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| peol |
A visit to a world heritage - Grimeton radio stationThe Grimeton long wave transmitter was built in the 1920's to establish a radio link with New York. It's still working and they are sending 3 times a year on special occassions. It's the only one station of this kind still existing and therefor classified as a world heritage by UNESCO.More info can be found here: http://www.grimeton.info/ The five T-shaped towers form the antenna. It sends with a wave length of 18km, the total antenna length is 4.5km 
 
The control board... 
High frequency generator 
The cooling pumps. The fontain in front of the house was used to cool the water. 
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| angus |
Very interesting indeed. I gather that the signal is generated by the alternator. A lot more imposing than a cell phone. |
| MrDuck |
Those were the days 
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| igy569 |
Very Jules Verne 
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| Sandman |
Great to see a piece of history preserved in this way. |
| MooseMan |
18km wavelenghth!
That's a carrier frequency of about 0.02 Hz! |