Wormer transmission tower
Wormer transmission tower
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View over the Zaan to Wormer. The transmission tower is in the middle of the picture.
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Basic data | |||||||
Place: | Wormerland - Wormer | ||||||
Province: | North Holland | ||||||
Country: | Netherlands | ||||||
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 52.4 " N , 4 ° 47 ′ 46.1" E | |||||||
Use: | Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station | ||||||
Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | ||||||
Owner : | Alticom , NOVEC | ||||||
Tower data | |||||||
Construction time : | 1970 | ||||||
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Operating time: | since 1970 | ||||||
Total height : | 144 m | ||||||
Data on the transmission system | |||||||
Waveband : | FM transmitter | ||||||
Radio : | VHF broadcasting | ||||||
Send types: | DVB-T , directional radio | ||||||
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Position map | |||||||
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The Wormer transmission tower is the tallest structure in the Zaanstreek region in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland . The transmission tower in the Wormer district of the municipality of Wormerland is 144 meters high, including the transmission mast.
The almost 119-meter-high concrete tower was in 1970 commissioned by the Dutch communications company PTT established that these for telephone directional connections used. The transmission tower has three platforms for directional antennas and a so-called (glass) director's walkway above. The tower is part of the radio link network that the PTT had built between 1955 and 1976.
Since the regional broadcaster NH wanted to start terrestrial television broadcasting in January 2000 , an approx. 30 meter high transmission mast was installed on the tower in 1999. The transmission power was 200 kW .
The tower has been owned by Alticom since 2007 , who expanded it into a data center. In 2006, NOVEC became the new owner of the transmission tower on the transmission tower.
The transmission tower under Toren van Wormer is known to the locals .
Individual evidence
- ↑ PTT gates in 21 days clear. In: resolver.kb.nl. De Waarheid , February 18, 1970, accessed June 16, 2019 (Dutch, newspaper article).
- ↑ ANP: Telefoon-tors op hoogste punt. In: resolver.kb.nl. de Telegraaf , February 18, 1970, accessed June 16, 2019 (Dutch, newspaper article).
- ↑ Telephoning via straal. PTT-net over enkele jaren voltooid. In: delpher.nl. De Waarheid , November 27, 1968, accessed June 16, 2019 (Dutch, newspaper article).
- ↑ De bouw van de straalverbindingstoren in Lelystad in front of gestaag. In: resolver.kb.nl. Nederlands Dagblad , June 3, 1976, accessed June 16, 2019 (Dutch, newspaper article).
- ↑ Herman style: KPN bouwt zendmast voor de concurrent. In: parool.nl. Het Parool , September 18, 2008, accessed June 16, 2019 (Dutch, newspaper article).