{"id":60337,"date":"2024-08-05T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T00:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60337"},"modified":"2024-08-05T07:06:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T11:06:31","slug":"special-update-to-a-nutty-idea-xhdata-d-220-dx-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/special-update-to-a-nutty-idea-xhdata-d-220-dx-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Update to A Nutty Idea XHDATA D-220 DX Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/D220-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60244 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/D220-03-e1722855811256-1024x668.png\" alt=\"XHDATA D-220 Portable\" width=\"625\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/D220-03-e1722855811256-1024x668.png 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/D220-03-e1722855811256-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/D220-03-e1722855811256-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/D220-03-e1722855811256-624x407.png 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/D220-03-e1722855811256.png 1497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>Originally, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/a-nutty-idea\/\">the XHDATA D-220 DX Contest<\/a> was intended to be on shortwave, but prompted by a question from Dennis, K2DCD, I consulted with Thomas (our Maximum Leader) and he said &#8220;I say with a radio this basic, simply go for anything and everything logged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That makes sense and sounds like pure, unadulterated DXing pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>So here are the new rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must use a D-220 with native (built-in) antenna (no hooking it up to your two-mile-long Beverage antenna)<\/li>\n<li>No use of other radios or SDRs as \u201cspotter\u201d radios.<\/li>\n<li>You must ID off the air.<\/li>\n<li>Any band the D-220 receives.<\/li>\n<li>Any location.<\/li>\n<li>Contest starts 6 pm your local time on Friday, August 16, 2024 and it ends at 6 pm your local time on Sunday, August 18, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Log the time, the estimated frequency, the station ID and what you heard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are no prizes, just bragging rights.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to report in lavish detail on your experience during the contest . . . especially if you had fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally, the XHDATA D-220 DX Contest was intended to be on shortwave, but prompted by a question from Dennis, K2DCD, I consulted with Thomas (our Maximum Leader) and he said &#8220;I say with a radio this basic, simply go for anything and everything logged.&#8221; That makes sense and sounds like pure, unadulterated DXing pleasure. So [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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],"tags":[4746,9323,1017,10579],"class_list":["post-60337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-news","tag-contests","tag-jock-elliott-kb2gom","tag-swling-post-contests","tag-xhdata-d-220"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fHb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60396,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/friday-is-the-day-for-the-nutty-idea-xhdata-d-220-dx-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":60337,"position":0},"title":"Friday is the day for the Nutty Idea XHDATA D-220 DX Contest","author":"Jock Elliott","date":"August 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Here are the rules: You must use a D-220 with native (built-in) antenna (no hooking it up to your two-mile-long Beverage antenna) No use of other radios or SDRs as \u201cspotter\u201d radios. 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