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The site was built by J. L. Eve Construction during the Second World War, for long-distance short-wave transmissions, across Europe.
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In 1946, the BBC was heralding the site as being "the World's largest and most powerful (shortwave) radio station".[2]
The main purpose of it was shortwavebroadcasting. The site was capable of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) on at least 3955 kHz and 3975 kHz (75m broadcast band) beamed at 121° towards Germany and Central Europe.[3][4] On AM the frequencies of 5995 kHz and 6195 kHz (49m broadcast band) and 9410 kHz (31m broadcast band) and 12095 kHz (25m broadcast band) were known.[5]
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