Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc
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Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc is a facility for high power medium wave broadcasting on the Pic Blanc, mountain at 1°43'1"W and 42°32'5"N. Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc, situated on the 2650 metre high Pic Blanc mountain is the medium wave transmitter in Europe situated highest. It was built in 1972 by Sud Radio and uses a directional antenna consisting of two free-standing 86 metre tall lattice towers. One of these towers is insulated against ground, while the other one is grounded and carries a cage aerial.
The transmitter worked on 819 kHz with a power of 900 kilowatts. It was shut down in November 1981. As replacement, a small transmitter at Gauré near Toulouse was built. Now the facility is abandoned. One of the two towers was partly dismantled.
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- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tvignaud/galerie/etranger/and-sudradio.htm
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58031
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58032
