Huizen transmitter

Replica of the system on a scale of 1: 5

Basic data

Place:

Huizen

Province:

North Holland

Country:

Netherlands

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 15 " N , 5 ° 14 ′ 32.4" E

Use:

Telecommunication system

Demolition :

1940

Data on the transmission system

Number of towers / masts:

2

Construction time:

1937

Operating time:

1937-1940

Waveband :

SW transmitter

Radio :

KW broadcasting

Shutdown :

1940

Further data

Building material towers:

Wood

Position map

Huizen transmitter

The Huizen transmitter was a shortwave transmitter in Huizen in the northern Netherlands .

history

It had a curtain antenna and the first rotating transmission antenna for shortwave, which was unique at the time. It was built in 1937 and used two free-standing timber lattice towers. The Philips Holland Broadcasting Indies was with this powerful shortwave transmitters in permanent contact with the 12,000 km away Dutch East Indies. In 1940 the facility was blown up by the Dutch military to prevent it from being used by the German occupying forces.

A metal replica of these masts was built on a scale of 1: 5 as an industrial monument.

Web links

Channel Huizen In: terras.tv (Dutch)