Longwave radio mast Hellissandur

The transmitter Gufuskálar (also stations Hellissandur ) is a long wave transmitter in Iceland. The transmission mast of this transmitter is about 412 meters the tallest building in Western Europe and the tallest building in Iceland.

The transmitter is located near the Icelandic village in the municipality Hellissandur Snæfellsbær on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of the island. The buildings around the transmitter are electromagnetically shielded, since it was deemed by a medical impairment of the staff at the high transmission power of the system.

The insulated against ground transmission mast for long wave of the transmitter system was built in 1963 for the system operated at the frequency of 100 kHz radio navigation system LORAN -C. On 31 December 1994, the North Atlantic Loran- C chain (GRD 7970 ) to which the station Gufuskálar was unnecessary and was off.

The transmitter was then taken over by the Icelandic Gufuskálar broadcasting Ríkisútvarpið and has since then spread to a radio program in the long wave range of the frequency 189 kHz with a transmitter power of 300 kilowatts. The programs can also be received in many parts of Germany in undisturbed winter propagation conditions.