Delimara Transmitter
The Delimara Transmitter was a relay station of Deutsche Welle near Cyclops on Malta. It was used as short- and mediumwave transmission site. For the mediumwave transmissions, which took place on 1557 kHz with a transmission power of 600 kW, it had two guyed masts, insulated against ground, which were guyed with polymeric guyes. The shortwave antennas were mounted on free-standing lattice towers.
Originally the antenna consisted of three masts, each 88 metres tall, but at one mast one guy melted as a result of the high electric field values at the anchor point. Unfortunately there was also a storm at this time, which resulted in mast collapse. Delimara Transmitter was shut down in 1996. The site is now a nature reserve.
References
Sources
- http://www.mds975.co.uk/masts/malta01.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080322210012/http://www.waniewski.de/id44.htm
Coordinates: 35°50′28″N 14°34′12″E / 35.8411°N 14.5699°E