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A Zarya antenna (Cyrillic: Заря) is a special type of directional
mediumwave
Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting, AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. Duri ...
broadcasting antenna consisting of a long straight row of grounded
lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical latticework, framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high-voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a ...
s with a height of approximately 50 metres in a distance of 100 metres. These towers carry the antenna wire.
Three types of Zarya antennas are used at most larger AM broadcasting facilities in the former
Soviet Union
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. They use the same configuration but different length values, which are 1500, 2500 and 3500 metres.