Obelixx
April 14th, 2005, 02:21 PM
The 375 metre high Gerbrandy Tower is a tower of a FM- and TV-broadcasting facility at Lopik, Netherlands (the mediumwave transmitter Lopik uses as aerial a guyed 196 metre high mast). The Gerbrandy Tower consists of a 100 metre high free standing concrete tower with a 275 metre high guyed steel tube mast on its top. At Christmas time in the guys of Gerbrandy Tower white lamps are hung, which make Gerbrandy Tower to the tallest "X-mas Tree" in the world!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Gebr_tower_wiki.jpg
Gerbrandy-Tower at night at X-mas tree
Weblinks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbrandy_Tower
http://www.structurae.net/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0012623
EuroMaster
April 16th, 2005, 09:27 PM
i thought it was exactly 382m's in height.
909
April 16th, 2005, 10:13 PM
That's the only time the tower looks nice...
DarkFenX
April 17th, 2005, 08:06 AM
Looks ok at night but I don't like it.
Obelixx
April 20th, 2005, 12:28 AM
What is the second tower behind Gerbrandy Tower? Is it the guyed mast of the mediumwave transmitter Lopik?
EuroMaster
May 25th, 2005, 10:36 PM
with it's height of 382m's the heighest 'christmas tree' in the world. with it's flashing light's, even as the masts in the area: another of 165m's, one of 192m's and 10km's from it a 215m high mast for the KNMI (weaterforecast and for air-experiments.:)
http://home.hccnet.nl/e.de.kruif/aarde/IJsselstein/Gerbranditoren.jpg
http://home.hccnet.nl/e.de.kruif/aarde/IJsselstein/Eddy_in_de_IJsselsteinwijk.jpg
http://home.hccnet.nl/e.de.kruif/aarde/IJsselstein/Torenomgeving.jpg
http://www.dxradio-ffm.de/Lopik_Weihnacht.jpg
this are the two around the big one:
http://image03.webshots.com/3/1/53/79/18515379SjlGqDcpad_fs.jpg
http://image03.webshots.com/3/1/53/79/18515379SjlGqDcpad_ph.jpg
http://www.dxradio-ffm.de/Lopik_MG_oude_situatie.jpg
http://www.middengolf.info/images/antennas/lopik_675_01.jpg
in hilversum, not far from it(20km):
http://radiodx.com/qsls/images/rn_lopik_11845_front.gif
the tower is always lighted like this, but without te lights on the cables.
http://www.nozema.nl/nieuws/images/Lopik1-2002.jpg
http://www.controllight.nl/dsc03357a_web.jpg
http://www.knmi.nl/voorl/nader/images/cabauwmast.jpe
http://www.burow3.nl/luchtswart/planologie/image/03.11.584_8.a4.jpg here you can see the tower of the KNMI, with the 'christmas-tree' in the background.
CborG
May 26th, 2005, 12:56 AM
Those two lower antenna's around the lopik one are long gone
Obelixx
May 27th, 2005, 06:11 AM
But I think there is still one of these masts there, which is used for transmissions on the mediumwave frequency 675 kHz at Lopik.