The entire facility including a feeder house was completed in the 1930s. The main building has been partly rebuilt with, among other things, new cladding. To cover the long distanc ...
The entire facility including a feeder house was completed in the 1930s. The main building has been partly rebuilt with, among other things, new cladding. To cover the long distances to the Greenland area, a 10kW long wave transmitter was installed here.
The facility carries a captivating war time history. The Tromsø broadcaster at Langnes was the last free transmitter to be in service in Norway at the start of the war, and was up and running till 7 June 1940. It is said that the Germans had the intention of bombing the installation, but missed. The reason for this was that the local population had been tipped off about the German plans, and managed to bury the transmitter in snow, resulting in a farm being bombed instead.
The 55 sq. metre garage was constructed in 1940. The facility was taken out of service in 1991, and the masts taken down a few years later.
About the object
aboutHele anlegget med feederhus stod klart i 1930-årene. Hovedbygget er delvis ombygd med blant annet ny kledning. Her fantes en 10 kW langbølgesender for å dekke lange avstander til Grønlandsområdet. Garasjen på 55 kvadratmeter ble oppført i 1940. Anlegget ble nedlagt i 1991. Få år seinere ble mastene revet.
Anlegget har en spennende krigshistorie. Tromsø kringkaster på Langnes var den siste frie senderen som var i drift i Norge, inntil 7. juni 1940. Det fortelles at tyskerne ville bombe anlegget under krigen, men bommet. Grunnen var at lokalbefolkningen hadde fått tips om tyskernes planer, og klarte å spa ned senderen i snø. I stedet traff tyske bomber en bondegård.
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