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Torreta de Guardamar

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29: 213:. It is made as a lattice structure with triangular cross section. In spite of its enormous height, it is low in relation to the wavelength of the waves it transmits. Its capacity is augmented by multiple cables connected to its top and running to anchors around the mast. These cables are electrically connected to the mast and are divided at a certain distance by insulators. 505: 1011: 428: 263:
380 metres is the number stated in the sign at the entrance erected by the Spanish Navy, and is also cited in an article by a local newspaper albeit with contradicitons, but the
247:, and is marked as "Radio Estación Naval - Antena LF 380 metros - Guardamar", with the facilities being listed officially as "Estación Radio de Guardamar del Segura". 267:, in its description as an obstacle for aviation with the designation '15-7591 D15-094-FFSS 01', refers a height of 365,76 metres. On the other hand, the newspaper ' 84: 721: 1128: 1097: 402: 1102: 1072: 351: 1017: 322: 608: 1023: 851: 1133: 487: 216:
The transmitter using Torreta de Guardamar as antenna had been, since its inauguration, remotely controlled by the
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Torreta de Guardamar is a mast radiator insulated from earth, and is used to transmit orders to submerged
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during their operations. As opposed to other VLF transmitters such as the
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Mast radiator insulated against ground in Guardamar, Spain
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Mast radiator insulated against ground
Guardamar
Spain
Coordinates
38°4′18″N 0°39′52″W / 38.07167°N 0.66444°W / 38.07167; -0.66444
Spanish Navy
[toˈretaðeˌɣwaɾðaˈmaɾ]
[toˈretaðeˌɣwaɾðaˈmaɾ]
guyed radio mast
US Navy
Guardamar del Segura
Spain
Iberian Peninsula
European Union
Europe
submarines
US Naval Communication Station in Rota
Spanish Navy
Cartagena
DHO38
Rhauderfehn
ITU
Spanish Marine Infantry
Spanish civil aviation authority
El País
"Drawings of Torreta de Guardamar - SkyscraperPage.com"


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