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
NOV Alpha Transmitter NovosibirskBolotnoye, Bolotninsky District, Russia11.905 kHz55°45′22″N 84°26′52.4″EAlpha-Navigation
KRA Alpha Transmitter KrasnodarPoltavskaya, Krasnoarmeysky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russia12.649 kHz45°24′12″N 38°09′29″EAlpha-Navigation, also RJH63
KOM Alpha Transmitter KomsomolskamurKhabarovsk, Russia12.649 kHz50°04′24″N 136°36′24″EAlpha-Navigation
MUR Alpha Transmitter MurmanskRevda, Russia12.649 kHz68°02′8″N 34°41′00″EAlpha-Navigation
ASH Alpha Transmitter AshkabadSeydi, Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan12.649 kHz39°28′16″N 62°43′07″EAlpha-Navigation
Trinidad - Omega Station BChaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago12.0 kHz10.699738°N 61.638386°W / 10.699738; -61.638386valley span antenna dismantled, station replaced by the Paynesville Liberia Station in 1976
Paynesville - Omega Station BPaynesville, Liberia12.0 kHz6.305442°N 10.662068°W / 6.305442; -10.6620681,368-foot (417 m) tower demolished in 2011
Kaneohe - Omega Station CHaiku Valley, Hawaii, USA11.8 kHz21.404811°N 157.830834°W / 21.404811; -157.8308345,000-foot (1,500 m) valley span antenna, decommissioned in 1997. Antenna dismantled, deteriorating transmitter building and Haiku Stairs remain
Bratland - Omega Station ABratland, Norway12.1 kHz66.419323°N 13.129950°E / 66.419323; 13.12995011,500-foot (3,500 m) valley span antenna over salt water. dismantled in 2002. Building and helix house remains
LaMoure - Omega Station DLaMoure, North Dakota, USA12.1 kHz46.365987°N 98.335667°W / 46.365987; -98.335667now operated by US Navy on 25.2 kHz
Plaine Chabrier - Omega Station ESaint-Paul, Reunion Island12.3 kHz20.974153°S 55.289973°E / -20.974153; 55.2899731,404-foot (428 m) tower demolished in 1999
Golfo Nuevo - Omega Station FGolfo Nuevo, Chubut, Argentina12.9 kHz43.053524°S 65.190763°W / -43.053524; -65.1907631,201-foot (366 m) tower demolished in 1998
Woodside - Omega Station GWoodside, Victoria, Australia13.0 kHz38.481268°S 146.935326°E / -38.481268; 146.9353261,417-foot (432 m) foot tower demolished in 2015
Shushi-Wan - Omega Station HTsushima Island, Japan12.8 kHz34.614763°N 129.453830°E / 34.614763; 129.4538301,276-foot (389 m) foot tower dismantled in 1998
GBZ CriggionCriggion, Wales, UK15.2 kHz52.72246°N 3.06295°W / 52.72246; -3.06295towers and antenna demolished in 2003. Derelict transmitter building remains
Kahuku Marconi TransmitterKahuku, Oahu, Hawaii, USA16.1 kHz21.7062°N 157.9731°W / 21.7062; -157.9731shut down in 1939, deteriorated transmitter building and support buildings remain
Monte Grande Radio StationMonte Grande, Argentina17.330 kHz34.757502°S 58.509128°W / -34.757502; -58.509128
Waunfawr Marconi TransmitterWaunfawr, Wales, UK21.2 kHz53.1239°N 4.1935°W / 53.1239; -4.1935Closed in 1938, only the transmitter building remains
Table Head Marconi TransmitterGlace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada37.5 kHz46.21118°N 59.9525°W / 46.21118; -59.9525dismantled and moved to Marconi Towers, Nova Scotia in 1904
Marconi Towers TransmitterMarconi Towers, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada37.5 kHz46.1547273°N 59.9455246°W / 46.1547273; -59.9455246closed and sold in 1946. Manager's house and ruins remain.
Marion Marconi TransmitterMarion, Massachusetts, USA25.8 kHz41.7131401°N 70.7748406°W / 41.7131401; -70.7748406shut down in 1957, towers demolished in 1960. Transmitter and support buildings remain
New Brunswick Marconi TransmitterNew Brunswick, New Jersey, USA21.8 kHz40.51529°N 74.48895°W / 40.51529; -74.48895shut down in 1948, demolished in 1953. Only the station cottage remains
Bolinas Marconi TransmitterBolinas, California. USA19.2 kHz37.913°N 122.72825°W / 37.913; -122.72825shut down in 1946. Transmitter building, MF and HF transmitters and one cottage remain
RCA Radio CentralRocky Point, New York, USA18.3 kHz40.92379°N 72.9356°W / 40.92379; -72.9356last VLF tower demolished in 1977
NSS AnnapolisAnnapolis, Maryland, USA21.4 kHz38.977778°N 76.453333°W / 38.977778; -76.453333shut down in 1996, 1,200-foot (370 m) tower demolished in 1999, three 600-foot (180 m) towers remain
Forestport TowerForestport, New York, USA43.44485337°N 75.0861464°W / 43.44485337; -75.08614641,205-foot (367 m) tower demolished in 1998
Tuckerton TransmitterTuckerton, New Jersey, USA22.1 kHz39.558495°N 74.370570°W / 39.558495; -74.370570shut down 1948, 820-foot (250 m) tower demolished 1955, transmitter building remains
Silver Creek Communications AnnexSilver Creek, Nebraska, USA41.3461996°N 97.72176109°W / 41.3461996; -97.721761091,226-foot (374 m) tower demolished in 1995. Building remains.
Hawes Radio Relay FacilityHinkley, California, USA34.9174009°N 117.377046654°W / 34.9174009; -117.3770466541,226-foot (374 m) tower and all buildings demolished in 1986
HWURosnay, France15.1 kHz, 18.3 kHz, 21.75 kHz46.714119°N 1.244309°E / 46.714119; 1.244309
GBRRugby, UK15.8 kHz52.367290°N 1.188524°W / 52.367290; -1.188524shut-down in 2003, demolished in 2007
JXNGildeskål, Norway16.4 kHz66.982337°N 13.872471°E / 66.982337; 13.8724717,759-foot (2,365 m) valley-span antenna
SAQGrimeton, Sweden17.2 kHz57.113958°N 12.404425°E / 57.113958; 12.404425Only active at special occasions (Alexanderson Day)
NAACutler, Maine, USA17.8 kHz, 24.0 kHz44.644506°N 67.284565°W / 44.644506; -67.284565
INS Kattabomman Vijayanarayanam, India18.2 kHz8.3869497°N 77.7505891°E / 8.3869497; 77.7505891
NBA Summit Naval Radio StationSummit, Canal Zone, Panama18.6 kHz9.0699425°N 79.6333477°W / 9.0699425; -79.6333477megawatt naval VLF station, demolished
GQDAnthorn, Cumbria, UK19.58 kHz54.911683°N 3.278738°W / 54.911683; -3.27873813 towers, 745-foot (227 m) tall
NWCExmouth, Western Australia19.8 kHz21.816325°S 114.16546°E / -21.816325; 114.16546
ICVTavolara (Sardinia, Italy)20.27 kHz, 20.76 kHz40.922889°N 9.732052°E / 40.922889; 9.732052Valley-span antenna
RJH69Vileyka, Belarus20.5 kHz54.463204°N 26.775827°E / 54.463204; 26.775827Time signal transmitter Beta
RJH77Archangelsk, Russia20.5 kHz64.360491°N 41.568489°E / 64.360491; 41.568489Time signal transmitter Beta
RJH99Nizhny Novgorod, Russia20.5 kHz56.171945°N 43.931667°E / 56.171945; 43.931667Time signal transmitter Beta
RJH66Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan20.5 kHz43.039444°N 73.6125°E / 43.039444; 73.6125Time signal transmitter Beta
RAB99Khabarovsk, Russia20.5 kHz48.48555°N 134.82333°E / 48.48555; 134.82333Time signal transmitter Beta
Martanskaya, Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia44.773640°N 39.547262°E / 44.773640; 39.547262
NPMLualualei, Hawaii, USA21.4 kHz21.420382°N 158.153912°W / 21.420382; -158.1539121,503-foot (458 m) tower installed 1972
NPO Sangley Point Naval Radio StatiomCavite, Philippines21.5 kHz14.495°N 120.908°E / 14.495; 120.908Three 600-foot (180 m) VLF towers demolished after World War II
GBZSkelton, UK22.1 kHz54.731929°N 2.883359°W / 54.731929; -2.883359
JJIEbino, Japan22.2 kHz32.092247°N 130.829095°E / 32.092247; 130.829095
JAPYosami, Japan34.971474°N 137.017018°E / 34.971474; 137.017018demolished
Malabar Radio StationMalabar, Indonesia7.116281°S 107.606183°E / -7.116281; 107.606183valley span-antenna, demolished
DHO38Rhauderfehn, Germany23.4 kHz53.087341°N 7.608652°E / 53.087341; 7.608652submarine communication
NLKSeattle, Washington (USA)24.8 kHz48.203633°N 121.916828°W / 48.203633; -121.916828valley-span antenna
NML La Moure US Navy TransmitterLaMoure, North Dakota, USA25.2 kHz46.365987°N 98.335667°W / 46.365987; -98.3356671,148-foot (350 m) tower
NPMPearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA26.1 kHz21.35°N 157.964°W / 21.35; -157.964Three 600-foot (180 m) towers dismantled in 1936. Transmitters moved to Lualualei in 1936
Denizkoy VLF Transmitter TBBBafa, Didim district, Turkey26.7 kHz37.409420°N 27.325273°E / 37.409420; 27.325273Two 1,247-foot (380 m) towers, built about 2000.
NPL Chollas HeightsSan Diego, California, USA30.6 kHz32.74063°N 117.0643°W / 32.74063; -117.0643ceased operations in 1992, towers demolished 1995, Transmitter building remains
TFKGrindavik, Iceland37.6 kHz63.850833°N 22.451667°W / 63.850833; -22.451667proberbly 37.5 kHz ! (center)
Sayville Telefunken Wireless StationSayville, New York, USA38.4 kHz40.7437°N 73.1033°W / 40.7437; -73.1033477-foot (145 m) tower demolished. massive concrete guy wire anchors remain.
JJYOtakadoyayama Transmitter, Tamura, Fukushima, Japan40 kHz37.372557°N 140.849007°E / 37.372557; 140.849007Time signal
SRCGrimeton, Sweden40.4 kHz57.113958°N 12.404425°E / 57.113958; 12.404425Shares antenna with SAQ, used for encrypted messages to Swedish Navy
NAU Naval Communications Station Puerto RicoAguada, Puerto Rico, USA40.75 kHz18.398775°N 67.177486°W / 18.398775; -67.1774861,205-foot (367 m) tower
NAA ArlingtonArlington, Virginia, USA50.0 kHz38.867820°N 77.0791°W / 38.867820; -77.0791towers removed in 1941, NAA buildings remain
Clifden Marconi TransmitterDerrigimlagh, Clifden, Ireland54.5 kHz53.4508506°N 10.0430238°W / 53.4508506; -10.0430238demolished following an attack by Irish republican forces in July 1922. Ruins remain
WWVBFort Collins, Colorado, USA60 kHz40.678056°N 105.046944°W / 40.678056; -105.046944Time signal
JJYHaganeyama Transmitter, Saga, Japan60 kHz33.465539°N 130.175516°E / 33.465539; 130.175516Time signal
MSFAnthorn Radio Station, Anthorn, Cumbria, UK60 kHz54.91°N 3.28°W / 54.91; -3.28Time signal
RBUMoscow, Russia66.666 kHz55.730481°N 38.152471°E / 55.730481; 38.152471Time signal
RBUTaldom, Russia66.666 kHz56.733333°N 37.663333°E / 56.733333; 37.663333Time signal
BPCPucheng, China68.5 kHz34.948333°N 109.542778°E / 34.948333; 109.542778Time signal
HBGPrangins, Switzerland75 kHz46.408422°N 6.252680°E / 46.408422; 6.252680Demolished 2012
Globecomm TowerThule, Greenland68.9 kHz76.553133°N 68.5507134°W / 76.553133; -68.55071341,241-foot (378 m) tower was the tallest structure outside the USA in 1954. Demolished in 1992
BSFGuishan, Taiwan77.5 kHz25.005556°N 121.365°E / 25.005556; 121.365Time signal
DCF77Mainhausen, Germany77.5 kHz50.014234°N 9.011487°E / 50.014234; 9.011487most important time signal in Europe
RKS Liblice 1Liblice, Czech50.072249°N 14.880810°E / 50.072249; 14.880810demolished
Podebrady, Czech50.137793°N 15.144331°E / 50.137793; 15.144331
Radom - Wacyn, Poland51.409332°N 21.117214°E / 51.409332; 21.117214
Transatlantycka Radiotelegraficzna Centrala NadawczaWarsaw, Poland14.2, 16.4, 17.7, 18.65 kHz52.266412°N 20.879892°E / 52.266412; 20.879892Alexanderson alternator, destroyed on January 16, 1945 by the army of Nazi Germany[1][2]
GoliathKalbe, Germany52.669218°N 11.421890°E / 52.669218; 11.421890removed by Russian troops, reinstalled in Russia
Nauen Transmitter StationNauen, Germany52.647959°N 12.908292°E / 52.647959; 12.908292872-foot (266 m) tower demolished and all equipment removed by Soviet Army in 1946, transmitter building remains
EilveseEilvese, Germany52.546389°N 9.414722°E / 52.546389; 9.414722820-foot (250 m) tower demolished in 1931
Königs WusterhausenKönigs Wusterhausen, Germany52.304277°N 13.611326°E / 52.304277; 13.611326demolished
KaminaKamina, Togo7.933333°N 0.85°E / 7.933333; 0.85destroyed
HerzogstandHerzogstand, Germany47.628889°N 11.322222°E / 47.628889; 11.322222experimental station, valley-span antenna, demolished
Gudinge, Lövstabruk, Uppsala County, Sweden60.524275°N 18.012192°E / 60.524275; 18.012192
Ruda, Sweden57.120331°N 16.153111°E / 57.120331; 16.153111
Tving, Sweden56.275050°N 15.487858°E / 56.275050; 15.487858
RNAS RattrayCrimond, UK57.617467°N 1.887617°W / 57.617467; -1.887617Site now home to a high frequency transmitter station forming part of the Defence High Frequency Communications Service
RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar)Inskip, UK53.830074°N 2.834262°W / 53.830074; -2.834262VLF transmissions of Morse code to ships close to U.K. in the 1980s; now used as a military high frequency radio transmitting station
FTASaint Assise, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France48.544910°N 2.576294°E / 48.544910; 2.576294
La RegineVerdun-en-Lauragais, Languedoc-Roussillon, France43.386781°N 2.097364°E / 43.386781; 2.097364[3]
Kerlouan, France48.637736°N 4.350769°W / 48.637736; -4.350769
Lafayette Radio StationMarcheprime, France44.708611°N 0.813611°W / 44.708611; -0.813611destroyed by retreating German troops in 1944
Basse-Lande transmitterBrains, Loire-Atlantique, France47.170749°N 1.694947°W / 47.170749; -1.694947destroyed
Torreta de GuardamarGuardamar del Segura, Province of Alicante, Spain38.071871°N 0.664625°W / 38.071871; -0.664625
Dimona, Israel30.975696°N 35.098668°E / 30.975696; 35.098668
Kato Souli Naval Transmission FacilityKato Souli, Marathon, Greece38.145186°N 24.019703°E / 38.145186; 24.019703
Niscemi, Italy37.125654°N 14.436325°E / 37.125654; 14.436325
Mokpo, South Korea34.682222°N 126.446944°E / 34.682222; 126.446944
Datong, China20.6 kHz39.942959°N 113.247886°E / 39.942959; 113.247886
Yay Kuu Amplified Broadcast StationYangon, Myanmar16.8658987°N 96.161132°E / 16.8658987; 96.161132unknown

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