Angissq LORAN-C transmitter
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Angissq LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Nanortalik
-Angissq, Greenland of GRI 7930, 59°59'18"N, 45°10'24" W (59°59′18"N 45°10′24"W). Angissq LORAN-C transmitter had a transmission power of 1000 kilowatts.
It used until July 27, 1964 a 1350 ft (411.48 metre) tall mast radiator, which was built in 1963. On July 27, 1964 this tower collapsed as a result of a fatigue failure of an eyebolt head in a compression cone insulator on a structural guy.
The collapsed tower was replaced afterwards by a 704 ft (214 metre) tall mast radiator.
On December 31, 1994 the transmitter was shut down. The tower is still there, but unused.
Nanortalik
Nanortalik is a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. With 1,448 inhabitants in 2010, it is the tenth-largest town in the country. The name Nanortalik means "place of polar bears" or "place where the polar bears go" .- History :...
-Angissq, Greenland of GRI 7930, 59°59'18"N, 45°10'24" W (59°59′18"N 45°10′24"W). Angissq LORAN-C transmitter had a transmission power of 1000 kilowatts.
It used until July 27, 1964 a 1350 ft (411.48 metre) tall mast radiator, which was built in 1963. On July 27, 1964 this tower collapsed as a result of a fatigue failure of an eyebolt head in a compression cone insulator on a structural guy.
The collapsed tower was replaced afterwards by a 704 ft (214 metre) tall mast radiator.
On December 31, 1994 the transmitter was shut down. The tower is still there, but unused.
External links
- Excel-File with information about LORAN-C transmitters
- http://www.greenlandcontractors.dk/da/articles/PituffikNews-2006-5/$file/PN_nr_5_2006.pdf
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=57148
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=57149