{"id":23035,"date":"2016-12-26T07:49:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T11:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23035"},"modified":"2016-12-26T07:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T11:49:12","slug":"update-countdown-to-the-north-american-shortwave-dx-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/update-countdown-to-the-north-american-shortwave-dx-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Countdown to the North American Shortwave DX Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, John Cooper, who shares the following announcement:<\/p>\n

NORTH AMERICAN SHORTWAVE CONTEST<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Final Countdown\u201d 2017<\/p>\n

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 flying.<\/p>\n

Remember the Contest starts at:<\/p>\n

00:00 UTC, 1\/7\/17 thru 00:00 UTC, 1\/29\/17.<\/p>\n

Get your contest forms if you haven\u2019t yet by contacting me at: broadwing56@msn.com<\/span><\/a> or mail at: John P. Cooper, 734 Sally Ann Drive, Lebanon, PA 17046.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the entrance fee is not due until you submit your final entry forms. $5.00 is the cost of entry, check, money order or cash accepted. Checks and Money Orders should be made out to John P. Cooper.<\/p>\n

Universal Radio Inc.<\/a> is sponsoring the contest and has donated really <\/span>Great Prizes for 1-3rd place that will be awarded along with Certificates of Completion for all who participate with contest standing annotated on them. The NASWA, and CIDX are also sponsors of this event.<\/p>\n

Since most of us DXers will be ready for some action after the Holidays are over this is your chance to participate in a great Contest. Support your Hobby.<\/p>\n

Remember, the contest is open to all North American DXers regardless of membership in any club or organization. Any questions, please contact me at: broadwing56@msn.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 flying. Remember the Contest starts […]<\/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":[713,3,43],"tags":[3226,5361,5362,5594],"class_list":["post-23035","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-5Zx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22081,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/update-north-american-dx-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":23035,"position":0},"title":"Update: North American DX Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"November 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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