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Capstar Radio Operating Gray Court Tower is a 567.1 metre high guyed tower antenna for TV transmission at Gray Court, South Carolina, USA at 34°34'18"N and 82°6'43"W. It was built in 1980. metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... A yagi antenna Most simply, an antenna is an electronic component designed to transmit or receive radio waves. ... Gray Court is a town located in Laurens County, South Carolina. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
For radio systems in the longwave and mediumwave range the value of the height should be in the range between a sixth and five eighth of the wavelength with favourite values at the quarter or the half of the radiated wavelength.
Radio masts for VLF, LF and MF often act directly as aerials and are therefore often insulated against ground.
The CN Tower at 553.33 metres (1,815 ft 4.5 in) is the tallest non-guyed structure on land, though it is shorter than many of the guyed towers.
A mast is a man-made support structure, commonly used on sailing ships as support for sails, or on land as radio masts and towers used to support telecommunication equipment such as radioantennas ("aerials" in the UK).
A tower is a self-supporting or cantilevered structure, while a mast is held up by stays or guys.
Both towers and masts have limited floor space and are non-building structures, as opposed to regular buildings which have greater floor space for occupancy.