FEATURE - MALTA'S MASTS - Part Two
MASTS & TOWERS USED FOR BROADCASTING
By Mike Smith with additional information supplied by Major Tony Abela

Now we get to the photographs.

This page presents the masts and towers that are used for radio and television broadcasting.  Each set of photographs is referenced to the map.

GHARGHUR (Map Ref: 1)

The tower at Gharghur is the main radio and television transmission site for the islands of Malta and Gozo.  The location is one of the highest points on the hilly area of land to the West of the capital Valletta.  It carries a number of vertically polarised VHF Band II aerial panels which are no doubt used by the majority of the island-wide FM radio stations that are detailed in the table at the top of page 1. 

There are also horizontally polarised Band III aerial panels and a number of UHF aerial panels that are used for television broadcasting.  Observing residents television aerials around the island, the Band III aerials point towards this tower, while the UHF television aerials point either to this tower or the nearby tower at L-Iklin which carries NET-TV, or sometimes both. 

L-IKLIN (Map Ref: 3)
This tower, near Naxxar (pronounced Nashar), is not far from the Gharghur tower and has a number of UHF aerial panels at the top and is the other main UHF television transmitting site carring NET-TV to much of Malta.

BEZBEZIJA (Map Ref: 5)