Kaliakra transmitter

The transmitter Kaliakra is a huge, never put into operation transmitter for medium wave broadcasting, which was planned in 1988 by the Soviet Union at Cape Kaliakra in Bulgaria as a relay station for the Southeast European region. After the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe 1989, there was no longer on the system and the work was stopped requirements. At this time were already 9 of the 10 planned antenna masts, all of which were equipped as grounded guyed steel lattice structures with triangular cross-section for receiving a Reuse antennas completed. Your altitude is 145-172 meters. The poles should be connected as a directional antenna with two masts or as strong focusing directional antenna using 8 poles as needed. The construction of the 10 mast had already begun at the time of setting. Some of the poles were already equipped with antennas Reuse, others do not.

The Bulgarian broadcasting showed no interest in the plant, since he himself has numerous powerful medium wave transmitter systems (including in Wakarel, Pleven, Vidin ). 1993/94 inconclusive negotiations on the use of the facility were conducted by foreign services of other countries.

2001 tentatively was used as a long-wave transmitter for the Bulgarian National Radio, the station. In 2005, installed on two masts transmit antennas for FM broadcast, which radiate to 98.2 MHz and the program of Radio Varna with 500 W ERP Dalik of Kaliakra with 1 kW ERP on 99.3 MHz.