Mediumwave transmitter Lopik
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The Mediumwave transmitter Lopik was a medium wave broadcasting facility near Lopik in the Netherlands. It was constructed in Template:Start date and age and destroyed on Template:End date and age. Its last use was to transmit the Dutch language edition of Radio Maria on 675 kHz. The aerial consisted of a Template:Convert guyed steel framework mast, which was insulated against ground.
On 24 July 2015, Radio Maria Netherlands announced the closedown of its transmissions on 675 kHz Medium wave as of 1 September 2015.<ref>"Radio Maria gaat digitaal" Template:Webarchive, announcement of closedown of 675 kHz MW service, Radio Maria (Dutch)</ref>
Originally, there was also a second, Template:Convert guyed steel framework mast for the mediumwave frequency 1332 kHz, but this was taken down on 21 August 2004.<ref>Nozema, "Een symbolische daad", compilation of news events on the takedown of the 165 m mast in Lopik (Dutch), Youtube.com</ref>
On 4 September 2015, the remaining Template:Convert mast was also taken down, marking the end of 75 years of Medium wave transmissions from the Lopik site.<ref>Zendmast Lopik neergehaald, NOS Nieuws, 4 September 2015 (Dutch)</ref>
This mast should not be confused with the Gerbrandy tower in the nearby town of IJsselstein, which is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting. The Gerbrandy Tower used to be in the municipality of Lopik as well before an administrative change, and is often referred to as the "Lopik tower".
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- Lopik on www.waniewski.de
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b30108
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b30110
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20050301000032/http://www.xs4all.nl/~okznet/Other/nozema/index.htm (dead link)
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