DSWCI - 6th INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST "THE GRAND TOUR ACROSS ALL CONTINENTS" 2015

6th INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST "THE GRAND TOUR ACROSS ALL CONTINENTS" 2015

This contest is held from Friday 2nd October 2015, 0000 UTC, to Sunday 25th October 2015, 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 4.00 (IRCs not accepted) 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: 31st December 2015 (date of post stamp)

Each participant will receive a contest diploma with his/her classification and a list of paricipants with their results.

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 the total number of all logs of the particular country and rounded to two decimal places.

In Part 2 you can add other points to 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 and 50 points for other log(s) from the same country made by the same listener.

In Part 3 you can even further raise your score if you answer correctly the quiz questions. All correct answers = 200 points = 20% to your total score from parts 1 + 2. Example: 86 points = +8.6%, 148 points =  +14.8% to your total score, etc.

Note: Please give 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!

Further details & downloable entry forms at :

http://www.dswci.org/contest/

DBS 15 now available

 

 

NEW SURVEY AVAILABLE:

DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 15 (DBS-15), April 2013

edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen.

ISSN 1399-8218

The 56 years old DSWCI which counts experienced DX-ers in 29 countries all over the world as members, has just issued the 15 th Edition of its annual Domestic Broadcasting Survey. This survey is divided into three parts:

Part 1 : The 41st edition of the Tropical Bands Survey covering all ACTIVE broadcasting stations on 2300 - 5700 kHz, including clandestines.

Part 2 : Domestic stations on international shortwave bands above 5700 kHz broadcasting to a domestic audience.

Part 3 : Deleted frequencies between 2 and 30 MHz which have not been reported heard during the past five years, but may reappear.

This new Survey is based upon monitoring by our members, many official sources and DX-bulletins. A13 schedules are included when available. In order to make the DBS reliable, our own monitors around the world have checked throughout the period April 2012 – March 2013, if each of the 640 station frequencies is on the air.

ACTIVE stations are marked with an A ("Regular"), B ("Irregular") or C ("Sporadic") in the list. D means "Likely inactive". A unique feature is the right column called "Last log". It shows the last month and year before DBS deadline on March 31, 2013 when the particular station was reported logged by a DX-er somewhere in the world. This is another way of indicating the current audibility of the station.

To avoid inactive stations in this DBS, most frequencies which have not been heard during the past year, have been deleted and are moved to Part 3. No other frequency list has this feature !

 

Other useful features for easy identification (ID) are the parallel frequencies and reference to Station ID slogans.

Reviews can be found on www.dswci.org

All buyers of DBS-15 will get a username and password to the monthly updates on the tropical bands published as " Tropical Bands Monitor " on our website. The similar, historical data from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are available to anybody at www.dswci.org/tbm

The 24 pages A-4 size DBS-15 is available by e-mail as pdf-format (about 400 kB). A limited number is also available printed on paper.

It is sold by the treasurer:

DSWCI,

c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, DENMARK

E-Mail edition: DKK 35,00 or USD 7.00 or EUR 5,00 or GBP 4,50 or SEK 40,00 or IRC 3.

Printed edition: DKK 70,00 or USD 14.00 or EUR 10,00 or GBP 9,00 or SEK 80,00 or IRC 6.

Payment by cash notes are accepted whereas checks and postal money orders are not accepted.

DSWCI Bank is Danske Bank, 2-12 Holmens Kanal, DK-1092 Copenhagen K.

BIC/SWIFT : DABADKKK. IBAN: DK 44 3000 4001 528459.

Danish buyers please use: Reg. 3001- konto 4001528459.

If you have EURO as national currency, you are advised to pay to our representative in Germany, Andreas Schmid.

Andreas Schmid, Lerchenweg 4, D-97717 Euerdorf, Germany. E-mail: schmidandy@aol.com

Account 2912472076 at Targobank BLZ: 30020900. BIC: CMCIDEDD. IBAN:

DE24300209002912472076 .

If you want to pay via PAYPAL, you have to contact Andreas Schmid, before you send your payment. Payment via PayPal only in US$ currency and only for persons, living outside the European Union (EU).

Best 73's,

Anker Petersen and Bent Nielsen

(Press Release, DSWCI)

Danish Shortwave Club offers free trial E-membership

The Danish Shortwave Club International has offered free trial e-membership. Trial e-members enjoy full access to the DSWCI website, including the password-protected parts, for a limited time. E-membership expires at the end of the first month after registration.

Details at : http://www.dswci.org/contact/trial_membership.html

DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 14

The DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 14 (DBS-14), April 2012
edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen.
ISSN 1399-8218

The 55 years old DSWCI which counts experienced DX-ers in 33 countries all over the world as members, has just issued the 14th Edition of its annual Domestic Broadcasting Survey. This survey is divided into three parts:

Part 1: The 40th edition of the Tropical Bands Survey covering all ACTIVE broadcasting stations on 2300 - 5700 kHz, including clandestines.

Part 2: Domestic stations on international shortwave bands above 5700 kHz broadcasting to a domestic audience.

Part 3: Deleted frequencies between 2 and 30 MHz which have not been reported heard during the past five years, but may reappear. (This Part 3 is only published in the E-mail version, but buyers of the printed version can get a copy from the Editor upon request.)

This new Survey is based upon many official sources and DX-bulletins. A12 schedules are included when available.

In order to make the DBS reliable, our own monitors around the world have checked throughout the period April 2011 – March 2012, if each of the 690 station frequencies is on the air. ACTIVE stations are marked with an A ("Regular"), B ("Irregular") or C ("Sporadic") in the list.
D means "Likely inactive". A unique feature is the right column called "Last log". It shows the last month and year before DBS deadline on March 31, 2012 when the particular station was reported logged by a DX-er somewhere in the world. This is another way of indicating the current audibility of the station. To avoid inactive stations in this DBS, most frequencies which have not been heard during the past year, have been deleted and are moved to Part 3.

Other useful features for easy identification (ID) are the parallel frequencies and reference to Station ID slogans. Three sample extracts from the DBS-14 are shown below. Reviews can be found on www.dswci.org All buyers of DBS-14 will get a username and password to the monthly updates on the tropical bands published as "Tropical Bands Monitor" on our website. The similar data from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 are available at www.dswci.org/tbm to anybody.

The 23 pages A-4 size DBS-14 is available by e-mail as pdf-format (about 505 kB). A limited number is also available printed on paper. It has 20 pages without Part 3.

It is sold by the treasurer: DSWCI, c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, DENMARK

E-Mail edition: DKK 35,00 or USD 7.00 or EUR 5,00 or GBP 4,00 or SEK 45,00 or IRC 3.
Printed edition: DKK 70,00 or USD 13.00 or EUR 10,00 or GBP 8,00 or SEK 90,00 or IRC 5.
Payment by cash notes are accepted whereas checks and postal money orders are not accepted.

DSWCI Bank is Danske Bank, 2-12 Holmens Kanal, DK-1092 Copenhagen K.
BIC/SWIFT : DABADKKK. IBAN: DK 44 3000 4001 528459.
Danish buyers please use: Reg. 3001- konto 4001528459.

If you have EURO as national currency, you are advised to pay to our representative in Germany, Andreas Schmid.
Andreas Schmid, Lerchenweg 4, D-97717 Euerdorf, Germany. E-mail: schmidandy@aol.com
Account 2912472076 at Targobank BLZ: 30020900. BIC: CMCIDEDD. IBAN: DE24300209002912472076 .
If you want to pay via PAYPAL, you have to contact Andreas Schmid, before you send your payment.

Payment via PayPal only in US$ currency and only for persons, living outside the European Union (EU).

Best 73's,
Anker Petersen and Bent Nielsen

DSWCI - Latest issues of SWN and DXW for free download

The homepage of the Danish Shortwave Club International (www.dswci.org) has
been updated as follows:
A present to our not-yet-members:
The latest issues of Shortwave News (January 2012) and DX Window (No. 445)
can be downloaded for free as sample issues at : www.dswci.org/try

Best 73
Rolf Wernli
(Rolf Wernli, Danish Shortwave Club International)

or these direct links :
SWN Jan 2012
http://www.dswci.org/try/swn/201201/index.html

DXW 445
http://www.dswci.org/try/dxw/dxw445.pdf

DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 13 (DBS-13), April 2011

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DANISH SHORTWAVE CLUB INTERNATIONAL (DSWCI)
www.dswci.org

NEW SURVEY AVAILABLE:
The DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 13 (DBS-13), April 2011
edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen.
ISSN 1399-8218

 

The 54 years old DSWCI which counts experienced DX-ers in 33 countries all over the world as members, has just issued the 13th Edition of its annual Domestic Broadcasting Survey. This survey is divided into three parts:
Part 1: The 39th edition of the Tropical Bands Survey covering all ACTIVE broadcasting stations on 2300 - 5700 kHz, including clandestines.
Part 2: Domestic stations on international shortwave bands above 5700 kHz broadcasting to a domestic audience.
Part 3: Deleted frequencies between 2 and 30 MHz which have not been reported heard during the past five years, but may reappear.
(This Part 3 is only published in the E-mail version, but buyers of the printed version can get a copy from the Editor upon request.)

This new Survey is based upon many official sources and DX-bulletins. A11 schedules are included when available.
In order to make the DBS reliable, our own monitors around the world have checked throughout the period May 2010 – March 2011, if each of the 775 station frequencies is on the air. ACTIVE stations are marked with an A ("Regular"), B ("Irregular") or C ("Sporadic") in the list. D means "Likely inactive". A unique feature is the right column called "Last log". It shows the last month and year before DBS deadline on March 31, 2011 when the particular station was reported logged by a DX-er somewhere in the world. This is another way of indicating the current audibility of the station. To avoid inactive stations in this DBS, most frequencies which have not been heard during the past year, have been deleted and are moved to Part 3.

Other useful features for easy identification (ID) are the parallel frequencies and reference to Station ID slogans. Three sample extracts from the DBS-13 are shown the next page. Reviews can be found on http://www.dswci.org/dbs All buyers of DBS-13 will get a username and password to the monthly updates on the tropical bands published as "Tropical Bands Monitor" on our website. The similar data from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are available at www.dswci.org/tbm to anybody.

The 26 pages A-4 size DBS-13 is available by e-mail as pdf-format (about 955 KB). A limited number is also available printed on paper. It has 23 pages without Part 3.
It is sold by the treasurer:
DSWCI,
c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, DENMARK
E-Mail edition: DKK 35,00 or USD 7.00 or EUR 5,00 or GBP 4,00 or SEK 45,00 or IRC 3.
Printed edition: DKK 70,00 or USD 14.00 or EUR 10,00 or GBP 9,00 or SEK 90,00 or IRC 6.
Payment by cash notes are accepted whereas checks and postal money orders are not accepted.
DSWCI Bank is Danske Bank, 2-12 Holmens Kanal, DK-1092 Copenhagen K.
BIC/SWIFT : DABADKKK. IBAN: DK 44 3000 4001 528459.
Danish buyers please use: Reg. 3001- konto 4001528459.
If you have EURO as national currency, you are advised to pay to our representative in Germany, Andreas Schmid.
Andreas Schmid, Lerchenweg 4, D-97717 Euerdorf, Germany. E-mail: schmidandy@aol.com
Account 2912472076 at Targobank BLZ: 30020900. BIC: CMCIDEDD. IBAN: DE24300209002912472076 .
If you want to pay via PAYPAL, you have to contact Andreas Schmid, before you send your payment.
Payment via PayPal only in US$ currency and only for persons, living outside the European Union (EU).

Best 73's,
Anker Petersen and Bent Nielsen

DSWCI 1st International DX Contest "The Grand Tour Across All Continents"

The Danish Shortwave Club International
1st International DX Contest "The Grand Tour Across All Continents"

Download details here :

http://www.dswci.org/contest/2010grandtour.pdf

DSWCI Newsletter : DX Window 400 free download

The jubilee edition of DX Window newsletter published by Danish Shortwave Club International is available for free download by everyone :

http://www.dswci.org/try/dxw/dxw400.pdf

Best 73
Rolf Wernli
Webmaster

Danish Shortwave Club International

Special broadcasts by AIR for Republic Day 2010

Special broadcasts by AIR on 25 & 26 Jan 2010

All India Radio will broadcast the following special programs in connection with the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January.

25 January 2010: 1330 UTC: President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil's address to the nation. This will be broadcast by all stations of AIR. Delhi frequencies are 5015 6030 6085 9575 & 9835. Regional stations on SW are using 60 MB frequencies at that time. Look out especially
Kohima 4850 (1000 to 1630 UTC).

26 January 2010: Running Commentary of Republic Day parade from 0350 UTC

Hindi: 6155(Bengaluru 500 kW); 11620(Aligarh 250 kW); 15135(Delhi 50 kW).
English: 5990(Delhi 250 kW); 9810 (Delhi 50 kW); 11830 (Delhi 50 kW);15050 (Bengaluru 500 kW)

The following Regional stations will change from their Morning frequencies on 60 Meters (4 & 5 MHz frequencies ) to their day time frequencies between-0335-0350 UTC as follows:

5965 Jammu?
5985 Ranchi ?
6000 Leh
6040 Jeypore
6065 Kohima?
6085 Gangtok
6150 Itanagar?
6190 Delhi
7230 Kurseong
7240 Mumbai
7280 Guwahati
7295 Aizawl
7315 Shillong
7325 Jaipur
7440 Lucknow

(? = Normally off air)

So some unusual reception of AIR stations shall be observed.

The other following stations are already scheduled to be on air daily at this time and will also relay the running commentry.

6020 Shimla
6110 Srinagar
7210 Kolkata
7290 Thiruvanthapuram
7335 Imphal
7380 Chennai
7390 Port Blair
7420 Hyderabad
7430 Bhopal

Reception Reports to spectrum-manager@air.org.in

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS , National Institute of Amateur Radio , Hyderabad )
Telefax: 91-40-2331 0287 Cell:94416 96043

www.qsl.net/vu2jos , www.niar.org

Via Dx_india yg, specialises exclusively on Broadcasting in India!

The latest B-2009 SW schedules of All India Radio is available at:

Complete SW in kHz order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm

External Services in Language order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/es/language.htm

External Services in Time order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm

Complete SW Stations order
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm

Trial Issues of DSWCI Publications

This message especially to our not-yet-members:

We have uploaded new trial issues of DSWCI publications. Amongst them are the latest DX Window (No. 387 of 14th October 2009) and the September/October issue of Shortwave News.

You can download them at www.dswci.org/try

This page also gives an overview of the free material the DSWCI offers on the Internet. Most material is for members only though, as members fees are essential for the existence of a DX club.

Best 73
Rolf Wernli
webmaster @ dswci.org
Danish SW Clubs International