:Lualualei VLF transmitter
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{{Infobox building
|name=VLF transmitter Lualualei, Mast 1
|image=File:Lualualei VLF transmitter.jpg
|building_type=Mast radiator insulated against ground
|location=Lualualei, Hawaii, United States
|coordinates={{coord|display=inline|21|25|13.38|N|158|09|14.35|W|type:landmark}}
|status=Built
|completion_date=1972
|destroyed=
|height={{convert|458.11|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|architect=
|main_contractor=US Navy
}}
{{Infobox building
|name=VLF transmitter Lualualei, Mast 2
|building_type=Mast radiator insulated against ground
|location=Lualualei, Hawaii, United States
|coordinates={{coord|display=inline,title|21|25|11.87|N|158|08|53.67|W|type:landmark}}
|status=Built
|completion_date=1972
|destroyed=
|height={{convert|458.11|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|architect=
|main_contractor=US Navy
}}
VLF transmitter Lualualei is a facility of the United States Navy near Lualualei, Hawaii transmitting orders to submerged submarines in the very low frequency (VLF) range.
Description
VLF transmitter Lualuale operates under the callsign NPM on 21.4 kHz and 23.4 kHz.
The station's current antenna was built in 1972; it consists of two guyed masts, each 458.11 metres (1503 feet) tall, which are configured as umbrella antennas. They are fed by an overhead cable, fixed to a tall mast at one end, and at the opposite end to a smaller grounded mast near the helix building via an insulator.
At the time they were built, they were the tallest towers used for military purposes in the Western hemisphere.{{cite book |first=Garrett M. |last=Graff |date=2 May 2017 |title=Raven Rock: The story of the U.S. Government's secret plan to save itself – while the rest of us die |publisher=Simon & Schuster |ISBN=9781476735405}} The two masts are also the tallest towers used for long wave transmissions in the Western hemisphere. Since the collapse of Warsaw Radio Mast, they may be the world's tallest structures that are electrically insulated from the ground.
See also
Sources
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External links
- {{Structurae|id=20013999|title=Navy VLF Antenna Farm}}
- [http://www.wikimapia.org/1833868/ Entry at Wikimapia]
- [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=57182], [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=57183] Entries at [http://www.skyscraperpage.com Skyscraperpage]
- [http://www.vlf.it/trond2/20-25khz.html Frequency list ( search there for Lualualei )]
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Category:Communications and electronic installations of the United States Navy
Category:Installations of the United States Navy in Hawaii
Category:Military radio systems
Category:Buildings and structures in Honolulu County, Hawaii
Category:Radio masts and towers in the United States