AM QSO Party - AWA

http://www.antiquewireless.org/awa-amplitude-modulation-qso-party.html

AWA Amplitude Modulation QSO Party

The frequencies given here are only for meeting others, please QSY a bit to keep the ball rolling. If you are rock bound, don't give up, we will find you. Let's show the amateur community that AM is alive and well. This is the best chance of the year to hear a wide variety of vintage gear, and to talk to some of the friendliest people on the air. While use of older tube and solid state gear is encouraged, we also want to welcome people using modern solid state gear, home brew Class D and E gear, or Flex Radio equipment as well. 

Please use consideration in your choice of bandwidth for conditions. It is still all AM mode, which is enjoying a robust recovery using a variety of methods.

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 2300 GMT to Sunday, February 21, 2016 2300 GMT

Objective: To promote and encourage the use of AM as a mode of operation in ham radio, and, above all, to have fun.

Frequencies: 1.885 - 1.945,  3.835 – 3.890,  7.260 – 7.295, 14.275 – 14.295 and 14.320 – 14.345

Exchange:Name, state, (province, or country).  That keeps the log simple, but don't be afraid to talk about your station, or to ask about another station.   This contest is about fun, above all.   Nobody cares about your QSO rate.  Even if you only make a few contacts, please send in a log so that we will know who is participating and we can track the frequencies and locations that are used.

Scoring and Classes: Stations running 100 watts or less carrier OUTPUT, each contact counts as 2 points.   Stations running more than 100 watts count as 1 point.   All 20 meter contacts count 5 points regardless of power output.   You may contact each station only once per band.   See extra points for the Flagship stations below.

Flagship Stations: There will be two authorized flagship stations participating in the AM QSO Party.  These stations will not be included in the final standings.   Their scores will be listed separately in the results.   W2AN is the AWA Museum and this call will be used by various volunteer stations in the contest.   The other call sign W1HRX will be operating courtesy of the James Millen society.   The first contact with a flagship station counts 10 points, all subsequent contacts are 1 point.
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Logs: There is a summary log sheet posted on the AWA web site. It is not necessary to send your entire log, only the summary sheet is necessary. Even if you only make a few contacts, please send in a log sheet so you can be counted as a participant.    For those without web access, send a note to Tim Walker, 19 Woodside Ave., Westport, CT  06880 he will mail you a copy.   E-mail and paper logs must be postmarked no later than March 10th and sent to one of the following addresses:  Send E-Mail Logs to AB2RA@HTVA.NET in .doc or .odt files   Or mail to: AB2RA Janis Carson 61 Rothermich Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850-9323 NOTE: .DOC or .ODT files can be opened and filled out with OpenOffice  a free word processor: http://www.openoffice.org/download/

MSWord Log Sheet

Results: Results will be published in the AWA Journal as well as Electric Radio and also online at Amfone.net.

AB2RA, Janis

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AM Modulation

Good AM qso de IK1XPK, Claudio.

QSL of Radio Tirana and the Austrian DX Board

In collaborazione con il club degli ascoltatori di Radio Tirana della redazione tedesca, e del club austriaco DX ADXB Austrian DX Board sarà a disposizione nel periodo settembre fino a novembre 2015 incluso una speciale carta QSL.

 Le condizioni per l’adesione sono le seguenti :

- per ogni frequenza è a disposizione al massimo 1 QSL, indipendentemente dalla redazione linguistica - vale ogni redazione linguistica, ad eccezione di quella albanese - vengono conteggiante unicamente le trasmissioni messe in onda dall'Albania e trasmettenti su AM (onde corte/onde medie )

- i rapporti di ricezione devono essere inviati al seguente indirizzo : ADXB – Austrian DX Board, Harald Suess, P.O. Box 1000, A-1081 Wien, Austria - ad ogni rapporto sono da accludere 2 Irc, in alternativa 2 Euro oppure 2 Dollari

- saranno accettati unicamente rapporti nel periodo ( base UTC ) dal 01 settembre al 30 novembre 2015. Tra i partecipanti saranno estratti souvenir albanesi.

– i vincitori saranno pubblicati sulla homepage ADXB di www.adxb-oe.org , a partire da dicembre 2015. Il reparto in lingua tedesca di Radio Tirana conduce un club di ascoltatori, diretto in Germania da Werner Schubert.

Ascoltatori interessati di lingua tedesca possono rivolgersi al seguente indirizzo: Radio Tirana Hörerklub, Werner Schubert, Poststraße 8/1, D-85567 Grafing bei Muenchen, Deutschland. per E-Mail an tirana-hk@finkhaus.de

L’ ADXB – Austrian DX Board è un DX –club per persone residenti in Austria, con attualmente 150 soci ed una sede a Vienna.

Gli interessati ad un’associazione oppure a informazioni riguardanti temi inerenti trasmissioni radiofoniche, possono rivolgersi a : 

ADXB, Harald Süss, Postfach 1000, A-1081 Wien, Austria - 

oppure per Email:  adxbsuess@aon.at 

Il piano di trasmissione A15 fino a metà ottobre è il seguente:

TEDESCO: lun. – sab. 1930-2000 UTC 7465 kHz

INGLESE : lun. – sab. 2000-2030 UTC 7465 kHz

INGLESE : mar. – dom. 0130-0200 UTC 9850 kHz 

FRANCESE : lu.- sab. 1730-1800 UTC 7465 kHz

ITALIANO : lun.- sab 1700-1730 UTC 7465 kHz

SERBO : lun.- sab 2015-2030 UTC 1458 kHz

TURCO : lun.- sab. 1830-1900 UTC 1458 kHz

GRECO : lun.- sab. 1545-1600 UTC 1458 kHz

Onda media – emittente Fllaka – 500 kW

Onda corta - emittente Shijak - 100 kW

Le carte QSL saranno spedite direttamente dall’ Albania.

Saremo lieti di ricevere i vostri rapporti di trasmissione.

http://rthk.agdx.de/ 

http://www.adxb-oe.org/adxb/ALBQSL-italienisch.pdf

QSL Initiative of Radio Tirana and the Austrian DX Board (ADXB)

Thanks to the co-operation between the German language branch of the Radio Tirana Listeners’ Club and the Austrian DX Board (ADXB), a special QSL will be issued from September until November 2015. Conditions are as follows:

Irrespective of the language monitored, only one QSL will be issued per frequency.

–     Any language other than Albanian shall count.
–     Only AM (SW/MW) transmissions originating in Albania shall count.
–     Contest Reports are invited to the following address:
ADXB – Austrian DX Board, Harald Suess
P.O. Box 1000, A-1081 Vienna, Austria-Europe
–     Cost per reception report: 2 IRCs or 2 EUR or 2 USD.
–     Timeframe: 1 September to 30 November 2015 (UTC).

Souvenirs from Albania will be drawn for the participants. Winners will be published on the ADXB website www.adxb-oe.org in December 2015.

The German language department of Radio Tirana also has a listeners’ club, which is headed by Werner Schubert in Germany. Therefore, reception reports in German should be sent to the following address:

Radio Tirana Hörerklub, Werner Schubert, Poststraße 8/1, D-85567 Grafing bei München, Deutschland.
or e-mail tirana-hk@finkhaus.de

The ADXB – Austrian DX Board – is an Austrian DX-Club for residents of Austria, with currently 150 members and a club station in Vienna. For further information please contact

ADXB, Harald Suess P. O.B. 1000, A-1081 Vienna, Austria-Europe
or e-mail  adxbsuess@aon.at

In A15, the transmission schedule until mid-October 2015 is as follows:

GERMAN: Monday through Saturday 1930-2000 UTC        7465 kHz
ENGLISH: Monday through Saturday 2000-2030 UTC       7465 kHz
ENGLISH: Tuesday through Sunday 0130-0200 UTC         9850 kHz
FRENCH: Monday through Saturday 1730-1800 UTC         7465 kHz
ITALIAN: Monday through Saturday 1700-1730 UTC         7465 kHz
SERBIAN: Monday through Saturday 2015-2030 UTC        1458 kHz
TURKISH: Monday through Saturday 1830-1900 UTC        1458 kHz
GREEK: Monday through Saturday 1545-1600 UTC           1458 kHz

MW – Transmitter Fllaka – 500 kW
SW – Transmitter Shijak – 100 kW.

QSLs will be sent by Radio Tirana directly from Albania. We are looking forward to your reception reports.

http://www.adxb-oe.org/adxb/ALBQSL-englisch.pdf

Other versions German, Spanish, French.

http://www.adxb-oe.org/adxb/ALBQSL-spanisch.pdf

http://www.adxb-oe.org/adxb/ALBQSL-franzoesisch.pdf

http://www.adxb-oe.org/adxb/ALBQSL-deutsch.pdf

Good listening, IK1XPK Claudio.

Spagna in Onde medie

Riprendendo il post pubblicato da Gianpiero sui blog “Ascoltiamo la Spagna in Onde Medie”, per avere una panoramica completa DELLE EMITTENTI in AM spagnole, consiglio di visitare la pagina del  AER, Asociaciòn Espanola de Radioescucha dove è possibile reperire l’elenco di tute le stazioni radio in Onde medie che trasmettono dalla Spagna con i vari servizi sia locali che della Radio Nazionale Spagnola (RNE).

• CPR: Cadena Punto Radio.
• COPE: Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas.
• SER: Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión.
• EITB: Euskal Irratia Telebista (Radio Televisión Vasca).
• Ind: Independiente.
• RNE: Radio Nacional de España.
• COV: Cadena Onda Vasca.
• KISS: Cadena KISS Media.
• XAL: Xarxa Audiovisual Local.
• OCR: Onda Cero Radio.
• IE: Intereconomia.
• ECCA: Sistema de enseñanza ECCA.

Gli elenchi di ogni singola emittente sono consultabili utilizzando il seguente  form:

Oppure scaricabili sempre dalla stessa pagina in PDF:

 http://aer.org.es/listas-dx/espana-en-om

Il sito del AER presenta, inoltre, interessanti link con info e news legate al mondo del radioascolto.

Consiglio una visita approfondita del sito.



Good DX, IK1XPK Claudio.

VOA RADIOGRAM - FlDigi - 3-4 January 2015

Hello friends,

Because of difficult mid-winter shortwave propagation, one of this weekend's VOA News items will be in MFSK16 (55 wpm), to see if it will provide a more successful text decode than our usual MFSK32 (120 wpm).

The printout of Fldigi,  under its default settings, displays the name of the previous mode rather than the mode that has just started. If you want the name of the just-started mode in your printout and log file, make the following adjustments to Fldigi:

1) Configure > Notifications  

2) Under Event, select RSID Reception

3) Click Add

4) Click the box to the right of "Append to RX text:"

5) This should appear in the box: RSID: $RX_MARKER

6) Click Update

7) Click Close

(Fldigi 3.22.04 is now available from http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html , although this particular update is not necessary for this weekend's VOA Radiogram.)

VOA Radiogram 3-4 January 2015

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 92, 3-4 January 2015 (in MFSK 32 except where noted):

 1:44  Program preview

 2:39  Iran expands Internet censorship*
 8:42  North Korea TV ends Russian, Chinese films*
16:40  MFSK16: Spray-on solar panels*
25:46  Closing announcements*
28:14  Bonus mode: Olivia 64-2000

*with image

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule​ ​(all days and times are UTC)
​Saturday	0930-1000 UTC	5910 kHz	Gray-line reception possible in Europe this time of year. Asia-Pacific reception also possible.
​Saturday	​1600-1630 UTC	​17860 kHz	​Usually provides the best reception in Europe this time of year.
​Sunday	​0230-0300 UTC	​5745 kHz	​Saturday night in North America. Usually audible in Europe, if you are awake.
​Sunday	​1930-2000 UTC	​15670 kHz	​Difficult into Europe this time of year, but should improve by February. Often audible in southern Asia and the Pacific.
​ All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. ​ ​ ​

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. The content will be the same as last weekend. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com .

Thank you for your reception reports to VOA Radiogram last weekend and throughout 2014. Because of travel, I will not be able to answer reports to program 91 until next week. 

Wishing you good listening, good decoding, and all the best in 2015.

Kim

Kim Andrew Elliott

Producer and Presenter

VOA Radiogram

voaradiogram.net   

Good dx de IK1XPK, Claudio.

The Danish Shortwave Club International - Contest

The Danish Shortwave Club International
 Tavleager 31, 2670 Greve, DENMARK

5th INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST
"THE GRAND TOUR ACROSS ALL CONTINENTS" 
2014

This contest is held from Friday 28^th November 2014, 0000 UTC, to Sunday 14^th December 2014, 2400 UTC. It is open to all shortwave listeners regardless to their membership in any DX club.

Primary contest frequencies are from 2300 to 26100 kHz. Logs outside this range will be valued by half points.

The contest fee EUR 3.00 / USD 5.00 shall be sent together with the contest form to:

Jaroslav Bohac, Svestkova 2828/7, 400 11 Usti n.L., CZECH REPUBLIC

trams@volny.cz

Deadline: 31^st December 2014 (date of post stamp).

Each participant will receive a contest diploma with his/her classification and a list of paricipants with their results. The first three participants will be awarded non-cash prizes.

In Part 1 listen please to any BC station of the contest country, for 15 minutes at least. For one country one log only. Unofficial, pirate and clandestine stations are not allowed.

Scoring: 1000 points of each logged country will be divided by a number of logs and rounded to two decimal places.

In Part 2 you can raise your score by listening to any DX programme. The number of DX programmes is limited to 4! No particular country limit. Scoring in the same way as in Part 1, maximum point value 100 points for one DX programme.

Note: Please mention sufficient details in your logs to be validated! Logs with general notes, such as “music”, “male talk” cannot be accepted.

We wish you good listening!

Info: http://www.dswci.org/

Good DX !

IK1XPK, Claudio.