Zendstation Smilde
| Zendstation Smilde | |
|---|---|
Zendstation Smilde in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Partly destroyed—rebuilt |
| Type | Partially guyed tower |
| Location | Smilde, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°54′9.8″N 6°24′12.23″E / 52.902722°N 6.4033972°E |
| Completed | 1959 / 2012 |
| Destroyed | 15 July 2011 |
| Height | 303 m (994.09 ft) (current height) |
Zendstation Smilde, also known as the CJ2 Data tower (Dutch: CJ2 Datatoren) is a 303 m (994 ft) partially guyed tower in Hoogersmilde, Netherlands. Built in 1959 for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions, it consists of an 80 m (260 ft) high reinforced concrete tower topped since 2012 by a 223 m (732 ft) television mast. It originally had a tubular 190 m (620 ft) analog TV - UHF antenna for a mast, removed in September 2007 and replaced by a similar 214 m (702 ft) UHF antenna for DVB-T, raising the tower's height to 294 m (965 ft). Destroyed by a fire on 15 July 2011, that mast was removed, and replaced in 2012 with the current steel lattice one.
The tower is similar in configuration to the Gerbrandy Tower (IJsselstein).