Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc is a facility for high power medium wave broadcasting located on Pic Blanc, a mountain at 1°43'1"E and 42°32'5"N in Andorra. Whilst in operation, it was the highest medium wave transmitting station in Europe. 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.

Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc

Now the facility is abandoned and one of the two towers has been partly dismantled.

Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc

See also

List of towers

References

External links

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tvignaud/galerie/etranger/and-sudradio.htm

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58031

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58032

Radio masts and towers in Europe

Buildings and structures in Andorra

Towers in France

Transmitter sites in France

Towers completed in 1972

1972 establishments in Andorra

Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc