Torreta de Guardamar
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Torreta de Guardamar
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| Place: | Guardamar del Segura | |||||
| Autonomous community: | Valencia | |||||
| Country: | Spain | |||||
| Coordinates: 38 ° 4 ′ 18.5 ″ N , 0 ° 39 ′ 52.7 ″ W. | ||||||
| Use: | Long wave radio | |||||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||||
| Height of the towers / masts : | 370 m | |||||
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The Torreta de Guardamar is a transmission mast for the Spanish Navy , built by the US Navy . It is near Guardamar del Segura . With a height of 370 meters, it is not only the tallest structure in Europe for military use , but also the tallest structure on the Iberian Peninsula and the second tallest structure in the EU .
The Torreta de Guardamar, built in 1962, is a guyed steel truss mast with a triangular cross-section, insulated from earth , which represents a shield antenna for long-wave radio and is used to transmit messages to submerged submarines.
The transmitter, which uses the Torreta de Guardamar as a transmitting antenna, has been operated remotely from the US Naval Communication Station in Rota since it was commissioned . In contrast to other long-wave transmitters , such as DHO38 in West-Rhauderfehn, the system apparently does not have a fixed transmission frequency assigned by the ITU and also no callsign.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b What is Torreta de Guardamar? Accessed August 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Torreta de Guardamar, Guardamar del Segura | 1221533 | EMPORIS. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .
