Caltanissetta Transmitter Station | |
Location: | Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy |
Coordinates: | 37.498°N 14.0678°W |
Status: | Complete |
Start Date: | 1949 |
Completion Date: | 1951 |
Opening: | November 18, 1951 |
Building Type: | Transmitter |
Antenna Spire: | 286m (938feet) |
Url: | http://www.emporis.com/buildings/1221558/caltanissetta-radio-mast-caltanissetta-italy |
Archive-Url: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085001/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/1221558/caltanissetta-radio-mast-caltanissetta-italy |
Url-Status: | dead |
Archive-Date: | March 4, 2016 |
Caltanissetta Radio Mast, Caltanissetta | 1221558 | | |
Publisher: | EMPORIS |
Language: | it |
Accessdate: | 2015-06-07 |
The Caltanissetta Transmitter Station (Italian: Trasmettitore di Caltanissetta or Antenna Rai di Caltanissetta)[1] is a plant, now idle, for broadcast on longwave, mediumwave and shortwave; tipe guyed mast. The transmitter is insulated against ground.[1]
Its main element is an omnidirectional antenna 286 meters high, which holds the record for the tallest structure in Italy; it stands on a hill 689m above sea level; The top antenna is placed at above sea level.[2]