The Bolshakovo transmitter was the most powerful medium-wave broadcasting station in the world, situated near
Bolshakovo
Bolshakovo (russian: Большако́во, pl, Skajzgiry, lt, Didieji Skaisgiriai, german: Groß Skaisgirren or ' (1938-1946)), also referred to as Bolshakovo-Novoye (russian: Большако́во-Новое), is a settlement located in the ...
, Russia. It was used by
Voice of Russia
Voice of Russia ( rus, Голос России, r=Golos Rossii), commonly abbreviated VOR, was the Russian government's international radio broadcasting service from 1993 until 2014, when it was reorganised as Radio Sputnik. Its interval signal w ...
for broadcasting on the medium-wave frequencies 1116 kHz and 1386 kHz with a maximum transmitter power of 2.5 Megawatts. An ''SV4+4''
ARRT-Antenna
An ARRT-Antenna (Cyrillic: АРРТ) is the designation of a common type used on many AM broadcasting sites in former Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Albania. It consists of a cage antenna which is mounted around the lower parts of a mast radiator ins ...
with eight guyed masts is installed. The masts, built in 1974, are 257 metres tall.
On November 1, 2007, Russia ceased using the frequency of 1386 kHz.
However, it is still listed as a
shortwave station,
and can clearly be heard in the
UK transmitting in
DRM
DRM may refer to:
Government, military and politics
* Defense reform movement, U.S. campaign inspired by Col. John Boyd
* Democratic Republic of Madagascar, a former socialist state (1975–1992) on Madagascar
* Direction du renseignement milita ...
mode on 6155 kHz between 15:00
UTC and 17:00
UTC on weekdays. This is despite it only apparently radiating 15 kW, and the fact that the UK is around 1700 km away from the transmitter and 50 - 60 degrees off the advertised beam direction.
See also
*
List of famous transmission sites
In the following there are lists of sites of notable radio transmitters. During the early history of radio many countries had only a few high power radio stations, operated either by the government or large corporations, which broadcast to the po ...
*
List of tallest structures in the former Soviet Union
This is an incomplete list of the tallest structures that are built in the former Soviet Union.
Tallest structures
File:Moscow Russia TV Tower.jpg, Ostankino Tower (540.1 m)
File:Mastofboganida.jpg, Dudinka CHAYKA-Mast (468 m)
File:ИнтаР ...
References
External links
* http://vcfm.ru/vc/Cities/kaliningrad.htm
* http://www.radioscanner.ru/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=5&topic=19657
Towers in Russia
Radio masts and towers in Europe
Towers completed in 1974
1974 establishments in Russia
Radio in the Soviet Union
Towers built in the Soviet Union
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