Krasny Bor transmitter is a large facility for longwave, mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting at Krasny Bor

Krasny Bor, Leningrad Oblast

Krasny Bor is an urban locality in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located southeast of St. Petersburg...

 near Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia. Krasny Bor transmitter was established in 1961 and belongs to the most powerful broadcasting stations in the world. It uses four mast radiator

Radiator

Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. The majority of radiators are constructed to function in automobiles, buildings, and electronics...

s and several shortwave antenna

Antenna (radio)

An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...

s. The tallest of these mast radiators is a 271.5 metres high guyed mast, which is equipped with a cage antenna and used for longwave broadcasting. It was built in 2002 as replacement for a 257.5 metres tall guyed mast, destroyed at a helicopter collision on November 5, 2001. Further, there is a 257 metres tall mast radiator, which is insulated against ground and equipped with a cage antenna for medium wave broadcasting, a 106 metres tall steel tube mast radiator carrying several cage antennas in multiple levels and a 93 metres tall guyed mast radiator.

Transmission frequencies

Frequency	Power
234 kHz	1200 kW
549 kHz	100 kW
801 kHz	1000 kW
1494 kHz	1000 kW

External links

• http://www.radioscanner.ru/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=5&topic=26813&page=1
• http://vcfm.ru/vc/Cities/peterburg.htm
• http://spb.rtrn.ru/news.asp?view=4744