Eilvese transmitter

It went into service in 1913, exchanging commercial and diplomatic Morse code traffic on VLF frequencies with Germany's colonies, and a similar station at Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA.

During World War I when the allies cut Germany's submarine telegraph cables it was one of two long-distance radiotelegraphy stations which maintained Germany's contact with the rest of the world, and was used for diplomatic negotiations between Woodrow Wilson and Kaiser Wilhelm II leading to the 1918 Armistice which ended World War I.

The central mast, which was grounded, but at a height of 145 metres (476 ft) divided by glass insulators, was, when built, the tallest structure in Germany.

In November 1928 the Reichspost central office started to examine how useful it would be to buy the station.

When digging for peat one can still find remains of the antenna, as the central mast fell to the ground in 1931.

The 100 kW Goldschmidt alternator at Eilvese transmitted at 96 kHz. A 250 HP DC electric motor (at right of picture), turned the 5-tonne (11,000 lb) rotor with a diameter of 0.91 metres (3 ft) (in centre of picture) at 4000 RPM, generating radio waves. The transmitter was used for transatlantic radiotelegraphy traffic, exchanging Morse code messages with a similar Goldschmidt station at Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA.