VLF transmitter DHO38
The VLF transmitter DHO38 is a very low frequency transmitter used by the German Navy near Rhauderfehn, Saterland, Germany. It is used to transmit coded orders to submarines of the German Navy and navies of other NATO countries.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: VLF radio transmitter operated by the German Navy
- Also known as: “Naval Radio Station Rhauderfehn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Bonifatius and Trinitatiskirche.
St. Bonifatius
Church
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St. Bonifatius is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of VLF transmitter DHO38.
Trinitatiskirche
Church
Photo: Frisia Orientalis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trinitatiskirche is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of VLF transmitter DHO38.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ramsloh and Bockhorst.
Ramsloh
Village
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Ramsloh is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of VLF transmitter DHO38.
Bockhorst
Village
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Bockhorst is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Bockhorst is situated 6 km southwest of VLF transmitter DHO38.
Scharrel
Village
Scharrel is a village and former municipality in the German state of Lower Saxony. In 1974 the until then independent municipality became part of the newly formed municipality of Saterland in the District of Cloppenburg. Scharrel is situated 6 km east of VLF transmitter DHO38.
VLF transmitter DHO38
- Categories: transmitter station and umbrella antenna
- Location: Ostrhauderfehn, Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.07955° or 53° 4′ 46″ northLongitude
7.61405° or 7° 36′ 51″ eastOperator
German NavyOpen location code
9F593JH7+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 78241394OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=danger_areaWikidata ID
Q559505
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Frisian—“VLF transmitter DHO38” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “VLF transmitter DHO38”
- French: “émetteur très basse fréquence DHO38”
- French: “Émetteur très basse fréquence DHO38”
- German: “DHO38”
- German: “Längstwellensender DHO38”
- German: “Marinefunksendestelle Rhauderfehn”
- German: “Marinefunksendestelle Saterland-Ramsloh”
- German: “NATO VLF / MSK Marienefunksendestelle Rhauderfehn”
- Italian: “DHO38”
- Polish: “DHO38”
- Saterfriesisch: “DHO38”
- Saterfriesisch: “Loangstwoogenseender”
- Slovak: “Marinefunksendestelle Rhauderfehn”
- Western Frisian: “VLF stjoerder DHO38”
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