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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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- DXCC Approved. From DXNews.com
on 30. 1. 2026 at 4:17Upcoming J51A DX Pedition to Bijagos Archipelago, Gunea Bissau, approved for DXCC.
- CY0S Sable Island. From DXNews.comon 30. 1. 2026 at 4:13
CY0S Team will be active again from Sable Island, IOTA NA - 063, 19 - 31 March 2026.
- 3Y0K Bouvet. From DXNews.comon 29. 1. 2026 at 15:34
3Y0K Team will be active from Bouvet Island, IOTA AN - 002, in February - March 2026.
- T88SG Koror Island Palau. From DXNews.comon 26. 1. 2026 at 15:12
JR3QFB will be active as T88JH from Koror Island, IOTA OC - 009, Palau, 28 - 31 January 2026.
- T88RR T88MK T88FM Koror Island Palau. From DXNews.comon 26. 1. 2026 at 15:05
T88MK. Miyo, Miyoko Katsura, JO3LVG will be active as T88MK from Koror Island, IOTA OC - 009, 28 - 31 January 2026.
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- 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
- A first class service with some warmthby Fastradioburst23 on 14. 1. 2026 at 22:00
Greetings all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations bring you POST (The Shortwave Postal Service) through the ether this week via shortwaveradio.de on Saturday 17th January 2026 at 1200 hrs UTC. Then there’s the second post on Sunday 18th January 2026 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz and (the new time of)
- Radio Farda Returns to Shortwave to Bypass Iran’s Digital Blackoutby Thomas on 14. 1. 2026 at 0:08
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for the tip: Working with commercial broadcasters, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Persian service Radio Farda has resumed shortwave broadcasts aimed at Iran, providing an alternative to state-controlled media amid an ongoing internet blackout imposed by the Iranian government. The return to shortwave is intended to help listeners
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