Grigoriopol transmitter

The Grigoriopol transmitter, officially the Transnistrian Radio and Television Center, is a very large broadcasting facility situated near Maiac, an urban settlement 11 km northeast of Grigoriopol, Transnistria (Moldova).[1][2][3]

History

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 consisted of several antennas for shortwave with heights between 60 and 160 metres and a large rotatable shortwave antenna, which could 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 was 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, 11530 and 11570 kHz for TWR mostly.[4]

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

Attack on 26 April 2022

Multiple antennas were destroyed by two blasts on early morning of 26 April 2022.[5] The first at 6:40 and the second at 7:05 local time. As of 9 am, the two most powerful transmitter-antennas were out of service: one a 1000 MW and the other a 500 kW system.[6] Both were transmitting Russian state radio, most likely Vesti FM on 1413 kHz.

Responsibility for the attack was not immediately clear.[7]

References
  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. AOKI A22 MW Shortwave Frequency List
  5. "Radio station bombed in Transnistria, Kremlin says it is 'monitoring very closely' developments". LKRLT. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  6. "The two most powerful antennas of Grigoriopol transmitter in Transnistria have been destroyed | Southgate Amateur Radio News". www.southgatearc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  7. Tanas, Alexander (2022-04-26). "Kremlin voices concern after blasts hit breakaway Moldovan region". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-26.

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