You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (May 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Sender Skelton]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Sender Skelton}} to the talk page.
The site was built by J. L. Eve Construction during the Second World War, for long-distance short-wave transmissions, across Europe.
Transmissions
In 1946 the BBC described the site as "the World's largest and most powerful (shortwave) radio station".[3]
Its primary function was shortwavebroadcasting. The station was capable of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) transmission on at least 3955kHz and 3975kHz (75m broadcast band), beamed at 121° towards Germany and Central Europe.[4][5] Known AM frequencies included 5995kHz and 6195kHz (49-metre band), 9410kHz (31-metre band), and 12095kHz (25-metre band).[6]
.svg)
