Vakarel radio transmitter
- Vakarel radio transmitter
. The Vakarel Transmitter was inaugurated in 1937. It has one directional antenna consisting of three guyed masts and another consisting of two masts.
The most remarkable mast of the Vakarel Transmitter is the 352.9 metre tall [ [http://www.predavatel.com/bg/1/sof.htm#vak Pictures and description in Bulgarian] ] [ [http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/notes-from-history-70-years-of-bulgarian-national-radio/id_10720/catid_29 70 years of Bulgarian national radio] ] Blaw-Knox Tower, built in 1937. Until the beginning of the 1960s, it was the tallest construction in Europe and it was the world's second tallest construction at erection time. Nowadays it is the tallest Blaw-Knox Tower in the world and, along with Lakihegy Tower, Hungary, Lisnargarvey Radio Mast, Northern Ireland and one mast of the Stara Zagora Transmitter in Bulgaria, one of the few Blaw-Knox Towers in Europe. In addition, this mast is the tallest structure in the Balkans.
See also
* List of towers
* List of tallest structures in Bulgaria
References
External links
* http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b46739
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