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very strong design and anchored by double guys. The larger mast, which is today used mainly for FM-broadcasting, meteorological measurements and carbon dioxide monitoring, is equipped with several closed cabinets for technical equipment. The topmost of these cabinets is situated at 325 metres, making it the highest closed room on a man-made structure in the European Union. The smaller mast also carried a small cabinet on its lower section.
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with reflectors were installed, while on the larger mast, conventional antennas for directional radio links mounted on platforms were used. Because structures used for carrying directional radio links have to withstand great wind forces, as such antennas cause high wind loads, both masts are of a
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By using the large masts of the Gartow-Höbeck transmitter and the Berlin-Frohnau radio relay station, the first direct directional radio link between former West Germany and Berlin could be realized. This link was in service until
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Beside these two masts, there is also a free-standing directional radio tower much lower than the masts, which carried until 1990 huge disk antennas for the scattered directional radio link to former West Berlin.
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The since-demolished 327-metre mast, which was situated on the area of Höhbeck community, was built in 1963; the remaining 344-metre mast, which is situated on the site of Gartow community, was completed in 1978.
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of TV broadcasting in 2008. As there was no requirement to keep two supertall masts at the site, it was demolished with explosives on August 20, 2009.
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After 1990, the 327-metre tall mast became increasingly obsolete, and was made completely redundant by the
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At time of completion it was, together with the since-demolished mast of the
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Blasting of Gartow 1 on 20 August 2009
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The Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter had, until 2009, two
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