Nador transmitter

Coordinates: 35°2′29″N 2°55′7″W / 35.04139°N 2.91861°W / 35.04139; -2.91861

Nador transmitter, Mast 1
General information
Status Complete
Type Mast radiator
Location Nador, Morocco
Coordinates 35°2′50″N 2°55′22″W / 35.04722°N 2.92278°W / 35.04722; -2.92278 (Mast 1)
Height 380 m (1,246.72 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor Medi 1[1]
Nador transmitter, Mast 2
General information
Status Complete
Type Mast radiator
Location Nador, Morocco
Coordinates 35°2′30″N 2°55′16″W / 35.04167°N 2.92111°W / 35.04167; -2.92111 (Mast 2)
Height 380 m (1,246.72 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor Medi 1[2]
Nador transmitter, Mast 3
General information
Status Complete
Type Mast radiator
Location Nador, Morocco
Coordinates 35°2′9″N 2°55′9″W / 35.03583°N 2.91917°W / 35.03583; -2.91917 (Mast 3)
Height 380 m (1,246.72 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor Medi 1[3]
Low antennas of Nador Transmitter

Nador transmitter is the main transmission facility for longwave and shortwave of Medi 1 Radio, a privately owned broadcasting company of Morocco. It is situated approximately 18 kilometres south of the city of Nador and a few kilometres south of Selouane at 35°2'29"N and 2°55'7"W.

The longwave transmitter of Nador transmitter, which works on 171 kHz. has a transmission power of 2000 kilowatts. It is also the FM transmitter for the Nador-region on 99.9 MHz[4] As antenna, a directional antenna consisting of three guyed masts, each 380 metres tall, is used. These masts are arranged in a row, which points approximately to north northwest.. Following the demolition of the OMEGA Navigation System in Paynesville, Liberia in 2011,[5] the Nador transmitter became (again) the tallest structure in Africa.

Besides the high masts there is also a complex of lower masts with horizontal antenna wires on the site for mediumwave transmissions.

Sources and references

  1. Skyscraper page Diagram: 45644 - Mast 1
  2. Skyscraper page Diagram:45645: Mast 2
  3. Skyscraper page Diagram:59354 Mast 3
  4. Frequencies Medi1 radion overview Morocco, visited 4 August 2011
  5. Tallest Structure in Africa Demolished.., 10 May 2011, visited: 5 August 2011
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