The Hellissandur longwave radio mast ( is, Langbylgjustöðin á Gufuskálum ) is a 412-metre-high

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radio mast used for longwave radio transmissions, and situated at , near

Hellissandur Hellissandur () is a village and part of the Snæfellsbær municipality at the northwestern tip of Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland. Once an important fishing post, the village has recently experienced growth in tourism. The maritime mu ...

on the Snæfellsnes

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of Iceland. The mast, which is among the tallest structures in Western Europe, is insulated against the ground, and guyed at five levels by steel ropes, which are subdivided by

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. It was built in 1963 to replace the 190.5-metre-high LORAN-C mast, constructed in 1959 for the

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LORAN-C chain (GRD 7970). After the closure of the LORAN-C scheme in 1994, the mast was converted for use by RÚV (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service) for its longwave transmissions on 189

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at a power of 300 kilowatts. A second, smaller, 30-metre tower was installed by the US Coast Guard in the autumn of 1961 as part of a LORAN-A network paired with Greenland.

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Drawings of Gufuskálar Longwave Transmission Mast

Infrastructure completed in 1963 LORAN-C transmitters Radio masts and towers in Europe Towers in Iceland 1963 establishments in Iceland {{Europe-mast-stub

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