List of European short wave transmitters

Last updated May 08, 2024

This is a list of short wave transmitters in Europe.

Active stations

Frequency (MHz)	Program	Transmitter site	Time, UTC	Days	Language	Power (kW)	Az	Remarks
3.965	Radio France Internationale (DRM)	Issoudun	01:00-00:57	1234567	French (Digital)	1	ND	RFI
3.975	6160 Shortwave AM Radio	Winsen	16:00-18:00	.234567	English	1	ND
3.985	SRF Schweizer Radio	Kall-Krekel	16:00-17:00	1234567	German	1	ND
3.995	HCJB Deutsch	Weenermoor	05:30-15:30	1234567	German	1.5	ND	HCJ
4.026	Laser Hot Hits	?	00:00-00:00	1234567	English	?	?
4.625	UVB-76	Kerro	00:00-00:00	?	Russian	?	?
4.996	RWM Etalon Vremeni	Taldom	?	?	Russian	5	?	RC3
5.000	IAM Segnale Orario	Rome	?	?	Italian	?	?	EUR
5.140	Charleston Radio International	Bozen	00:00-24:00	1234567	English	1	ND
5.825	Radio OZ-Viola	Hillerod	?	?	Danish	0.15	?
5.830	Dneprovskaya Volna	Zaporizhzhia	04:00-07:00	.....67	Ukrainian	0.25	?
5.840	World Music Radio	Karup	00:00-00:00	1234567	Danish	0.1	ND	-
5.895	LKB/LLE	Bergen Kringkaster	04:30-23:00	1234567	Norwegian	1	ND	E-3
5.900	BIBLE VOICE BCN/ Radio Dardasha7	Kostinbrod (Sofia)	18:15-18:30	1234567	Arabic	50	126	BVBN
5.910	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti-Saftica	14:30-14:57	1234567	Macedonian	100	240
5.905	Deutscher Wetterdienst	Pinneberg	16:00-16:30	1234567	German	10	ND
5.920	HCJB Deutsch	Weenermoor	05:30-15:30	1234567	German	1	145	HCJ
5.930	Interradio Romania
5.935	Interradio Romania
5.940	Interradio Romania (DRM)	Tiganesti	05:30-05:57	1234567	Russian	90	37
5.955	Interradio Romania
5.970	China Radio International	Cerrik	16:00-18:00	1234567	German	150	330
5.980	Scandinavian Weekend Radio	Virrat	00:01-00:00	.....6.	Finnish	0.1	ND
5.990	Interradio Romania
6.000	Radio Rossii Adygeya	Tbilisskaya			Russian	1000
6.005	BBC	Woofferton	05:00-06:00	1234567	English	250	184
6.005	Schweizer Radio SRF	Kall-Krekei	10:30-11:00	.23456.	German	1	10
6.005	RSI (Radio Slovakia International)	Kall-Krekei	11:00-16:30		German, English, French, Slovenian, German, English, French, German, English, French, Slovenian
6.020	Interradio Romania
6.030	Interradio Romania (DRM)	Tiganesti	16:00-16:57	1234567	Russian	90	37
6.040	Interradio Romania
6.070	Radio Channel 292	Rohrbach Waal	05:25-19:00	1234567	German, Dutch, English	25	ND
6.085	Radio MiAmigo	Kall-Krekei	09:00-14:00	1234567	English	20	ND
6.090	Caribbean Beacon (University Network)	Anguilla	22:00-10:00	1234567	English	100	320	CBB
6.100	Interradio Romania
6.130	Interradio Romania
6.145	Interradio Romania
6.150	Radio Marabu	Datteln	06:00-16:00	1234567	German	0.15	ND
6.150	Europa 24	Datteln	16:00-18:00	1234567	German	0.15	ND
6.155	Interradio Romania
6.155	Ö1	Moosbrunn			Deutsch	300
6.160	6160 AM Shortwave Radio	Winsen	10:00-12:00	.234567	English	1	ND
6.170	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti-Saftica	21:30-21:57	1234567	English	300	307
6.170	Scandinavian Weekend Radio	Virrat	00:01-00:00	.....6.	Finnish	0.1	ND
6.170	Radio Onda	Margraten	00:00-24:00	1234567	Portuguese-English	0.35		RON
6.175	Radio France Internationale	Issoudun	09:00-12:00	1234567	French	100	153,267
6.180	Deutscher Wetterdienst	Pinneberg	16:00-16:30	1234567	German	10	ND
6.205	Laser Hot Hits				English
6.990	Radio Voronezh		12:00-15:00	1234567	Russian	1	ND	?
7.220	Interradio Romania
7.235	Interradio Romania
7.285	China Radio International	Cerrik	09:00-09:57	1234567	Romanian	150	ND
7.315	Interradio Romania
7.325	Interradio Romania
7.330	Radio Joystick	Moosbrunn	10:00-11:00	1......	English	100	283	MVB/MBR
7.340	Interradio Romania
7.345	BBC	Woofferton	05:00-06:00	1234567	English	250	170
7.350	Interradio Romania
7.360	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti	15:00-15:27	1234567	Russian	300	37
7.365	HCJB Deutsch	Weenermoor	06:00-16:00	1234567	German	2	145
7.370	Interradio Romania
7.375	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti-Saftica	12:00-12:57	1234567	Romanian	100	300
7.390	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti	04:30-04:57	1234567	Russian	300	37
7.395	Interradio Romania	Galbeni	23:57-01:57	1234567	Romanian	300	310	ROR
7.410	Interradio Romania
7.440	Radio Channel 292	Rohrbach Waal
7.450	ERT3 102FM	Athens			Greek	100
9.420	ERA I Foni tis Elladas	Athens	05:00-22:55	1234567	Greek	250	323	ERT
9.490	Interradio Romania
9.50	Interradio Romania	Galbeni	17:00-19:57	1234567	Romanian	300	285
9.50	Golos And	Nauen	15:30-16:30		Russian
9.510	Interradio Romania
9.520	Interradio Romania
9.535	Interradio Romania
9.545	BBC	Kostinbrod-Sofia	17:30-17:49	.23456.	Amharic	200	156
9.565	China Radio International	Cerrik	15:00-15:57	1234567	Turkish	150	ND
9.570	Interradio Romania
9.580	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti	15:00-15:27	1234567	Russian	300	37
9.585	Interradio Romania
9.600	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti-Saftica	12:00-12:57	1234567	Spanish	300	247
9.610	Interradio Romania
9.620	Interradio Romania
9.640	VATICAN RADIO	Santa Maria di Galeria	16:40-17:00	1234567	Ukrainian	100	54
9.645	VATICAN RADIO	Santa Maria di Galeria	06:05-07:00	1.....	Ukrainian	250	26
9.740	Interradio Romania
9.770	Interradio Romania
9.800	Interradio Romania
9.810	Interradio Romania
9.820	Interradio Romania
9.830	ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO	Nauen	16:00-16:30	1234567	Bulgarian	100	135
9.870	Interradio Romania
9.880	Interradio Romania
9.935	ERA I Foni tis Elladas/ERT3 102 FM	Athens	13:00-04:55	1234567	Greek	100	285
9.996	RWM Etalon Vremeni	Taldom	?	?	Russian	8	?
11.530	Voice of Welt (Radyo Denge Welat)	Issoudun	15:00-21:00	1234567	Kurdish	250	90	MEZ
11.645	ERA I Foni tis Elladas	Athens	?	1234567	Greek	100	?
11.650	Interradio Romania	Galbeni-Bacau	10:00-10:57	1234567	French	300	285
11.660	Interradio Romania
11.700	VATICAN RADIO	Santa Maria di Galeria	16:40-17:00	1234567	Ukrainian	100	58
11.740	VATICAN RADIO	Santa Maria di Galeria	06:05-07:00	1......	Ukrainian	250	62
11.780	Interradio Romania
11.790	Interradio Romania
11.800	Interradio Romania
11.820	Interradio Romania
11.825	Interradio Romania
11.920	China Radio International	Cerrik	14:00-15:57	1234567	French	150	240
11.945	Interradio Romania
11.955	World Adventist Radio	Moosbrunn	15:00-15:30	1234567	Turkish	300	115
11.960	Interradio Romania
11.975	Interradio Romania
11.980	Dniprovska Khvilya	Zaporizhzhia			Ukrainian		0.25
12.005	Radio Farda	Woofferton	13:00-18:00	1234567	Persian	300	90
12.160	TWR India	Kishinev-Grigoriopol	14:45-15:45	.23456.	Panjabi	300	98
13.565	S06 Spy Numbers		09:10-09:15	1234567	?	?	?
13.630	Interradio Romania
13.690	Radio France Internationale	Issoudun	16:00-17:00	1234567	Hausa	500	170
13.730	Interradio Romania
13.740	Interradio Romania				Russian
13.790	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti-Saftica	10:00-10:57	1234567	French	300	247
13.800	Golos And	Nauen	15:30-16:30		Russian
14.996	RWM Etalon Vremeni	Taldom	?	?	Russian	8	?
15.130	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti-Saftica	10:00-10:57	1234567	French	300	247
15.220	Interradio Romania (Digital)	Tiganesti	04:00-04:27	1234567	Chinese	250	67
15.255	Interradio Romania
15.260	Interradio Romania
15.380	Interradio Romania
15.390	Radio Exterior de Espana	Noblejas	18:00-22:00	1234567	Spanish	200	161
15.400	Interradio Romania
15.430	Interradio Romania
15.450	Interradio Romania
15.460	Interradio Romania
15.520	Radio Exterior de Espana	Noblejas	14:00-18:00, 18:00-22:00	1.....7, 1234567	Spanish	200	110
15.785	bit eXpress	Erlangen	00:00-00:00	1234567	German	0.1	ND
17.605	Adventist World Radio	Moosbrunn	14:30-15:00	1234567	Afar	300	140
17.620	Radio France Internationale	Issoudun	18:00-19:00	1234567	French	500	175
17.640	Radio Free Asia	Lampertheim	11:00-12:00	1234567	Tibetan	100	77
17.670	Interradio Romania	Galbeni	11:00-11:57	1234567	English	300	165
17.715	Radio Exterior de Espana	Noblejas	14:00-18:00, 18:00-22:00	1.....7, 1234567	Spanish	200	230
17.745	Interradio Romania
17.750	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti	07:00-07:56	1......	Romanian, Curierul romances	300	112
17.755	Interradio Romania
17.760	Interradio Romania
17.780	Interradio Romania
17.770	Radio Xoriyo Ogaden	Issoudun	16:00-16:30	.2...6.	Somali	500	130	OGM
17.800	Interradio Romania
17.810	Interradio Romania
17.830	Radio Farda	Biblis	08:30-15:30	1234567	Persian	100	85
17.850	Radio France Internacionale	Issoudun	18:00-19:00	1234567	French	500	155
17.855	Radio Exterior de Espana	Noblejas	14:00-18:00, 18:00-22:00	1.....7, 1234567	Spanish	200	290
21.490	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti-Saftica	12:00-12:57	1234567	English	300	127
21.500	Interradio Romania	Tiganesti	05:30-05:57	1234567	English	300	97
21.580	Radio France Internationale	Issoudun	08:00-09:00	1234567	French	500	150
21.620	Radio Exterior de Espana	Noblejas	14:00-18:00	1.....7	Spanish	200	161
21.690	Radio France Internationale	Issoudun	16:00-17:00	1234567	French	500	185	RFI
25.000	MIKES Aikamerkki	Espoo	?	?	Finnish	-	-
25.900	Zeleniy Glaz	Moscow	?	?	Russian	?	?
26.060	Railway Roma (DRM)	Rome	?	?	Italian (Digital)	?	?

Former stations

Those are former prominent SW transmitters:

Frequency (MHz)	Program	Transmitter site	Power	Transmission aerial	Remarks
4.485	Radio Rossii Ufa	Yazykovo	?	20 m	-
5.015	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Arkhangelsk	40 W	38 m	-
5.93	Radio Rossii Murman	Monchegorsk	50 kW	?	-
5.93	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
6.01	Radio Belarus	Brest	5 kW	?	-
6.055	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
6.155	?		?	?	-
6.200	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
6.16	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Arkhangelsk	40 W	38 m	-
6.07	Radio Belarus	Brest	5 kW	?	-
6.08	?		?	?	-
7.255	?		?	?	-
7.265	Kanal Kultura	Grodno	2,5 kW	?	-
7.345	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
9.87	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW
9.88	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
11.6	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
11.615	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
11.73	?		?	?	-
11.93	?		?	?	-
13.58	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
15.62	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
17.485	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
21.745	ČRo 7	Pohodlí (CZ)	100 kW	?
49m/25m	Radio Rossii Perm	Perm	5 kW	-	RS3

The above radio stations broadcast in the wavebands of 75, 60, 49, 41, 31, 25, 22, 19, 16 and/or 11 meters.

External links

Short Wave Info
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"Улучшим Свой Компьютер" [Let's Improve Your Computer]. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19.
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Новосибирский DX Сайт
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List of European short wave transmitters

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Active stations

Former stations

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