Suchá Hora transmitter is a facility for
FM- and TV-transmission on 1,231.6 metres high mountain
Skalka (
Kremnica Mountains
The Kremnica Mountains (, , ) are a volcanic mountain range in central Slovakia. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts.
The mountain range is situated east of the town of Kremnica, which gave it its name. ...
) near
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...
in
Slovakia
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. Suchá Hora transmitter uses as antenna mast a 312 metres tall
guyed tubular mast, which is
one of the tallest structure of Slovakia and one of the highest elevated supertall structures in Europe.
The mast of Suchá Hora transmitter was built in 1960. The transmitter went on service on October 28, 1960. In 1961 a storm blasted the roof of the transmitter building away and in 1962 the 7 ton weighing TV broadcasting antenna, which was covered with ice, fell from 300 metres height to the ground and impacted close to the transmitter building.
Close to the tower, there is a small free-standing telecommunication tower built of steel.
FM
TV
Gallery
Vysielac Sucha hora.jpg,
VysielacSuchaHora Skalka Kremnica.jpg, An evening view from Krahule (5.5 km)
Blesk.jpg, A lightning struck the mast
20230123 Transmitter Suchá Hora.jpg, A view of the transmitter mast from a distance over 11 km (7 miles)
Vysielac Sucha hora 2.JPG,
See also
*
Dubnik Transmitter
Dubnik transmitter is a facility for FM-/TV-broadcasting near Dubnik in Slovakia at 21°27'45" E 48°55'26" N.
It uses as antenna tower a Guyed mast, guyed tubular steel mast, which is similar to that of Suchá Hora transmitter and 318 metres tall ...
External links
* http://cestovani.idnes.cz/igsvet.asp?r=igsvet&c=A051005_081349_igsvet_tom
* http://www.solideurope.sk/TV_stanice.htm
* http://www.radia.sk/vysielace/5_banska-bystrica-sucha-hora.html
Towers in Slovakia
Radio masts and towers in Europe
Transmitter sites in Slovakia
Towers completed in 1960
1960 establishments in Czechoslovakia
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