SWL contest 2026 rules AM radio stations on SW or MW

 SWL contest 2026 rules AM radio stations on SW or MW

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There are approximately 7,000 languages ​​in the world, in addition to thousands of dialects.

In 2026 The goal of this contest is to listen to as many foreign languages ​​as possible ( they are 92 languages used on SW ) I dont know for MW.

ShortwaveSchedule.com

https://www.shortwaveschedule.com/index.php?now

Say they are 

1381 transmissions on air right now in the 372 languages you have selected !!!!!

Category SW

Category MW

You must choice only ONE categorie

Listeners can use real radio receivers and antennas or WEB and KIWI SDR ( but you must use the same WEB or Kiwi SDR during all the contest )

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

https://chinaradiosswl.blogspot.com/2025/12/how-to-use-web-sdr-in-twente.html?spref=bl

You dont need to ask QSL cards for this contest

Award for all contest participants

Dates: 01 July to 31 August 2026 (2 months)

Registration is not required to participate in this contest

You can use book or CD like Klingenfuss to find stations and languages

On the internet for free, you have:

https://www.short-wave.info/

https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-to-use-great-web-site-short-wave.html

https://shortwave.live/

http://www.eibispace.de/dx/freq-b25.txt

https://shortwaveschedule.com/

https://shortwavedb.org/index.html

https://chinaradiosswl.blogspot.com/2025/12/comprehensive-free-mw-lw-radio-guides.html

https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/08/chinas-radio-broadcast-on-1389.html

https://www.addx.de/Hfpdat/plaene.php

https://bdxc.org.uk/articles.html

https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/08/chinas-radio-broadcast-on-1389.html

Etc

Logs

Date

 Time UTC

 Frequency 

Name of the radio station

Frequency

 SIO

 LANGUAGE

Your category, if real radio, tell me what your equipment is.

If you use a KIWI or WEB SDR tell me the address of this SDR

If you listen for example, to a radio station in ENGLISH,  it's finished, you don't need to listen again to a radio station in English language. Try to listen to another language. Rules are VERY simple !

You can send your log at the end of the contest like a normal message by mail, in WORDS or PDF

Send your log before the 10 September 2026. Please write in English or French.

The email adresse is   swlcontest@gmx.fr

Please respect the rules, logs that don't respect rules will not be valid.

Give me your email address to receive the award of participation. 

Do you have a call sign for SWL? If not, give me your name.

You can ask me your questions about the SWL contest 2026 on Facebook or by mail to  swlcontest@gmx.fr

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009933974595

For example, if you use Short-Wave.info

On the WEB SDR in the Netherlands

https://chinaradiosswl.blogspot.com/2025/12/how-to-use-web-sdr-in-twente.html?spref=bl

https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/12/listen-world-for-free-on-your-computer.html

Interesting links for Medium wave

https://mwcircle.org/1-introduction/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_wave

https://mediumwave.info/

https://bdxc.org.uk/articles.html

MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East

https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=600&twente=1#kHz600

MWLIST quick and easy: Asia and Pacific

MWLIST quick and easy: North America, Central America, Caribbean

MWLIST quick and easy: South America

If you need to buy a radio receiver to listen AM radio stations on medium wave or shortwave

https://www.qodosen.com/

https://www.xhdata.com.cn/

D-219

D-368

• FM1:87-108MHz
• FM2:64-108MHz
• AM:522-1620KHz
• SW1-9:4.75-22.0MHz

• FM 1/ FM 2 87-108 / 64-87 MHz
• AM 520-1620 kHz
• SW1-9 4.75-22 MHz

OFFICIAL  : Xhdata Radios

https://www.facebook.com/XHDATA.official

FACEBOOK Contact: Xhdata Radios

https://www.instagram.com/xhdata1/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0vxIvvTZh4q-EvkeyV69Iw

Email: xhdatacn@gmail.com
Skype: XHDATA
https://join.skype.com/invite/xzaAeptXGhzZ

TECSUN antennas by Anon-CO

https://www.anon-co.com/category/tecsun-am-antenna

For Europe  https://www.anon-co-eu.com/

https://radiojayallen.com/tecsungrundigkaito-an-100an-200-loop-antenna/

• FM: 87 - 108 MHz

• MW (AM): 525 - 1610 kHz

• SW: 5950 – 21950 kHz
  
  • SW1 < 49M > : 5950 - 6400 kHz
  • SW2 < 41M > : 6900 - 7500 kHz
  • SW3 < 31M > : 9400 - 10000 kHz
  • SW4 < 25M > : 11650 - 12150 kHz
  • SW5 < 19M > : 15000 - 15650 kHz
  • SW6 < 16M > : 17520 - 18120 kHz
  • SW7 < 13M > : 21150 - 21950 kHz

https://www.anon-co-eu.com/

• For SW if you have a very good SW receiver you can use antenna made for amateur radio bands

https://shop.spiderbeam.com/en/shop/aerial-51-model-404-ul-1613?category=72

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QODOSEN and TECSUN MW antenna

https://www.klingenfuss.org/homepage.htm

 https://www.klingenfuss.org/homepage.htm

73 de Frank SWL F14368

Example of AWARD

Thank you Gene Stevens @genestevens7584 on Youtube

AM 153 kHz to 32 MHz

UHF VHF TK11 (5)

https://www.facebook.com/QuanshengRadios/