Caltanissetta Transmitter Station
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| Caltanissetta Transmitter Station | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Transmitter |
| Location | Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy |
| Coordinates | 37°29′52.89″N 14°04′3.98″E / 37.4980250°N 14.0677722°E |
| Construction started | 1949 |
| Completed | 1951 |
| Opening | November 18, 1951 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 286 metres (938 ft)[1][2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Structural engineer | Ing. Bertolotti, Materonzoli and Serangelo |
| Main contractor | CIFA (Compagnia Italiana Forme e Acciaio) |
The Caltanissetta Transmitter Station (Italian: Trasmettitore di Caltanissetta or Antenna Rai di Caltanissetta)[3] is a plant, now idle, for broadcast on longwave, mediumwave and shortwave; tipe guyed mast. The transmitter is insulated against ground.[3]
Its main element is an omnidirectional antenna 286 meters high, which holds the record for the tallest structure in Italy; it stands on a hill 689m above sea level; The top antenna is placed at above sea level.[2]
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to RAI tower (Caltanissetta).
- ^ "Caltanissetta Radio Mast, Caltanissetta | 1221558 |" (in italiano). EMPORIS. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ 2.0 2.1 Walter Guttadauria. "Così fu issata a Sant'Anna l'antenna più alta d'Europa inaugurata da un ministro" (pdf) (in italiano). centrocammarata.com. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 "Rai - Impianto Onde Corte Caltanissetta" (in italiano). mediasuk.org. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
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