List of VLF-transmitters
A list of VLF-transmitters and LF-transmitters, which work or worked on frequencies below 100 kHz.
List of VLF transmissions
Name / Call sign | Location | Frequency | Coordinates | Remarks |
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NOV Alpha Transmitter Novosibirsk | Bolotnoye, Bolotninsky District, Russia | 11.905 kHz | 55°45′22″N 84°26′52.4″E | Alpha-Navigation |
KRA Alpha Transmitter Krasnodar | Poltavskaya, Russia | 12.649 kHz | 45°24′12″N 38°09′29″E | Alpha-Navigation, also RJH63 |
KOM Alpha Transmitter Komsomolskamur | Khabarovsk, Russia | 12.649 kHz | 50°04′24″N 136°36′24″E | Alpha-Navigation |
MUR Alpha Transmitter Murmansk | Revda, Russia | 12.649 kHz | 68°02′8″N 34°41′00″E | Alpha-Navigation |
ASH Alpha Transmitter Ashkabad | Seyda, Turkmenistan | 12.649 kHz | 39°28′16″N 62°43′07″E | Alpha-Navigation |
Trinidad - Omega Station B | Chaguaramas, Trinidad | 12.0 kHz | 10.699738°N 61.638386°W | valley span antenna dismantled, station replaced by the Paynesville Liberia Station in 1976 |
Paynesville - Omega Station B | Paynesville, Liberia | 12.0 kHz | 6.305442°N 10.662068°W | 1,368-foot (417 m) tower demolished in 2011 |
Kaneohe - Omega Station C | Haiku Valley, Hawaii, USA | 11.8 kHz | 21.404811°N 157.830834°W | 5,000-foot (1,500 m) valley span antenna, decommissioned in 1997. Antenna dismantled, deteriorating transmitter building and Haiku Stairs remain |
Bratland - Omega Station A | Bratland, Norway | 12.1 kHz | 66.419323°N 13.129950°E | 11,500-foot (3,500 m) valley span antenna over salt water. dismantled in 2002. Building and helix house remains |
LaMoure - Omega Station D | LaMoure, North Dakota, USA | 12.1 kHz | 46.365987°N 98.335667°W | now operated by US Navy on 25.2 kHz |
Plaine Chabrier - Omega Station E | Plaine Chabrier, Reunion Island | 12.3 kHz | 20.974153°S 55.289973°E | 1,404-foot (428 m) tower demolished in 1999 |
Golfo Nuevo - Omega Station F | TGolfo Nuevo, Chubut, Argentina | 12.9 kHz | 43.053524°S 65.190763°W | 1,201-foot (366 m) tower demolished in 1998 |
Woodside - Omega Station G | Woodside, Victoria, Australia | 13.0 kHz | 38.481268°S 146.935326°E | 1,417-foot (432 m) foot tower demolished in 2015 |
Shushi-Wan - Omega Station H | Tsushima Island, Japan | 12.8 kHz | 34.614763°N 129.453830°E | 1,276-foot (389 m) foot tower dismantled in 1998 |
GBZ Criggion | Criggion, Wales, UK | 15.2 kHz | 52.72246°N 3.06295°W | towers and antenna demolished in 2003. Derelict transmitter building remains |
Kahuku Marconi Transmitter | Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii, USA | 16.1 kHz | 21.7062°N 157.9731°W | shut down in 1939, deteriorated transmitter building and support buildings remain |
Monte Grande Radio Station | Monte Grande, Argentina | 17.330 kHz | 34.757502°S 58.509128°W | |
Waunfawr Marconi Transmitter | Waunfawr, Wales, UK | 21.2 kHz | 53.1239°N 4.1935°W | Closed in 1938, only the transmitter building remains |
Table Head Marconi Transmitter | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada | 37.5 kHz | 46.21118°N 59.9525°W | dismantled and moved to Marconi Towers, Nova Scotia in 1904 |
Marconi Towers Transmitter | Marconi Towers, Nova Scotia, Canada | 37.5 kHz | 46.1547273°N 59.9455246°W | closed and sold in 1946. Manager's house and ruins remain. |
Marion Marconi Transmitter | Marion. Massachusetts, USA | 25.8 kHz | 41.7131401°N 70.7748406°W | shut down in 1957, towers demolished in 1960. Transmitter and support buildings remain |
New Brunswick Marconi Transmitter | New Brunswick, New Jersey. USA | 21.8 kHz | 40.51529°N 74.48895°W | shut down in 1948, demolished in 1953. Only the station cottage remains |
Bolinas Marconi Transmitter | Bolinas, California. USA | 19.2 kHz | 37.913°N 122.72825°W | shut down in 1946. Transmitter building, MF and HF transmitters and one cottage remain |
RCA Radio Central | Rocky Point, New York, USA | 18.3 kHz | 40.92379°N 72.9356°W | last VLF tower demolished in 1977 |
NSS Annapolis | Annapolis, Maryland, USA | 21.4 kHz | 38.977778°N 76.453333°W | shut down in 1996, 1,200-foot (370 m) tower demolished in 1999, three 600-foot (180 m) towers remain |
Forestport Tower | Forestport, New York, USA | 43.44485337°N 75.0861464°W | 1,205-foot (367 m) tower demolished in 1998 | |
Tuckerton Transmitter | Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA | 22.1 kHz | 39.558495°N 74.370570°W | shut down 1948, 820-foot (250 m) tower demolished 1955, transmitter building remains |
Silver Creek Communications Annex | Silver Creek, Nebraska, USA | 41.3461996°N 97.72176109°W | 1,226-foot (374 m) tower demolished in 1995. Building remains. | |
Hawes Radio Relay Facility | Hinkley, California, USA | 34.9174009°N 117.377046654°W | 1,226-foot (374 m) tower and all buildings demolished in 1986 | |
HWU | Rosnay, France | 15.1 kHz, 18.3 kHz, 21.75 kHz | 46.714119°N 1.244309°E | |
GBR | Rugby, UK | 15.8 kHz | 52.367290°N 1.188524°W | shut-down in 2003, demolished in 2007 |
JXN | Gildeskål, Norway | 16.4 kHz | 66.982337°N 13.872471°E | 7,759-foot (2,365 m) valley-span antenna |
SAQ | Grimeton, Sweden | 17.2 kHz | 57.113958°N 12.404425°E | Only active at special occasions (Alexanderson Day) |
NAA | Cutler, Maine, USA | 17.8 kHz, 24.0 kHz | 44.644506°N 67.284565°W | |
INS Kattabomman | Vijayanarayanam, India | 18.2 kHz | 8.3869497°N 77.7505891°E | |
NBA Summit Naval Radio Station | Summit, Canal Zone, Panama | 18.6 kHz | 9.0699425°N 79.6333477°W | megawatt naval VLF station, demolished |
GQD | Anthorn, Cumbria, UK | 19.6 kHz | 54.911683°N 3.278738°W | 13 towers, 745-foot (227 m) tall |
NWC | Exmouth, Western Australia | 19.8 kHz | 21.816325°S 114.16546°E | |
ICV | Tavolara (Sardinia, Italy) | 20.27 kHz, 20.76 kHz | 40.922889°N 9.732052°E | Valley-span antenna |
RJH69 | Vileyka, Belarus | 20.5 kHz | 54.463204°N 26.775827°E | Time signal transmitter Beta |
RJH77 | Archangelsk, Russia | 20.5 kHz | 64.360491°N 41.568489°E | Time signal transmitter Beta |
RJH99 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | 20.5 kHz | 56.171945°N 43.931667°E | Time signal transmitter Beta |
RJH66 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 20.5 kHz | 43.039444°N 73.6125°E | Time signal transmitter Beta |
RAB99 | Khabarovsk, Russia | 20.5 kHz | 48.48555°N 134.82333°E | Time signal transmitter Beta |
Martanskaya, Russia | 44.773640°N 39.547262°E | |||
NPM | Lualualei, Hawaii, USA | 21.4 kHz | 21.420382°N 158.153912°W | 1,503-foot (458 m) tower installed 1972 |
NPO Sangley Point Naval Radio Statiom | Cavite, Philippines | 21.5 kHz | 14.495°N 120.908°E | Three 600-foot (180 m) VLF towers demolished after World War II |
GBZ | Skelton, UK | 22.1 kHz | 54.731929°N 2.883359°W | |
JJI | Ebino, Japan | 22.2 kHz | 32.092247°N 130.829095°E | |
JAP | Yosami, Japan | 34.971474°N 137.017018°E | demolished | |
Malabar Radio Station | Malabar, Indonesia | 7.116281°S 107.606183°E | valley span-antenna, demolished | |
DHO38 | Rhauderfehn, Germany | 23.4 kHz | 53.087341°N 7.608652°E | submarine communication |
NLK | Seattle, Washington (USA) | 24.8 kHz | 48.203633°N 121.916828°W | valley-span antenna |
NML La Moure US Navy Transmitter | LaMoure, North Dakota, USA | 25.2 kHz | 46.365987°N 98.335667°W | 1,148-foot (350 m) tower |
NPM | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA | 26.1 kHz | 21.35°N 157.964°W | Three 600-foot (180 m) towers dismantled in 1936. Transmitters moved to Lualualei in 1936 |
Denizkoy VLF Transmitter TBB | Bafa, Turkey | 26.7 kHz | 37.409420°N 27.325273°E | 1,247-foot (380 m) tower |
NPL Chollas Heights | San Diego, California, USA | 30.6 kHz | 32.74063°N 117.0643°W | ceased operations in 1992, towers demolished 1995, Transmitter building remains |
TFK | Grindavik, Iceland | 37.6 kHz | 63.850833°N 22.451667°W | proberbly 37.5 kHz ! (center) |
Sayville Telefunken Wireless Station | Sayville, New York, USA | 38.4 kHz | 40.7437°N 73.1033°W | 477-foot (145 m) tower demolished. massive concrete guy wire anchors remain. |
JJY | Mount Otakadoya, Japan | 40 kHz | 37.372557°N 140.849007°E | Time signal |
SRC | Grimeton, Sweden | 40.4 kHz | 57.113958°N 12.404425°E | Shares antenna with SAQ, used for encrypted messages to Swedish Navy |
NAU Naval Communications Station Puerto Rico | Aguada, Puerto Rico, USA | 40.75 kHz | 18.398775°N 67.177486°W | 1,205-foot (367 m) tower |
NAA Arlington | Arlington, Virginia, USA | 50.0 kHz | 38.867820°N 77.0791°W | towers removed in 1941, NAA buildings remain |
Clifden Marconi Transmitter | Derrigimlagh, Clifden, Ireland | 54.5 kHz | 53.4508506°N 10.0430238°W | demolished following an attack by Irish republican forces in July 1922. Ruins remain |
WWVB | Fort Collins, Colorado, USA | 60 kHz | 40.678056°N 105.046944°W | Time signal |
JJY | Mount Hagane, Japan | 60 kHz | 33.465539°N 130.175516°E | Time signal |
MSF | Anthorn, Cumbria, UK | 60 kHz | 54.91°N 3.28°W | Time signal |
RBU | Moscow, Russia | 66.666 kHz | 55.730481°N 38.152471°E | Time signal |
RBU | Taldom, Russia | 66.666 kHz | 56.733333°N 37.663333°E | Time signal |
BPC | Pucheng, China | 68.5 kHz | 34.948333°N 109.542778°E | Time signal |
HBG | Prangins, Switzerland | 75 kHz | 46.408422°N 6.252680°E | Demolished 2012 |
Globecomm Tower | Thule, Greenland | 68.9 kHz | 76.553133°N 68.5507134°W | 1,241-foot (378 m) tower was the tallest structure outside the USA in 1954. Demolished in 1992 |
BSF | Guishan, Taiwan | 77.5 kHz | 25.005556°N 121.365°E | Time signal |
DCF77 | Mainhausen, Germany | 77.5 kHz | 50.014234°N 9.011487°E | most important time signal in Europe |
RKS Liblice 1 | Liblice, Czech | 50.072249°N 14.880810°E | demolished | |
Podebrady, Czech | 50.137793°N 15.144331°E | |||
Radom - Wacyn, Poland | 51.409332°N 21.117214°E | |||
Warsaw, Poland | 52.266412°N 20.879892°E | destroyed | ||
Goliath | Kalbe, Germany | 52.669218°N 11.421890°E | removed by Russian troops, reinstalled in Russia | |
Nauen Transmitter Station | Nauen, Germany | 52.647959°N 12.908292°E | 872-foot (266 m) tower demolished and all equipment removed by Soviet Army in 1946, transmitter building remains | |
Eilvese | Eilvese, Germany | 52.546389°N 9.414722°E | 820-foot (250 m) tower demolished in 1931 | |
Königs Wusterhausen | Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | 52.304277°N 13.611326°E | demolished | |
Kamina | Kamina, Togo | 7.933333°N 0.85°E | destroyed | |
Herzogstand | Herzogstand, Germany | 47.628889°N 11.322222°E | experimental station, valley-span antenna, demolished | |
Gudinge, Sweden | 60.524275°N 18.012192°E | |||
Ruda, Sweden | 57.120331°N 16.153111°E | |||
Tving, Sweden | 56.275050°N 15.487858°E | |||
RNAS Rattray, Crimond, UK | 57.617467°N 1.887617°W | |||
RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar), Inskip, UK | 53.830074°N 2.834262°W | |||
FTA | Saint Assise, France | 48.544910°N 2.576294°E | ||
La Regine, France | 43.386781°N 2.097364°E | |||
Kerlouan, France | 48.637736°N 4.350769°W | |||
Lafayette Radio Station | Marcheprime, France | 44.708611°N 0.813611°W | destroyed by retreating German troops in 1944 | |
Basse-Lande transmitter | Brains, France | 47.170749°N 1.694947°W | destroyed | |
Torreta de Guardamar | Guardamar, Spain | 38.071871°N 0.664625°W | ||
Dimona, Israel | 30.975696°N 35.098668°E | |||
Kato Souli, Greece | 38.145186°N 24.019703°E | |||
Niscemi, Italy | 37.125654°N 14.436325°E | |||
Mokpo, South Korea | 34.682222°N 126.446944°E | |||
Datong, China | 20.6 kHz | 39.942959°N 113.247886°E | ||
Yay Kuu Amplified Broadcast Station | Yangon, Myanmar | 16.8658987°N 96.161132°E | unknown |
gollark: *But* they do not actually need to intercept everything to actually provide security.
gollark: Yes, probably it is eventually dropped, mostly.
gollark: Yes, and then keeping all the remaining data for no good reason.
gollark: If it was national security, they could, say, monitor those who have, I don't know, significantly associated with known terrorists, and not stick backdoors in everything and monitor piles of internet traffic.
gollark: It is *entirely* relevant to whether widespread surveillance is any good.
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