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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.
This homepage is in permanent development.
Who is the author?
Hi guys, my name is Roman and I’m an SWL OK1-31457 since 1984 – avid SWL contester. I’m also a holder of other SWL certificates: OKL477 (issued by CLC), OK1001SWL (issued by SWARL). And I’m a holder of a HAM licence OK1DSA too.
For more info about me you can take look at my profile on the QRZCQ.com.
DX News Ham Radio Amateur Radio News DX News DX Information for DXers
- 8R1WA Guyana. From DXNews.com
on 18. 2. 2026 at 14:088R1WA Team will be active from Guyana, 19 - 27 February 2026.
- J51A Bijagos. From DXNews.comon 16. 2. 2026 at 11:07
J51A Team will be active from Bijagos Archipelago, IOTA AF - 020, Guinea Bisau, February - March 2026.
- S21WD Bangladesh. From DXNews.comon 16. 2. 2026 at 7:31
S21WD Team will be active from Bangladesh, in March 2026.
- 8Q7AH Dharavandhoo Island Maldive Islands. From DXNews.comon 12. 2. 2026 at 16:06
Alex Huber, OE5AUH will be active as 8Q7AH from Maldive Islands, IOTA AS - 013.
- 5K3W Colombia. From DXNews.comon 12. 2. 2026 at 15:41
Siso, HK3W will be active as 5K3W from Colombia in CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest, 14 - 15 February 2026/
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- Station to stationby Fastradioburst23 on 18. 2. 2026 at 8:00
Greetings all SWLing Post community! The whole Imaginary Station crew get on board to bring a tribute to all things train wise with CTRN on Saturday 21st February at 1200 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 22nd February at 1000/1400/2100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). If you
- After CPB: Public Media Infrastructure (PMI) Takes Shapeby Thomas on 17. 2. 2026 at 12:24
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor NT, for sharing this article on the emergence of Public Media Infrastructure (PMI) — the new nonprofit consortium formed to take up key public media infrastructure and distribution roles as Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) winds down. PMI, created through a substantial CPB grant, has now appointed its inaugural
- Celebrating 90 Years of Radio Bulgaria’s English Voiceby Thomas on 17. 2. 2026 at 12:15
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia who shares the following article from Radio Bulgaria–a retrospective that traces the history of the English Service of Bulgarian National Radio, marking nine decades of international broadcasting that brought Bulgaria’s news, culture, and music to listeners around the world. You can read the full article here: https://bnrnews.bg/en/post/428374/radio-bulgarias-english-service-a-legacy-of-distinguished-voices
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SWL Radio
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