List of VLF-transmitters

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Countries with VLF Transmitter Stations

A list of VLF-transmitters and LF-transmitters, which work or worked on frequencies below 100 kHz.

List of VLF transmissions[]

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Name / Call sign	Location	Frequency	Coordinates	Remarks
NOV Alpha Transmitter Novosibirsk	Bolotnoye, Bolotninsky District, Russia	11.905 kHz	55°45′22″N 84°26′52.4″E / 55.75611°N 84.447889°E / 55.75611; 84.447889	Alpha-Navigation
KRA Alpha Transmitter Krasnodar	Poltavskaya, Krasnoarmeysky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russia	12.649 kHz	45°24′12″N 38°09′29″E / 45.40333°N 38.15806°E / 45.40333; 38.15806	Alpha-Navigation, also RJH63
KOM Alpha Transmitter Komsomolskamur	Khabarovsk, Russia	12.649 kHz	50°04′24″N 136°36′24″E / 50.07333°N 136.60667°E / 50.07333; 136.60667	Alpha-Navigation
MUR Alpha Transmitter Murmansk	Revda, Russia	12.649 kHz	68°02′8″N 34°41′00″E / 68.03556°N 34.68333°E / 68.03556; 34.68333	Alpha-Navigation
ASH Alpha Transmitter Ashkabad	Seydi, Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan	12.649 kHz	39°28′16″N 62°43′07″E / 39.47111°N 62.71861°E / 39.47111; 62.71861	Alpha-Navigation
Trinidad - Omega Station B	Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago	12.0 kHz	10°41′59″N 61°38′18″W / 10.699738°N 61.638386°W / 10.699738; -61.638386	valley span antenna dismantled, station replaced by the Paynesville Liberia Station in 1976
Paynesville - Omega Station B	Paynesville, Liberia	12.0 kHz	6°18′20″N 10°39′43″W / 6.305442°N 10.662068°W / 6.305442; -10.662068	1,368-foot (417 m) tower demolished in 2011
Kaneohe - Omega Station C	Haiku Valley, Hawaii, USA	11.8 kHz	21°24′17″N 157°49′51″W / 21.404811°N 157.830834°W / 21.404811; -157.830834	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°25′10″N 13°07′48″E / 66.419323°N 13.129950°E / 66.419323; 13.129950	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°21′58″N 98°20′08″W / 46.365987°N 98.335667°W / 46.365987; -98.335667	now operated by US Navy on 25.2 kHz
Plaine Chabrier - Omega Station E	Saint-Paul, Reunion Island	12.3 kHz	20°58′27″S 55°17′24″E / 20.974153°S 55.289973°E / -20.974153; 55.289973	1,404-foot (428 m) tower demolished in 1999
Golfo Nuevo - Omega Station F	Golfo Nuevo, Chubut, Argentina	12.9 kHz	43°03′13″S 65°11′27″W / 43.053524°S 65.190763°W / -43.053524; -65.190763	1,201-foot (366 m) tower demolished in 1998
Woodside - Omega Station G	Woodside, Victoria, Australia	13.0 kHz	38°28′53″S 146°56′07″E / 38.481268°S 146.935326°E / -38.481268; 146.935326	1,417-foot (432 m) foot tower demolished in 2015
Shushi-Wan - Omega Station H	Tsushima Island, Japan	12.8 kHz	34°36′53″N 129°27′14″E / 34.614763°N 129.453830°E / 34.614763; 129.453830	1,276-foot (389 m) foot tower dismantled in 1998
GBZ Criggion	Criggion, Wales, UK	15.2 kHz	52°43′21″N 3°03′47″W / 52.72246°N 3.06295°W / 52.72246; -3.06295	towers and antenna demolished in 2003. Derelict transmitter building remains
Kahuku Marconi Transmitter	Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii, USA	16.1 kHz	21°42′22″N 157°58′23″W / 21.7062°N 157.9731°W / 21.7062; -157.9731	shut down in 1939, deteriorated transmitter building and support buildings remain
Monte Grande Radio Station	Monte Grande, Argentina	17.330 kHz	34°45′27″S 58°30′33″W / 34.757502°S 58.509128°W / -34.757502; -58.509128	Appears derelict
Waunfawr Marconi Transmitter	Waunfawr, Wales, UK	21.2 kHz	53°07′26″N 4°11′37″W / 53.1239°N 4.1935°W / 53.1239; -4.1935	Closed in 1938, only the transmitter building remains
Table Head Marconi Transmitter	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada	37.5 kHz	46°12′40″N 59°57′09″W / 46.21118°N 59.9525°W / 46.21118; -59.9525	dismantled and moved to Marconi Towers, Nova Scotia in 1904
Marconi Towers Transmitter	Marconi Towers, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada	37.5 kHz	46°09′17″N 59°56′44″W / 46.1547273°N 59.9455246°W / 46.1547273; -59.9455246	closed and sold in 1946. Manager's house and ruins remain.
Marion Marconi Transmitter	Marion, Massachusetts, USA	25.8 kHz	41°42′47″N 70°46′29″W / 41.7131401°N 70.7748406°W / 41.7131401; -70.7748406	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°30′55″N 74°29′20″W / 40.51529°N 74.48895°W / 40.51529; -74.48895	shut down in 1948, demolished in 1953. Only the station cottage remains
Bolinas Marconi Transmitter	Bolinas, California. USA	19.2 kHz	37°54′47″N 122°43′42″W / 37.913°N 122.72825°W / 37.913; -122.72825	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°55′26″N 72°56′08″W / 40.92379°N 72.9356°W / 40.92379; -72.9356	last VLF tower demolished in 1977
NSS Annapolis	Annapolis, Maryland, USA	21.4 kHz	38°58′40″N 76°27′12″W / 38.977778°N 76.453333°W / 38.977778; -76.453333	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°26′41″N 75°05′10″W / 43.44485337°N 75.0861464°W / 43.44485337; -75.0861464	1,205-foot (367 m) tower demolished in 1998
Tuckerton Transmitter	Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA	22.1 kHz	39°33′31″N 74°22′14″W / 39.558495°N 74.370570°W / 39.558495; -74.370570	shut down 1948, 820-foot (250 m) tower demolished 1955, transmitter building remains
Silver Creek Communications Annex	Silver Creek, Nebraska, USA		41°20′46″N 97°43′18″W / 41.3461996°N 97.72176109°W / 41.3461996; -97.72176109	1,226-foot (374 m) tower demolished in 1995. Building remains.
Hawes Radio Relay Facility	Hinkley, California, USA		34°55′03″N 117°22′37″W / 34.9174009°N 117.377046654°W / 34.9174009; -117.377046654	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°42′51″N 1°14′40″E / 46.714119°N 1.244309°E / 46.714119; 1.244309
GBR	Rugby, UK	15.8 kHz	52°22′02″N 1°11′19″W / 52.367290°N 1.188524°W / 52.367290; -1.188524	shut-down in 2003, demolished in 2007
JXN	Gildeskål, Norway	16.4 kHz	66°58′56″N 13°52′21″E / 66.982337°N 13.872471°E / 66.982337; 13.872471	7,759-foot (2,365 m) valley-span antenna
SAQ	Grimeton, Sweden	17.2 kHz	57°06′50″N 12°24′16″E / 57.113958°N 12.404425°E / 57.113958; 12.404425	Only active at special occasions (Alexanderson Day)
NAA	Cutler, Maine, USA	17.8 kHz, 24.0 kHz	44°38′40″N 67°17′04″W / 44.644506°N 67.284565°W / 44.644506; -67.284565
INS Kattabomman	Vijayanarayanam, India	18.2 kHz	8°23′13″N 77°45′02″E / 8.3869497°N 77.7505891°E / 8.3869497; 77.7505891
NBA Summit Naval Radio Station	Summit, Canal Zone, Panama	18.6 kHz	9°04′12″N 79°38′00″W / 9.0699425°N 79.6333477°W / 9.0699425; -79.6333477	megawatt naval VLF station, demolished
GQD	Anthorn, Cumbria, UK	19.58 kHz	54°54′42″N 3°16′43″W / 54.911683°N 3.278738°W / 54.911683; -3.278738	13 towers, 745-foot (227 m) tall
NWC	Exmouth, Western Australia	19.8 kHz	21°48′59″S 114°09′56″E / 21.816325°S 114.16546°E / -21.816325; 114.16546
ICV	Tavolara (Sardinia, Italy)	20.27 kHz, 20.76 kHz	40°55′22″N 9°43′55″E / 40.922889°N 9.732052°E / 40.922889; 9.732052	Valley-span antenna
RJH69	Vileyka, Belarus	20.5 kHz	54°27′48″N 26°46′33″E / 54.463204°N 26.775827°E / 54.463204; 26.775827	Time signal transmitter Beta
RJH77	Archangelsk, Russia	20.5 kHz	64°21′38″N 41°34′07″E / 64.360491°N 41.568489°E / 64.360491; 41.568489	Time signal transmitter Beta
RJH99	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	20.5 kHz	56°10′19″N 43°55′54″E / 56.171945°N 43.931667°E / 56.171945; 43.931667	Time signal transmitter Beta
RJH66	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	20.5 kHz	43°02′22″N 73°36′45″E / 43.039444°N 73.6125°E / 43.039444; 73.6125	Time signal transmitter Beta
RAB99	Khabarovsk, Russia	20.5 kHz	48°29′08″N 134°49′24″E / 48.48555°N 134.82333°E / 48.48555; 134.82333	Time signal transmitter Beta
RJH63	Martanskaya, Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia	20.5 kHz	44°46′25″N 39°32′50″E / 44.773640°N 39.547262°E / 44.773640; 39.547262	Time signal transmitter Beta
NPM	Lualualei, Hawaii, USA	21.4 kHz	21°25′13″N 158°09′14″W / 21.420382°N 158.153912°W / 21.420382; -158.153912	1,503-foot (458 m) tower installed 1972
NPO Sangley Point Naval Radio Station	Cavite, Philippines	21.5 kHz	14°29′42″N 120°54′29″E / 14.495°N 120.908°E / 14.495; 120.908	Three 600-foot (180 m) VLF towers demolished after World War II
GVT[1]	Skelton, Cumbria, UK	22.1 kHz	54°43′55″N 2°53′00″W / 54.731929°N 2.883359°W / 54.731929; -2.883359
JJI	Ebino, Japan	22.2 kHz	32°05′32″N 130°49′45″E / 32.092247°N 130.829095°E / 32.092247; 130.829095
JAP	Yosami, Japan		34°58′17″N 137°01′01″E / 34.971474°N 137.017018°E / 34.971474; 137.017018	demolished
Malabar Radio Station	Malabar, Indonesia		7°06′59″S 107°36′22″E / 7.116281°S 107.606183°E / -7.116281; 107.606183	valley span-antenna, demolished
DHO38	Rhauderfehn, Germany	23.4 kHz	53°05′14″N 7°36′31″E / 53.087341°N 7.608652°E / 53.087341; 7.608652	submarine communication
NLK	Seattle, Washington (USA)	24.8 kHz	48°12′13″N 121°55′01″W / 48.203633°N 121.916828°W / 48.203633; -121.916828	valley-span antenna
NML La Moure US Navy Transmitter	LaMoure, North Dakota, USA	25.2 kHz	46°21′58″N 98°20′08″W / 46.365987°N 98.335667°W / 46.365987; -98.335667	1,148-foot (350 m) tower
NPM	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA	26.1 kHz	21°21′00″N 157°57′50″W / 21.35°N 157.964°W / 21.35; -157.964	Three 600-foot (180 m) towers dismantled in 1936. Transmitters moved to Lualualei in 1936
Denizkoy VLF Transmitter TBB	Bafa, Didim district, Turkey	26.7 kHz	37°24′34″N 27°19′31″E / 37.409420°N 27.325273°E / 37.409420; 27.325273	Two 1,247-foot (380 m) towers, built about 2000.
NPL Chollas Heights	San Diego, California, USA	30.6 kHz	32°44′26″N 117°03′51″W / 32.74063°N 117.0643°W / 32.74063; -117.0643	ceased operations in 1992, towers demolished 1995, Transmitter building remains
TFK	Grindavík, Iceland	37.6 kHz	63°51′03″N 22°27′06″W / 63.850833°N 22.451667°W / 63.850833; -22.451667	probably 37.5 kHz ! (center)
Sayville Telefunken Wireless Station	Sayville, New York, USA	38.4 kHz	40°44′37″N 73°06′12″W / 40.7437°N 73.1033°W / 40.7437; -73.1033	477-foot (145 m) tower demolished. massive concrete guy wire anchors remain.
JJY	Otakadoyayama Transmitter, Tamura, Fukushima, Japan	40 kHz	37°22′21″N 140°50′56″E / 37.372557°N 140.849007°E / 37.372557; 140.849007	Time signal
SRC	Grimeton, Sweden	40.4 kHz	57°06′50″N 12°24′16″E / 57.113958°N 12.404425°E / 57.113958; 12.404425	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°23′56″N 67°10′39″W / 18.398775°N 67.177486°W / 18.398775; -67.177486	1,205-foot (367 m) tower
NAA Arlington	Arlington, Virginia, USA	50.0 kHz	38°52′04″N 77°04′45″W / 38.867820°N 77.0791°W / 38.867820; -77.0791	towers removed in 1941, NAA buildings remain
Clifden Marconi Transmitter	Derrigimlagh, Clifden, Ireland	54.5 kHz	53°27′03″N 10°02′35″W / 53.4508506°N 10.0430238°W / 53.4508506; -10.0430238	demolished following an attack by Irish republican forces in July 1922. Ruins remain
WWVB	Fort Collins, Colorado, USA	60 kHz	40°40′41″N 105°02′49″W / 40.678056°N 105.046944°W / 40.678056; -105.046944	Time signal
JJY	Haganeyama Transmitter, Saga, Japan	60 kHz	33°27′56″N 130°10′32″E / 33.465539°N 130.175516°E / 33.465539; 130.175516	Time signal
MSF	Anthorn Radio Station, Anthorn, Cumbria, UK	60 kHz	54°55′N 3°17′W / 54.91°N 3.28°W / 54.91; -3.28	Time signal
RBU	Moscow, Russia	66.666 kHz	55°43′50″N 38°09′09″E / 55.730481°N 38.152471°E / 55.730481; 38.152471	Time signal
RBU	Taldom, Russia	66.666 kHz	56°44′00″N 37°39′48″E / 56.733333°N 37.663333°E / 56.733333; 37.663333	Time signal
BPC	Pucheng, China	68.5 kHz	34°56′54″N 109°32′34″E / 34.948333°N 109.542778°E / 34.948333; 109.542778	Time signal
HBG	Prangins, Switzerland	75 kHz	46°24′30″N 6°15′10″E / 46.408422°N 6.252680°E / 46.408422; 6.252680	Demolished 2012
Globecom Tower (XPH)	Thule, Greenland	68.9 kHz	76°33′11″N 68°33′03″W / 76.553133°N 68.5507134°W / 76.553133; -68.5507134	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°00′20″N 121°21′54″E / 25.005556°N 121.365°E / 25.005556; 121.365	Time signal
DCF77	Mainhausen, Germany	77.5 kHz	50°00′51″N 9°00′41″E / 50.014234°N 9.011487°E / 50.014234; 9.011487	most important[according to whom?] time signal in Europe
RKS Liblice 1	Liblice, Czech		50°04′20″N 14°52′51″E / 50.072249°N 14.880810°E / 50.072249; 14.880810	demolished in 2004
OMA	Podebrady, Czech		50°08′16″N 15°08′40″E / 50.137793°N 15.144331°E / 50.137793; 15.144331	shutdown in 1995
Radom longwave transmitter	Radom - Wacyn, Poland		51°24′34″N 21°07′02″E / 51.409332°N 21.117214°E / 51.409332; 21.117214
Transatlantycka Radiotelegraficzna Centrala Nadawcza	Warsaw, Poland	14.2, 16.4, 17.7, 18.65 kHz	52°15′59″N 20°52′48″E / 52.266412°N 20.879892°E / 52.266412; 20.879892	Alexanderson alternator, destroyed on January 16, 1945 by the army of Nazi Germany[2][3]
Goliath	Kalbe, Germany		52°40′09″N 11°25′19″E / 52.669218°N 11.421890°E / 52.669218; 11.421890	removed by Russian troops, reinstalled in Russia
Nauen Transmitter Station	Nauen, Germany		52°38′53″N 12°54′30″E / 52.647959°N 12.908292°E / 52.647959; 12.908292	872-foot (266 m) tower demolished and all equipment removed by Soviet Army in 1946, transmitter building remains
Eilvese	Eilvese, Germany	20, 30, 90 kHz	52°32′47″N 9°24′53″E / 52.546389°N 9.414722°E / 52.546389; 9.414722	820-foot (250 m) tower demolished in 1931
Königs Wusterhausen	Königs Wusterhausen, Germany		52°18′15″N 13°36′41″E / 52.304277°N 13.611326°E / 52.304277; 13.611326	demolished
Kamina	Kamina, Togo		7°56′00″N 0°51′00″E / 7.933333°N 0.85°E / 7.933333; 0.85	destroyed
Herzogstand	Herzogstand, Germany		47°37′44″N 11°19′20″E / 47.628889°N 11.322222°E / 47.628889; 11.322222	experimental station, valley-span antenna, demolished
	Gudinge, Lövstabruk, Uppsala County, Sweden		60°31′27″N 18°00′44″E / 60.524275°N 18.012192°E / 60.524275; 18.012192
	Ruda, Sweden		57°07′13″N 16°09′11″E / 57.120331°N 16.153111°E / 57.120331; 16.153111
	Tving, Sweden		56°16′30″N 15°29′16″E / 56.275050°N 15.487858°E��� / 56.275050; 15.487858
RNAS Rattray	Crimond, UK		57°37′03″N 1°53′15″W / 57.617467°N 1.887617°W / 57.617467; -1.887617	Site now home to a high frequency transmitter station forming part of the Defence High Frequency Communications Service
RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar)	Inskip, UK		53°49′48″N 2°50′03″W / 53.830074°N 2.834262°W / 53.830074; -2.834262	VLF transmissions of Morse code to ships close to U.K. in the 1980s; now used as a military high frequency radio transmitting station
FTA2	Saint Assise, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France	16.9 kHz,[4] 20.9 kHz[1]	48°32′42″N 2°34′35″E / 48.544910°N 2.576294°E / 48.544910; 2.576294
La Regine	Verdun-en-Lauragais, Languedoc-Roussillon, France		43°23′12″N 2°05′51″E / 43.386781°N 2.097364°E / 43.386781; 2.097364	[5]
	Kerlouan, France		48°38���16″N 4°21′03″W / 48.637736°N 4.350769°W / 48.637736; -4.350769
Lafayette Radio Station	Marcheprime, France		44°42′31″N 0°48′49″W / 44.708611°N 0.813611°W / 44.708611; -0.813611	destroyed by retreating German troops in 1944
Basse-Lande transmitter	Brains, Loire-Atlantique, France		47°10′15″N 1°41′42″W / 47.170749°N 1.694947°W / 47.170749; -1.694947	destroyed
Torreta de Guardamar	Guardamar del Segura, Province of Alicante, Spain	145.0 kHz	38°04′19″N 0°39′53″W / 38.071871°N 0.664625°W / 38.071871; -0.664625
	Dimona, Israel		30°58′33″N 35°05′55″E / 30.975696°N 35.098668°E / 30.975696; 35.098668	Radar
SXA	Kato Souli, Marathon, Greece	49.0 kHz[6]	38°08′43″N 24°01′11″E / 38.145186°N 24.019703°E / 38.145186; 24.019703
NSY[7]	Niscemi, Italy	45.9 kHz	37°07′32″N 14°26′11″E / 37.125654°N 14.436325°E / 37.125654; 14.436325	US Navy
	Mokpo, South Korea[1]	24.1 kHz,[8] 25.0 kHz	34°40′56″N 126°26′49″E / 34.682222°N 126.446944°E / 34.682222; 126.446944
3SB[9]	Datong, China	20.6 kHz	39°56′35″N 113°14′52″E / 39.942959°N 113.247886°E / 39.942959; 113.247886
Yay Kuu Amplified Broadcast Station	Yangon, Myanmar		16°51′57″N 96°09′40″E / 16.8658987°N 96.161132°E / 16.8658987; 96.161132	AM

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