traffic on shortwave in the spring of 2004 and has since been an important instrument of naval command. The purpose of the facility is to manage naval units at sea. Particularly noticeable is the rotating stand with a height of 91.5 m and 80 m width, there are also twelve other smaller antennas on the site. According to official information, 20 soldiers work in shifts around the clock on the site and ensure the technical requirements of the operation, all systems can be remotely controlled from the MHQ Glücksburg .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Joachim Beckh: Lightning-and-anchor. August 1, 2005, accessed on August 28, 2014 (German).