[HCDX] AWR Contest-results
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[HCDX] AWR Contest-results
Dear friends around the world,
You can't imagine my happiness to be the world winner
in the 2001 AWR WAVESCAN DX CONTEST. Last contest, I
was the african winner, and now I'm the world one.
For long time, I dreamed to be famous in the DX world.
Despite that my reception equipment is poor, I tried
to achieve this dream, and as you see, I did it.
Thanks to God.
I offer this victory to my parents, to Tunisia, and
especially to Africa, this wonderful land.
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Here is
the full results:
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ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO
AWR DX Contest - "Most Beautiful QSL Cards"
The final delivery at the end of October of listener
mail addressed to the AWR post office box here in
Indianapolis brought in the last entry for the annual
DX contest. It was a registered letter from a
listener in Tunisia, North Africa.
Following the statistical tabulation of the contents
of each entry in the AWR "Thirtieth Anniversary DX
Contest", we announce that the world winner for this
big DX event is another listener who lives in Tunisia,
and he is Mr Achraf Chaabane in the city Sfax. With a
total of 665 points, he easily outclassed all other
entries.
The additional Continental Area winners for the 2001
DX contest are:-
Europe Mr Herbert Stevens Aachen
Germany
North America Mr Andrew Lisowski Springfield
Virginia, USA
Other Americas Mr Richard Chen Tacarigua Trinidad
Asia Mr Subir Basu Kolkata
India
Pacific Dr Gershon Batulayan Cotabato
Philippines
The world champion in this year's contest, Mr Achraf
Chaabane, is the first winner ever from Africa. He
will receive an autographed copy of Jerry Berg's
ever-readable book, "On the Short Waves" as well as
the Bronze Medallion inscribed for the year 2001. The
five Continental Area winners will each receive a copy
of their choice, either "Passport to World Band Radio
2002" or "World Radio TV Handbook 2002".
This year's "Thirtieth Anniversary DX Contest"
attracted a large number of very high quality entries,
and participants were invited to fulfill five areas of
information. Many entries contained very beautiful
full color reproductions of highly-prized QSL cards.
"Part A" in the contest requested a list of the five
most beautiful QSL cards in the listener's collection.
The input for this contest requirement was very broad
and very varied with the listing of hundreds of
different QSL cards from more than 120 stations in 75
countries. This list was as "long as the arm and as
broad as the world" and it was just impossible to
indicate statistically which is the most beautiful QSL
card in the world.
However, in spite of fhis wide variety, a summary of
the compiled information demonstrates statistically
just which stations are regularly issuing the world's
most beautiful QSL cards. In statistical order, this
following list gives the stations that are highest on
the list with beautiful QSL cards, together wiith the
point score for each station:-
Radio Japan NHK Tokyo Japan 114 points
Radio Taipei International CBS Taipei Taiwan 51
Radio Netherlands Hilversum Holland 48
Radio Australia Melbourne Australia 47
Radio Prague International Prague Czechia 39
HCJB Quito Ecuador 32
China Radio International Beijing China 30
Adventist World Radio All units Worldwide 99
The second requirement in the contest, "Part B",
required a listing of the "most wanted" stations, past
& present, as far as QSLs are concerned. Again, this
list is as "long as the arm and as wide as the world",
with a total of more than 175 stations in 140
countries making the list. Statistically, these are
the stations that made the top of the QSL "wanted
list":-
LRA36 Arcangel Antarctica 65 points
BBC World Service London England 35
Radio St Helena Jamestown St Helena 33
Bhutan Brodcasting Service Thimpu Bhutan 32
Radio Berlin International East Berlin Germany 29
Radio Afghanistan Kabul Afghanistan 24
Radio Kiribati Tarawa Kiribati 24
Radio Nepal Kathmandu Nepal 24
Radio Tanzania Dole Zanzibar 24
Falkland Broadcasting Service Stanley Falkland Is 21
AFAN McMurdo Antarctica 21
AWR All units Worldwide 52
The requirement for "Part C" was to submit three (or
more) reception reports on any AWR transmissions. All
of these reception reports will be QSLed with the new
AWR QSL cards which have recently been introduced.
There are currently 24 new AWR QSL cards available,
with 12 designs in two different styles for each card.
The fourth requirement, in "Part D", requested where
possible three radio cards for the "AWR Historic
Collection". Several hundred radio cards were
submitted all of which are still being sorted and each
of which is a highly prized and valuable addition to
our large museum collection.
The fifth requirement was also optional, and that was
to write a "Station Profile" for use on air in
"Wavescan". A large number of suitable entries were
received and each will be used on air in an upcoming
"Station Profile" at the rate of one per month.
Every year, the annual "Wavescan" DX contest attracts
a multitude of entries from widely scattered areas
throughout the world. Many contestants in many
countries like to enter every year, and Jose Jacob,
VU2JOS in Hyderabad, India, states that he has not
missed one contest. He has entered all 15 contests
since the beginning under the old DX program, "Radio
Monitors International". In addition, new
participants enter the contest each year for the first
time.
Each entry will receive the new AWR QSL cards with
endorsement and the matching QSL stamps. In addition,
a large number of AWR curios and mementos will be
awarded. Each entry will be processed just as soon as
possible over the next many weeks.
This year's DX contest was named in honor of the 30th
anniversary of Adventist World Radio. It was on
October 1, 1971, that the first broadcast from the new
Adventist World Radio went on the air in the Italian
language from a 250 kW shortwave transmitter operated
by Radio Trans Europe at Sines in Portugal.
AWR DX CONTESTS - PREVIOUS WINNERS
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Year World Winner City Country Name of
Contest
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2002 Who?
2001 Achraf Chaabane Sfax Tunisia Most
Beautiful QSL Cards
2000 Jose Jacob Hyderabad India AWR QSL
Stamps
Thomas Drescher Rosrath Germany AWR QSL
Stamps
1999 Ron Killick Christchurch N Zealand
Largest QSL Collections
1998 Hans Gosdschan Cottbus Germany World's
Largest QSL Cards
1997 John Wilkins Denver USA World's
Smallest QSL Cards
1996 William Matthews Columbus USA AWR QSLs
1995 Arthur Cushen Invercargill N Zealand
Five Best QSLs
1984 Salvatore Placanica Cairo Italy RMI
Program Content
Johannes Weidlein Schorndorff Germany RMI
Program Content
1983 Andrew Ellwell Sydney Australia DX
Club Programs
1982 Andrew Ellwell Sydney Australia
Logging DX Programs
1981 Bryan Marsh Auckland N Zealand
Answer Ten Questions
1980 Bryan Marsh Auckland N Zealand
Identify SW Stations
Gordon Darling Caversham England Identify
SW Stations
1979 Ashok Kumar Bose Kolkata India Spot
the Mistake
1978 Douglas Doull Auckland N Zealand
Identify ID Signals
1977 Victor Goonetilleke Colombo Sri Lanka
AWR Program Outlets
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Dear Wavescanner,
Thank you for entering our big "Thirtieth Anniversary
DX Contest" which was held during the month of
September 2001. Your entry was indeed appreciated .
Please find enclosed your QSL cards and QSL stamps.
Your award for the "Thirtieth Anniversary DX Contest"
is:-
This year's contest gave equal opportunity to
experienced DXers as well as to those who are new to
the international radio scene. The statistical
procedure for next year's contest will again give
equal opportunity to all international radio monitors,
DXers and shortwave listeners of all levels of
experience. We invite you to enter our 2002 DX
contest in September next year
Next September, you will be invited to give the
details of your very first QSL card or letter from a
shortwave broadcasting station. You will also be
invited to list the details of your very first QSL
from Adventist World Radio. As an optional extra, you
will be invited to submit a cassette recording of the
tuning signal and opening station announcements from a
local shortwave station near you. (For those who need
it, we will make payment for the cassette tape and the
postage.) Full details will be announced around mid
year 2002.
Thank you and may God bless you and your loved ones at
this season of the year.
Season's Greetings! Adrian M. Peterson, DX Editor.
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73's.
Achraf Chaabane
DXing from Tunisia
E-Mail: <achraf_chaabane@xxxxxxxxxx>
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