Friday, September 20, 2013

Results: The big 2013 AWR Annual Wavescan DX Contest, Focus on Africa

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Results: The big 2013 AWR Annual Wavescan DX Contest, Focus on Africa
            We here at the AWR DX program "Wavescan" take pleasure today in announcing the list of winners for the big 2013 Annual DX Contest, "Focus on Africa".  This contest took place during the month of July, and all entries were received at the Indianapolis address by the end of August. 
            You will remember that there were five parts in the contest this year and you were invited to:-  
 
     Part A: Make a list of what you consider to be the 5 top QSLs in your collection from shortwave         stations in Africa.
 
     Part B: Provide a photocopy of each of these QSLs.
 
     Part C. Make a list of the 5 top shortwave stations in Africa from which you do not hold a QSL and     that you would like to add to your collection, and state the reason why.
 
     Part D: Prepare three reception reports for the broadcast on shortwave of any AWR programming    beamed towards Africa. 
 
     Part E: Include three radio cards for the Indianapolis Heritage Collection.
 
            We are grateful again for the large number of entries received this year from so many countries around the world, and we appreciate the time consuming effort that so many listeners exerted in preparing their excellent entries.  We note that many entries were from new participants this year, and we are grateful to those also who have entered on previous occasions during the past 37 years of contesting.  From a long list of entries, we have chosen the following listeners to whom awards will be sent.
            Here are the 2013 Continental Winners, each of whom will receive a copy of the 2014 edition of the "World Radio TV Handbook" early in the New Year:-
 
* Asia                           Muhammad Shamim                          Trivandrum                             India
* Europe                      Harald Denzel                                     Egelsbach                               Germany
* North America          Edward Insinger                                  Summit NJ                              USA
* Latin America           Jose Roberto da Silva Cunha             Governador Valaderas           Brazil
* Pacific                      Bruce White                                        Karoonda SA                          Australia
            Among the many outstanding entries in this year's contest, neat colorful and nicely prepared, we have chosen the following to receive the Award of Merit:-
 
            * Jonathan Short         Changshu                    China  
            * Jose Jacob               Hyderabad                  India                Has also entered every contest
            * Leonardo Santiago   Puebloe Llano             Venezuela
            * Vijaya Krishna Bhat  Puttur                          India
            * Thomas Drescher    Rosrath                       Germany
            * Claes Olsson            Norrkoping                  Sweden          
            * Christian Ghibaudo   Nice                             France
 
            And now, the name of the World Winner in the big 2013 AWR Annual "Wavescan" DX Contest, "Focus on Africa".  This year's winner also presented his entry in a neat colorful book style folder with several pages in full color.  He will receive a book of his choice, one of the authoritative volumes on shortwave history written by the noted radio historian Jerome Berg of suburban Boston in the United States.
 
            The World Winner for 2013 is:-           Tony Ashar     Depok             Indonesia.          
 
            Once again, we acknowledge with appreciation the many entries in this year's "Focus on Africa" DX Contest.  Thank you for participating, and we trust that you enjoyed participating as much as we did in perusing all of the interesting entries.  All entries will be acknowledged through the post, and all reception reports will be verified, though it will take time, perhaps well into the New Year, to process them all.
            We invite you to enter our 2014 DX Contest, which will feature "Focus on Asia", similar to this year's "Focus on Africa", though there will be an additional new innovation.  The 2014 contest will be staged during the month of September, due to the fact that shortwave propagation conditions during this year's contest in July were not so favorable.
 
                        Dr. Adrian Peterson
                        Adventist World Radio
                        Box 29235
                        Indianapolis
                        Indiana 46229 USA
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Wavescan Scheduling: A13 Transmission Period
 
March 31, 2013 - October 26, 2013
 
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Day     UTC    Call                    kHz   kW       Station                           Location        Country
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Sun      1030    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
            1530    AWR               15335  250      Media Broadcast           Nauen           Germany
            1600    KSDA              15360  100      Adventist World Radio  Agat               Guam
            1600    KSDA              15670  100      Adventist World Radio  Agat               Guam
            2230    KSDA              15320  100      Adventist World Radio  Agat               Guam
            2330    KSDA              17650  100      Adventist World Radio  Agat               Guam
Mon     1100    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
Wed     MN00  WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
            1100    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
            1900    WINB              13570    50      World International        Red Lion        Pennsylvania USA
Thu      0300    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
Fri        0315    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
Sat       1100    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
            1300    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
            1530    WWCR2          12160  100      Worldwide Christian      Nashville       Tennessee USA
            2230    WRMI                9955    50      Radio Miami Int             Miami                        Florida USA
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News Item
 
            We here at the Indianapolis office of Adventist World Radio welcome all reception reports from listeners in any country throughout the world.  These reception reports may be sent through the post or by email, though by post with return postage and an address label is preferred.  Currently we hold many hundreds of pending reception reports that are not yet processed and it will take some time to process them all.  All reception reports are verified in the time honored system of verification with a traditional printed QSL card, even though it costs more and it occupies more time to do so.  It is not necessary to send follow up reception reports by email, as this tends to slow down our verification process.  In addition, we prefer reception reports prepared neatly on paper, rather than an audio file as an attachment to an email message.  We know that you will be pleased to receive your long expected traditional QSL card from Adventist World Radio when the postman delivers it to your regular mailbox.