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SWARL SWL Maidenhead Locator Award
The Maidenhead Locator Award is issued for hearing and confirming QSO's with 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, etc. locations according to Maidenhead Grid Locator. Only the first four characters of the locator...
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SWARL SWL IOTA Award
The SWARL SWL IOTA Award is issued for hearing and confirming QSO's with 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, etc. IOTA registered IOTA entities. Award can be dependent on modulation type or "General"read more
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SWARL SWL DXCC Award
The SWARL SWL DXCC Award is issued for hearing and confirming 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, etc. DXCC entities. Award can be dependent on modulation type or "General"read more
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Unique Prefix Award
The SWARL SWL Unique Prefix Award is issued for hearing and confirming 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 etc. unique prefixes. The prefix is the first part of the call sign, defining the area of location of the...
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ITU Zone SWL Award
The ITU Zone SWL Award is issued for hearing and confirming QSO's on five amateur radio bands with in one ITU zone. One Award is issued for one ITU zone and dependent on type of modulation as: SSB, CW,...
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All Continents Award
All Continents SWARL Award is issued for hearing and confirming QSO's with following continents:NA - North AmericaSA - South AmericaOC - OceaniaEU - EuropeAS - AsiaAF - AfricaQSO's with these...
View ArticleSwl Short Wave Listening Hobby
Radio wasn’t made first as an advanced broadcasting station but it was made like a little amateur station. There were people who were operating transmitters and sending signals "on air" but those...
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Short Wave Amateur Radio Listening
Devoted to Short Wave Listeners primarily interested in monitoring the Ham Bands and participating as SWL's in the various Han Radio Contests This group is open to all SWL's and Hams alike. SWARL runs...
View ArticleAbout Modes
Over the past several years, there continues to be development of different modes for Hams to communicate with on the Ham Bands. Some are as much as 150 years old eg. in Morse code and others are...
View ArticleAbout Call Signs
Every licensed Radio Amateur is given a call sign that is used to identify them and their location of license. Each country that has Amateur Radio status is allocated a range of call signs by the...
View ArticleSWL Call Signs
In most European and Asian countries of the world, the Amateur Radio licensing body will issue SWL Call signs for SWL Listeners. However, in North America, parts of South America, Australia, and...
View ArticleContesting
Contesting has developed into a major activity within the Ham Community. On any given weekend, there would be several Ham Radio contests running. It's affords you a special opportunity to log several...
View ArticleWhy a Log book?
Once your station is set up and you have become familiar with operating it, you will want to start keeping track of your listening activities. This is referred to as logging your listening. This log...
View ArticleQSL cards
Part of the fun of SWL'ing is collecting cards, called QSL cards, from amateurs that you've heard on the radio.Another reason for collecting QSL cards is t o participate in many certificate programs...
View ArticleRevised SWARL history
The first years SWARL was started on the internet by Tim Kyle on Listbot (http://web.archive.org/web/19991011221521/http://swarl.listbot.com/) but after awhile Listbot was taken over. SWARL, like we...
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