Day: April 26, 2022
Blasts hit Soviet-era radio antennae in breakaway Moldovan region, authorities say
The two most powerful antennas of Grigoriopol transmitter in Transnistria has been destroyed.
The two most powerful antennas of Grigoriopol transmitter in Transnistria has been destroyed.
In the early morning of April 26, two explosions erupted in the village of Mayak, Grigoriopol district: the first at 6:40 and the second at 7:05. As of 9 am, the two most powerful antennas are out of service, one a 1000 kW and the other a 500 kW. Both were transmitting Russian state owned radio (most likely Vesti FM on 1413 kHz).
It was built in the late 1960s.
A giant 100 metres high 1000 kW antenna is capable of transmitting waves over any distance – the waves can circle the Earth and come back.
The main customers of transmitting service are the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network and the Transworld Radio.
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