Angissoq LORAN-C transmitter was a
LORAN-C
Loran-C is a hyperbolic radio navigation system that allows a receiver to determine its position by listening to low frequency radio signals that are transmitted by fixed land-based radio beacons. Loran-C combined two different techniques to ...
transmitter at
Nanortalik
Nanortalik (), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,185 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the eleventh-largest town in the country. The name ''Nanortalik'' means "Place of Polar Bea ...
-
Angissoq, Greenland at GRI 7930, 59°59'18"N, 45°10'24" W (). It had a transmission power of 1000 kilowatts.
Until July 27, 1964, it used a 1350 ft (411.48 metre) mast radiator, built in 1963. On July 27, 1964, it collapsed from the fatigue failure of an eyebolt head in a compression cone insulator on a structural guy.
It was replaced by a 704 ft (214 metre) mast radiator.
On December 31, 1994, the transmitter was shut down and the tower dismantled.
See also
*
List of masts
The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at . Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity ...
External links
Excel-File with information about LORAN-C transmitters* https://web.archive.org/web/20060527121359/http://www.greenlandcontractors.dk/da/articles/PituffikNews-2006-5/%24file/PN_nr_5_2006.pdf
* http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=57148
* http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=57149
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angissoq Loran-C Transmitter
Towers in Greenland
LORAN-C transmitters
1963 establishments in Greenland
Towers completed in 1963