Gufuskálar transmitter
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Gufuskálar transmitter
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| Basic data | |||
| Place: | Hellissandur | ||
| Region: | Vesturland | ||
| Country: | Iceland | ||
| Coordinates: 64 ° 54 '26.4 " N , 23 ° 55' 20.7" W. | |||
| Use: | Telecommunication system | ||
| Accessibility: | Transmission mast not open to the public | ||
| Owner : | Ríkisútvarpið | ||
| Mast data | |||
| Construction time : | 1963 | ||
| Building material : | steel | ||
| Total height : | 412 m | ||
| Data on the transmission system | |||
| Last modification (transmitter) : | 1995 | ||
| Waveband : | LW transmitter | ||
| Radio : | LW broadcast | ||
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The transmitter Gufuskálar (also transmitter Hellissandur ) is a long wave transmitter in Iceland . The mast of this transmitter is about 412 meters high, the tallest structure in Western Europe and the tallest structure in Iceland .
The transmitter is located near the Icelandic village of Hellissandur in Snæfellsbær municipality , on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of the island. The buildings around the transmission system are electromagnetically shielded, since it was assumed that the health of the employees was impaired by the high transmission power of the system.
The transmission mast of the transmission system for long wave , which is isolated from earth, was built in 1963 for the radio navigation system LORAN-C operated on the frequency of 100 kHz . On December 31, 1994, the North Atlantic LORAN-C chain (GRD 7970), to which the transmitter Gufuskálar belonged, became superfluous and switched off.
The transmitter Gufuskálar was then taken over by the Icelandic radio Ríkisútvarpið and has served since then to broadcast a radio program in the long wave range on the frequency 189 kHz with a transmission power of 300 kilowatts . The broadcasts can also be received in large parts of Germany if the winter propagation conditions are undisturbed .
