Lafayette transmitter
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lafayette-transmitter-198-9913035
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Lafayette transmitter
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Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest free-standing towers in the world. The 250-meter-high tripod pylons were supplied by Pitt-Des Moines Co steelworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and transported by water to Bordeaux. In 1944 the installations of La
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_transmitter
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2023-08-22T10:25:42Z
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