The Monte Ceneri Pass antenna


Switched off in 1979 and replaced by the Monte Ceneri Cima di Dentro antenna


Antenna

Location:     E 8° 54' 56.11" / N 46° 08' 26.50"
Tower type:     2 x 120 m high self supporting towers, about 190 m apart.
Antenna type:     Wire antenna, unknown type.
Feed point:     Center fed, unknown feed tchnique.
Ground plane:     Unknown.

This antenna was built in 1933 and was used until 1979 when this transmitter was moved to the Monte Ceneri Cima di Dentro location, about 6 km to the east.

The antenna system was composed by two identical towers about 190 m apart holding a center-fed wire in-between.

The East tower was dismantled right after moving the transmitter; the West tower still remains. Its base insulators have been shorted, grounding the whole structure that is now used as stand for VHF/UHF broadcast antennas (December 2016).

Monte Ceneri Pass antenna
The Monte Ceneri Pass antenna, South wiev. (Aug. 2012)
A closer look to the Monte Ceneri Pass antenna
A closer look to the Monte Ceneri Pass antenna. (Aug. 2012)
Monte Ceneri bottom antenna
The Monte Ceneri Pass antenna, bottom wiev. (Aug. 2012)
A closer look to the base insulators
A closer look to the base insulators. (Aug. 2012)
One of the four shorted base insulators
One of the four shorted base insulators. (Aug. 2012)
The old transmitter building
The old transmitter building. (Aug. 2012)

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