Nador transmitter

Radio infrastructure in Morocco

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

Shortwave antennas of the Nador transmitter Nador transmitter, Mast 1

General information
Status| Completed
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 (1,250 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor| Medi 1[1]
Nador transmitter, Mast 2

General information
Status| Completed
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 (1,250 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor| Medi 1[2]
Nador transmitter, Mast 3

General information
Status| Completed
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 (1,250 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor| Medi 1[3]

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 the Nador facility, which works at 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 After 2009 the original equipment had been replaced by a new set of Thomson Broadcast S7HP solid-state transmitters with an output of 1600 kW.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

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1. ^ Skyscraper page Diagram: 45644 - Mast 1
2. ^ Skyscraper page Diagram:45645: Mast 2
3. ^ Skyscraper page Diagram:59354 Mast 3
4. ^ Thomson Broadcast, Radio News 2009, as quoted in: Glenn Hauser (2009-07-13). "DX Listening Digest 9-052". Retrieved 2015-05-26.
5. ^ Tallest Structure in Africa Demolished.. Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, 10 May 2011, visited: 5 August 2011
6. ^ Ludo Maes. "Shortwave radio broadcast countries: Morocco". Retrieved 2017-05-26.
7. ^ 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?"
8. ^ Ivo Ivanov (2017-05-10). "From May 1 again no signal of Radio Medi 1 on 9575 kHz". Retrieved 2017-05-26.

## External links

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* Nador Transmitters at Structurae
* Entries at skyscraperpage

Records

Preceded by

JG Strijdom Tower

|  Tallest structure in Africa
380 m (1,250 ft)
1982 – 2021  | Succeeded by

Iconic Tower

Preceded by

Cairo Tower

|  Tallest structure in North Africa
380 m (1,250 ft)
1982 – 2021