{"id":22081,"date":"2016-11-05T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22081"},"modified":"2016-11-05T09:16:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T13:16:41","slug":"update-north-american-dx-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/update-north-american-dx-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: North American DX Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zenith-Dial-2\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, John Cooper, who writes:<\/p>\n

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n

NASWA<\/a>, Universal Radio, Inc<\/a>. and CIDX<\/a>, is sponsoring the North American Shortwave DX contest “The Final Countdown” which will start on 00:00 UTC hours on 7 January 2017. The contest is open to all North American SWLers and DXers.<\/p>\n

Contest forms for those interested can be obtained by e-mailing me at: broadwing56@msn.com<\/a> or mailing me a request to:<\/p>\n

John P. Cooper 734 Sally Ann Drive, Lebanon, PA 17046.<\/p>\n

Prizes for 1st-3rd place will be provided by Universal Radio Inc., and Contest Certificates suitable for framing will be mailed to each contestant. Beat the January doldrums! This is a great chance to sharpen your DXing & SWLing skills or just a chance to dust off that old SW radio stashed away and see what’s on the SW bands now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks, John for organizing and championing this contest. And a special thanks to Universal Radio, CIDX and NASWA for supporting it!<\/p>\n

Richard Langley also suggests checking out the following link for more contest details:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.hfunderground.com\/board\/index.php\/topic,30913.msg115631.html#msg115631<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Cooper, who writes: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN NASWA, Universal Radio, Inc. and CIDX, is sponsoring the North American Shortwave DX contest “The Final Countdown” which will start on 00:00 UTC hours on 7 January 2017. The contest is open to all North American SWLers and DXers. Contest forms for […]<\/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":true,"_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":[713,3,43],"tags":[3226,5361,5362,5594],"class_list":["post-22081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-contest","tag-dx-contest","tag-john-cooper","tag-north-american-dx-contest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5K9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23035,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/update-countdown-to-the-north-american-shortwave-dx-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":22081,"position":0},"title":"Update: Countdown to the North American Shortwave DX Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"December 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Cooper, who shares the following announcement: NORTH AMERICAN SHORTWAVE CONTEST \u201cThe Final Countdown\u201d 2017 Just a friendly reminder that the North American SW DX Contest, \u201cThe Final Countdown,\u201d will be starting in a few weeks. \u00a0The Holidays are upon us and time is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Contests"","block_context":{"text":"Contests","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24349,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/north-american-shortwave-dx-contest-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":22081,"position":1},"title":"North American Shortwave DX Contest Results","author":"Thomas","date":"February 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Cooper, who writes: Greetings fellow DXers and SWLers. 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