To the best of my knowledge, these are the broadcast stations currently on air: Romania (153kHz), Morocco (171kHz), Iceland (189kHz and 207kHz), UK (198kHz), Poland (225kHz), Luxembourg (234kHz), Denmark (243kHz), Ireland and Algeria (co-channel on 252kHz) and the Czech Republic (270kHz). There is a low power pirate station in the Netherlands on 261kHz that comes on the air occasionally, but I have only ever heard it via an online SDR. I've never managed to pick it up here in the south of England on my Sangean ATS-909. 73 to you all from Ed M0MNG.
I remember driving through central France years ago and picking up BBC Radio 4 loud and clear on 198kHz in the mid-afternoon as we passed through fields of sunflowers, it felt most weird. Radio 4 still broadcasts shipping forecasts four times a day on longwave so that fishermen at sea can get a reliable weather forecast if their marine radio should fail.
Thank you for this Gilles, Here in Scotland, I am able to regularly monitor broadcast stations on LW. A favorite of mine is RTE 1 from Ireland, reportedly, using 300kw/150kw day/night. Nightime sees more distant stations in N. Africa come in. This is using the ferrite aerials of my radios. I don't know if its an age related thing, but to my ears a good LW signal has a more mellow sound. 73s
@@davidsradioroom9678 Sadly, LW is on the way out in Europe. One of the main French stations has left, BBC Radio 4LW is under threat and RTE is waiting for it to be able to use DAB in the UK. It will then close. A sorry state of affairs! 73s
I bought a new DAB+ radio recently and I can tell you a lot of those digital stations barely sound any better than AM. I remember when the BBC started promoting FM heavily in the 1980s I didn't particularly like it, I always preferred the AM sound. I thought it sounded punchier.
It’s worth mention that amateur transmission in 2200 and 630 metre bands operation is usually CW or QRSS CW (very low speed CW) and narrow band digital modes.
225 Polish Radio 1. It used to have the highest radio mast in the world and highest building structure as well. In 80's Polish engeeners could listen to Polish station in north Africa...
In Poland we listen 225khz - good quality inside building even without antena. In 1980 -1990 this Polish Radio 1 -225khz (has 500meter anterna and strong amplifier and in night people can easly listen this radio in good quality even in Iran and Iraq - For example my uncle was in 1986 in Bagdad) and he remember he listen news 225khz in your language 4200km from home
Another interesting video. I guess persistence is key here. Very importantant on SW too. Running ETM a few times doesnt hurt and can produce good results. Thanks again.
BBC Radio 4. 1500 metres. Droitwich transmitter. Formerly Radio 2. Radio 4 was originally the Home Service and Radio 2 the Light Programme. Also are used to have Atlantic 252 from the Irish Republic
its possible to use your computers sound card and sdr sharp to tune VLF, there are some vids (i think theres one by vwestlife) that explain this in more detail here on youtube.
