Description Architects: • Károly Massányi • Endre Magyari
• There is a joint at the base of the steel structure, made of two porcelain half-spheres with steel cores, resting on but not fixed to each other, also acting as isolators. See Photo Link Number #5.
• From 1933 till 1939 it was the highest antenna tower in the world and the third highest man-made structure of any kind (after the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, and just ahead of the Eiffel Tower at its pre-1957 height).
• Europe's tallest structure in 1933–1939 and 1946–1949
• Steel truss cross section: quadratic.
• Steel truss vertical spacing: 7.6 m.
• Steel truss side with above base joint: 0.65 m.
• Steel truss side width at a height of 142 m: 14.65 m.
• Steel truss side witdh at the top, height 284 m: 1.39 m.
• Antenna height: 36 m (6 m encased in top of steel truss).
• Number of staying cables: 8.
• Length of cables: 220 m.
• Radius of cable anchors: 178 m.
• The tallest antenna in the world from 1933-1939 and 1946-1948.
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