Results are presented of a study of the radio-wave absorbing properties of a composite material based on lithium-zinc ferrite with composition Li 0.4 Fe 2.4 Zn 0.2 O 4 , synthesized by heating a mechanically activated mixture of the initial reagents Li 2 CO 3 -ZnO-Fe 2 O 3 in a high-energy electron beam. It has been shown that a composite based on this material is promising as a radio-wave absorbing coating in the frequency range up to 12 GHz.