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The Piątkowo transmitter (Polish designation: SLR Piątkowo) is a facility for directional
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The Piątkowo transmitter (Polish designation: SLR Piątkowo) is a facility for directional radio
Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...
and broadcasting of local FM and TV programmes at Piątkowo, a northern residential district of the Polish city of Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
. The Piątkowo transmitter, which is situated at and property of the Polish company Emitel, consists of two tower
A tower is a tall Nonbuilding structure, structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from guyed mast, masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting ...
s of different height and construction type.
The smaller tower is a 76 metre tall free-standing concrete tower, which was built in 1963. Unlike most concrete telecommunication towers, it has no antenna mast on its top.
The higher tower of Piątkowo transmitter is a 128 metre tall free-standing lattice tower, which was built in 1993. This tower is the second tallest structure in Poznań (a chimney of a power station in the urban part Karolin is taller) and belongs to the tallest free-standing radio towers in Poland.
Programmes transmitted
See also
*List of towers
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External links
* http://emi.emitel.pl/EMITEL/obiekty.aspx?obiekt=DODR_W1J * http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b25864 * http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b26620 * http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=132Picture
Towers in Poland 1963 establishments in Poland 1993 establishments in Poland Communications in Poland Buildings and structures in Poznań Towers completed in 1963 Towers completed in 1993 {{poland-struct-stub