Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc
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Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc is a facility for high power medium wave broadcasting on the Pic Blanc, mountain at 1°43'1"E and 42°32'5"N. Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc, situated on the 2650 metre high Pic Blanc mountain in Andorra
is the medium wave transmitter in Europe situated highest. It was built in 1972 by Sud Radio
and uses a directional antenna
consisting of two free-standing 86 metre tall lattice towers. One of these towers is insulated against ground, while the other one is grounded and carries a cage aerial
.
The transmitter worked on 819 kHz with a power of 900 kilowatts. It was shut down in November 1981. As replacement, a small transmitter at Gauré near Toulouse
was built.
Now the facility is abandoned. One of the two towers was partly dismantled.
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
is the medium wave transmitter in Europe situated highest. It was built in 1972 by Sud Radio
Sud Radio
Sud Radio is a French privately owned broadcasting company. Sud Radio was founded in 1962. Until 1981it used a high-power mediumwave transmitter on Pic Blanc in Andorra....
and uses a directional antenna
Directional antenna
A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates greater power in one or more directions allowing for increased performance on transmit and receive and reduced interference from unwanted sources....
consisting of two free-standing 86 metre tall lattice towers. One of these towers is insulated against ground, while the other one is grounded and carries a cage aerial
Cage aerial
A Cage aerial is a radio antenna, which consists of the top portion of a tower or mast and of several parallel wires, which are radially arranged around the lower part of the mast. one advantage of the cage aerial is that the supporting tower can be grounded, allowing it to be used for other radio...
.
The transmitter worked on 819 kHz with a power of 900 kilowatts. It was shut down in November 1981. As replacement, a small transmitter at Gauré near Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
was built.
Now the facility is abandoned. One of the two towers was partly dismantled.
External links
- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tvignaud/galerie/etranger/and-sudradio.htm
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58031
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58032