The Zeesen short-wave transmitter was a 70-metre-high
shortwave
Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 m ...
radio transmission mast constructed at
Zeesen
Zeesen is a village south of Königs Wusterhausen in Germany, known for Deutschlandsender Zeesen Deutschlandsender Zeesen was a facility for longwave broadcasting near Zeesen, a district of Königs Wusterhausen in Germany. Built by the German ''R ...
in
Germany
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in 1931. Consisting of a
lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a support f ...
of
pitch pine
''Pinus rigida'', the pitch pine, is a small-to-medium-sized pine. It is native to eastern North America, primarily from central Maine south to Georgia and as far west as Kentucky. It is found in environments which other species would find unsui ...
timbers, it was one of Germany's first short-wave broadcasting transmitters. It was equipped with four transmitting arms, at 90-degree separation, surmounted by two omnidirectional aerials. In 1939, the wooden tower was replaced by a 70-metre high steel mast with a single omnidirectional aerial. This mast was dismantled, together with all the Zeesen transmitters, in 1945.
See also
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Deutschlandsender Zeesen Deutschlandsender Zeesen was a facility for longwave broadcasting near Zeesen, a district of Königs Wusterhausen in Germany. Built by the German ''Reichspost'' in 1927, it served the nationwide Deutschlandsender radio transmissions by the Deutsc ...
External links
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Towers completed in 1931
1931 establishments in Germany
Radio masts and towers in Germany
1945 disestablishments in Germany
Buildings and structures in Dahme-Spreewald
Buildings and structures demolished in 1945
History of telecommunications in Germany