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This website is focused especially on SWL contesting, DXing and IOTA hunting. You can find here an SWL contest calendar, rules and results of SWL contests, SWL DXCC and IOTA ladder etc.
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Results of the SWL DX Toplist
Hi SWL friends, I hereby inform you that the first results of the...
Islands SWL Contest 2026
Hi SWL friends, Franck, F-14368 / F0DUW plans an Islands SWL Contest...
SSB SWL Contest 2025
Hi SWL friends, Frank, F-14368 informed me he organizes an...
What is SWL RADIO?
More specifically the swlradio.eu (SWL RADIO) is a homepage focused on shortwave listeners interested in listening on amateur radio bands – especially to avid SWL contesters, DXers and IOTA hunters.
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- TZ1CE Mali. From DXNews.com
on 2. 2. 2026 at 14:09Ulmar, DK1CE will be active again as TZ1CE from Mali, 10 February - 1 March 2026.
- KP5/NP3VI. From DXNews.comon 1. 2. 2026 at 5:24
Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico — In collaboration with the Vieques Island Amateur Radio Club (NP3VI) and the Manyana DX Foundation, we are proud to announce a landmark Dxpedition to Desecheo Island
- J75A Dominica. From DXNews.comon 31. 1. 2026 at 15:15
J75A Team will be active from Dominica Island, IOTA NA - 101 in ARRL DX SSB Contest, 7 - 8 March 2026.
- PJ4K Bonaire Island. From DXNews.comon 31. 1. 2026 at 8:46
PJ4K Team will be active from Bonaire Island, IOTA SA - 006, in ARRL DX CW Contest, 21 - 22 February 2026.
- DXCC Approved. From DXNews.comon 30. 1. 2026 at 4:17
Upcoming J51A DX Pedition to Bijagos Archipelago, Gunea Bissau, approved for DXCC.
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- RTI’s Spanish & Japanese programs ranking among shortwave broadcastersby Thomas on 18. 1. 2026 at 12:06
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this article from Radio Taiwan International highlighting how RTI’s Spanish and Japanese shortwave programs have placed in global listener polls, with the Spanish service especially popular across dozens of countries and the Japanese service recognized at Japan’s largest amateur radio event. Read the full article
- Can you help Carlos ID this CW signal on 8207 kHz?by Thomas on 17. 1. 2026 at 12:55
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes: Dear Thomas, I was doing my morning radio listening on the Guaíba waterfront in Porto Alegre, Brazil, when I came across this Morse code signal at 8207 kHz by pure chance. I tried to decode it using apps but didn’t get good results. As I’m
- How Radio Farda Continues to Report from Pragueby Thomas on 15. 1. 2026 at 11:57
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares an article from Radio Prague outlining how Radio Farda continues to report on protests in Iran despite aggressive censorship, internet blackouts, and significant risks to journalists and sources on the ground. Operating from Prague as part of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Farda works creatively
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