{"id":10775,"date":"2014-09-09T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T15:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10775"},"modified":"2014-09-09T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T15:51:40","slug":"wavescan-contest-rare-unusual-unique-qsls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/wavescan-contest-rare-unusual-unique-qsls\/","title":{"rendered":"Wavescan contest: “rare, unusual, unique QSLs”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WavescanContest\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Tom Ally, who shares a link to\u00a0Wavescan<\/em>‘s 2014 Annual DX Contest<\/a>\u00a0where you are invited to share your rare, unique and unusual verifications.<\/p>\n

(Source: AWR Wavescan<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Shortwave listeners, international radio monitors and DXers around the world are invited to search their collection of QSL cards and letters for rare, unusual and unique verifications. You are invited to make up a list (up to 5 in number) of your QSLs in this collective category, and to write a short paragraph about each. Partial entries for this year\u2019s contest are considered to be valid.<\/p>\n

Prize: At the conclusion of the contest, we at Wavescan are planning to write up and publish a detailed compilation of interesting information on a world wide basis about the rare, unusual and unique QSLs that come to light in this way. This will be the first occasion in the history of international radio broadcasting for the compilation of such a QSL list, and you all are invited to submit entries.<\/p>\n

Submission period: Through September 2014.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here for full details…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Tom Ally, who shares a link to\u00a0Wavescan‘s 2014 Annual DX Contest\u00a0where you are invited to share your rare, unique and unusual verifications. (Source: AWR Wavescan) Shortwave listeners, international radio monitors and DXers around the world are invited to search their collection of QSL cards and letters for rare, unusual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,713,3,43],"tags":[1518,3226,248,899,1601,3227],"class_list":["post-10775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-contests","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-adventist-world-radio","tag-contest","tag-qsl","tag-qsl-cards","tag-wavescan","tag-wavescan-contest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2NN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4992,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/nasb-special-drm-broadcasts-for-wavescan\/","url_meta":{"origin":10775,"position":0},"title":"NASB: Special DRM broadcasts for Wavescan","author":"Thomas","date":"December 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: NASB via Alokesh Gupta) The \"Wavescan\" DX program which is a joint production of NASB members\u00a0Adventist World Radio and Radio Miami International, will be included\u00a0in a new series of four DRM (digital) shortwave transmissions called\u00a0\"DRM Mix\" sponsored by Spaceline in Bulgaria which will take place on\u00a022, 23, 25 and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AWRlogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23635,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/january-29-edition-of-awr-wavescan-to-focus-on-radio-australia\/","url_meta":{"origin":10775,"position":1},"title":"January 29 edition of AWR Wavescan to focus on Radio Australia","author":"Thomas","date":"January 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who shares this note from WRMI: The January 29 edition of Wavescan (which will begin to air on January 29 and will be repeated several times over the following week) will be a special program about Radio Australia, which will be ending\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25158,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/pantronx-titus-ii-drm-receiver-update-via-wavescan\/","url_meta":{"origin":10775,"position":2},"title":"PantronX Titus II DRM receiver update via Wavescan","author":"Thomas","date":"April 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who writes: There was a segment on the latest episode of AWR's Wavescan (9 April 2017) about the Titus II DRM receiver recorded during the recent HFCC meeting in Jordan. 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