Grigoriopol transmitter

Coordinates: 47°16′54″N 29°25′22″E / 47.28167°N 29.42278°E / 47.28167; 29.42278 The Grigoriopol transmitter (Russian designation: Mayak Radio Centre) is a very large broadcasting facility situated near Maiac, an urban settlement 11 km northeast of Grigoriopol, Transnistria (Moldova).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Construction work on this facility with an area of 950 hectares, which hoisted at the beginning of the 1990s over 20 transmitters working in the short- and mediumwave range, took place between 1968 and 1975. The antennas consist of several antennas for shortwave with heights between 60 and 160 metres and a large rotatable shortwave antenna, which can focus its radiation to every point on Earth. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, its transmitters were used by several foreign broadcasting companies. In 1997 several antennas were destroyed or damaged by excessive icing. The largest loss was a 350 metres tall guyed mast and a 250 metres tall mast used for mediumwave broadcasting.

As of 2021, it is being used as a medium wave transmitter for Vesti FM on 1413 kHz with 500 kW and Trans World Radio on 999 kHz (500 kW) and 1548 kHz (1000 kW), as well for shortwave transmissions on 9940, 11805, 11570 and 11530 kHz for TWR mostly.^[4]

Shortwave rotating antenna (1 MW)
Medium wave antenna
Stationary shortwave antennas

References[]

^ Berg, Jerome (October 24, 2008). Broadcasting on the Short Waves: 1945 to Today. McFarland & Company. p. 318. ISBN 9780786451982. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "Daily Report: Central Eurasia". The Service. June 9, 1992. p. 103. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Bennett, Hank; Hardy, David; Yoder, Andrew (1994). The Complete Shortwave Listener's Handbook. TAB Books. p. 124. ISBN 9780830643479. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/ AOKI list of transmissions

External links[]

[1] Berg, Jerome (October 24, 2008). Broadcasting on the Short Waves: 1945 to Today. McFarland & Company. p. 318. ISBN 9780786451982. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.

[2] "Daily Report: Central Eurasia". The Service. June 9, 1992. p. 103. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.

[3] Bennett, Hank; Hardy, David; Yoder, Andrew (1994). The Complete Shortwave Listener's Handbook. TAB Books. p. 124. ISBN 9780830643479. Retrieved June 24, 2020 – via Google Books.

[4] ttp://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/ AOKI list of transmissions

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