Torreta de Guardamar

38.071805555556 - 0.66463888888889Koordinaten: 38 ° 4 ' 18.5 "N, 0 ° 39' 52.7 " W

The Torreta de Guardamar is a radio mast of the U.S. military near Guardamar del Segura. He is with a height of 370 meters, not only the tallest building in Europe used by the military, but also the tallest structure in the Iberian Peninsula, and the second tallest building in the EU.

Erected 1962 Torreta de Guardamar is an insulated against ground, guyed lattice steel mast with a triangular cross section illustrating a screen antenna for VLF radio and serves for the transmission of messages to submerged submarines.

The transmitter, which uses the Torreta de Guardamar as a transmitting antenna is operated remotely in Rota since the commissioning of the U.S. Naval Communication Station. In contrast to other VLF transmitters, such DHO38 in West Rhauderfehn the plant has apparently no fixed allocated by the ITU broadcast frequency and no rings.