Hörbymasten, Radio and television transmission mast in Östra Sallerup, Sweden
The Hörby transmitter is a 320-metre steel lattice mast in Östra Sallerup, near Hörby, operated by Sveriges Radio. Its guyed structure carries FM and TV antennas and rises above surrounding trees. A second, shorter lattice mast stands beside it, and the site also held short-wave curtain antennas before their removal in 2011.
The 320-metre mast was inaugurated on 1 October 1959 and was then one of Europe's tallest structures. Broadcasting from Hörby had begun in 1937 with a 100 kW medium-wave transmitter at Östra Sallerup, about 8 km south of Hörby. FM and television transmissions started in 1959; the medium-wave service closed in 1985, and all short-wave broadcasts from Sweden ended on 31 October 2010.
The facility broadcasts four national Swedish Radio channels, including regional variations of P4 for both Malmöhus and Kristianstad areas of southern Sweden.
The site stands in Östra Sallerup, about 8 km south of Hörby, and is an operating Sveriges Radio facility, so the grounds and masts are not open to visitors. The 320 m main mast and the guyed lattice masts can be seen from the surrounding roads and farmland. The short-wave antenna park was dismantled in April 2011, so only the FM and TV mast remains.
The short-wave antenna park included nine curtain antennas aimed at 70, 150, 190, 250 and 290 degrees, plus two rotatable logarithmic-periodic antennas. The curtain antenna G1 stood by a 60 m lattice mast that collapsed in a winter storm in 1999 and was never rebuilt. The remaining antennas were demolished in early April 2011.
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