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.
| Nador transmitter, Mast 1 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mast radiator |
| Location | Nador, Morocco |
| Coordinates | 35°2′50″N 2°55′22″W |
| Height | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Medi 1[1] |
| Nador transmitter, Mast 2 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mast radiator |
| Location | Nador, Morocco |
| Coordinates | 35°2′30″N 2°55′16″W |
| Height | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Medi 1[2] |
| Nador transmitter, Mast 3 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mast radiator |
| Location | Nador, Morocco |
| Coordinates | 35°2′9″N 2°55′9″W |
| Height | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Medi 1[3] |
The longwave transmitter of the Nador facility, which works on 171 kHz, had originally a transmission power of 2000 kilowatts. After 2009 the original equipment had been replaced by a new set of Thomson Broadcast S7HP solid-state transmitters with an output of 1600 kW. This modernization project[4] incorporated a refurbishment of the three guyed masts, each 380 metres tall, thus the tallest structures in Africa after the demolition of the OMEGA Navigation System in Paynesville, Liberia in 2011.[5]
In addition the Nador facility is also equipped with two Thomson 250 kW shortwave transmitters.[6] One of these transmitters carried the main program of Morocco's state broadcaster SNRT on varying frequencies around 15345 kHz until it was switched off in September 2012.[7] The other transmitter was used for Medi 1 on 9575 kHz, unheard since May 2017 as well.[8]
Sources and references
- Skyscraper page Diagram: 45644 - Mast 1
- Skyscraper page Diagram:45645: Mast 2
- Skyscraper page Diagram:59354 Mast 3
- Thomson Broadcast, Radio News 2009, as quoted in: Glenn Hauser (2009-07-13). "DX Listening Digest 9-052". Retrieved 2015-05-26.
- Tallest Structure in Africa Demolished.. Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, 10 May 2011, visited: 5 August 2011
- Ludo Maes. "Shortwave radio broadcast countries: Morocco". Retrieved 2017-05-26.
- Glenn Hauser (2012-10-03). "DX Listening Digest 12-40". Retrieved 2017-05-26.
15349.1, Sept 28 at 2045, IMM is still missing. What`s wrong at Nador?
- Ivo Ivanov (2017-05-10). "From May 1 again no signal of Radio Medi 1 on 9575 kHz". Retrieved 2017-05-26.
External links
- Nador Transmitters at Structurae
- Entries at skyscraperpage