The "Vileyka" VLF transmitter is the site of the 43rd Communications Center of the Russian Navy (russian: 43-й узел связи ВМФ России), located west of the town of

Vileyka Vileyka ( officially transliterated as Viliejka, be, Віле́йка , also ''Вялейка''; russian: Вилейка; lt, Vileika; pl, Wilejka) is a city in Belarus and the administrative center of the Vileyka District of Minsk Region. It is ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

(). The "Vileyka"

VLF Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively. The band is also known as the myriameter band or myriameter wave a ...

transmitter is an important facility for transmitting orders to submarines in the very low frequency range. Beside this, it is used for transmitting the time signal

RJH69 The "Vileyka" VLF transmitter is the site of the 43rd Communications Center of the Russian Navy (russian: 43-й узел связи ВМФ России), located west of the town of Vileyka in Belarus (). The "Vileyka" VLF transmitter is an import ...

at certain times. In common with the former

Goliath transmitter Goliath transmitter was a very low frequency (VLF) transmitter for communicating with submarines, built by Nazi Germany's '' Kriegsmarine'' navy near Kalbe an der Milde in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which was in service from 1943 to 1945. It was capa ...

of the '' Kriegsmarine'' in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, the antenna system of the "Vileyka" VLF transmitter consists of three antenna systems with a central mast insulated against ground from which antenna wires run to six grounded ring masts, where they are fixed by insulators. As at former Goliath transmitter, three ring masts carry two antenna systems, so there are only 15 ring masts on the site. A further common ground to former Goliath transmitter is, that the ring masts of the Goliath transmitter are masts of lattice steel with triangular cross section, while the central masts are steel tube masts. The 15 ring masts of the "Vileyka" VLF transmitter are , and the three central masts of VLF transmitter are tall. Their height surpasses therefore the height of the masts of former Goliath transmitter nearly exactly of .

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