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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
- 8Q7AH Dharavandhoo Island Maldive Islands. From DXNews.com
on 12. 2. 2026 at 16:06Alex 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/
- TX5EU Raivavae. From DXNews.comon 12. 2. 2026 at 8:10
TX5EU Team will be active from Raivavae Island, IOTA OC - 114, Austral Islands, French Polynesia, 12 - 25 March 2026.
- AU7RS Agatti Island. From DXNews.comon 12. 2. 2026 at 5:09
AU7RS Team will be active from Agatti Island, Lakshadweep Islands, IOTA AS - 011, 8 - 14 February 2026.
- 9G5RR 9G5CC 9G5ZP. From DXNews.comon 11. 2. 2026 at 16:44
Members of the IDXT Team will be active as 9G5CC and 9G5RR from Ghana and as 9G5ZP from Abokwa Island, IOTA AF - 084, during March - April 2026.
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- Ukraine’s Radio Culture: When Radio Is the Only Voice Leftby Thomas on 13. 2. 2026 at 18:41
(Source: Radio Prague International via Paul Jamet) Everywhere – even under Russian occupation – radio waves still find their way To mark World Radio Day, Radio Prague International spoke with Iryna Slavinska, Director of Radio Culture – the third channel of Ukraine’s public broadcaster Suspilne. What role does radio play in war-torn Ukraine? And what
- Happy World Radio Day 2026: Celebrating 80 Years Since UN Radio’s First Broadcastby Thomas on 13. 2. 2026 at 12:47
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares a reminder that today — February 13 — marks World Radio Day, celebrated each year on the anniversary of the moment United Nations Radio first went on the air 80 years ago. This UN News article highlights radio’s enduring role as one of the world’s
- World Radio Day: Kentucky’s Real People Radioby Thomas on 12. 2. 2026 at 11:52
A new documentary from the BBC, produced by SWLing Post friend and contributor David Goren and presented by Maria Margaronis, is now available to listen to online. Kentucky’s Real People Radio, from The Documentary Podcast, visits WMMT in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a small community radio station known locally as “Possum Radio,” which serves coalfield communities in
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