SWL of shortwave radios in AM, Medium wave and Long wave, with WEB SDR in Europe by SWL F14368 Frank near Paris France. Informations about radio receivers for SWL, antennas, etc. Organiser of SWL contest 2023 and 2024.. This is my blog number ONE. Please visit my 2 other blogs about my listening. Thank you. 73

mercredi 24 janvier 2024

Rules of the SWL Contest 2024 june july august 2024

 Hi, i am Frank SWL F14368 organiser of the SWL contest 2023 and 2024

For 2024 AM radios on shortwave only, new rules:

 Official radios, Clandestine radios and Pirate radios are accepted in 2024


The SWL Contest 2023 was a success with many listeners and nice sponsors, thank you.

Look all our sponsors in 2023 : https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2024/01/thank-you-to-all-our-sponsors-for-swl.html

Also a lot of medias on internet talk about this SWL contest 2023: https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/09/international-swl-contest-in-november.html


I have decide to organise a new SWL Contest in 2024

You dont need to be registred to make this contest

In 2024 the SWL Contest will be in June July and August 2024

In 2024 we listen only AM radio stations on shortwave bands ( no medium wave )


You must listen a maximum of radios stations on maximum of shortwave bands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_bands

Only AM radios stations on SW ( no amateur radios, digital, SSB etc please)

 Official radios, Clandestines radios stations and Pirate radios station are accepted 

In 2024 i will give only e-AWARDS 

Award will be BRONZE one to forty-nine radios stations (1 to 49),

 SILVER fifty to ninety-nine radios stations50 to 99),

GOLD one hundred to two hundred radios stations (100 to 200) 

and PLATINIUM more of two hundred radios station (200 and more)

In 2024 like in 2023 the goal is to have FUN !!!!!




The SWL Contest 2024 start 01 june 2024 and finish the 31 august 2024

You must send your list of listening radios stations before the 9 september 2024

To send your list and and if you have questions the mail adresse is 


swlcontest@gmx.fr


You can write your list of radio station listened i a normal message or use PDF or EXCEL

You can also simply write your liste of radios stations listened like a email message

Your list must be BAND BY BAND

At the end of your list give these informations:

Exemple 11 meter:  I listen 2 radios stations

15 meter: 12 radios stations

Etc

Also at the end of your list you must write for exemple " I have listen 48 radios stations on 10 different SW bands "

Remember the goal is to listen maximum of SW radios stations one all the shortwave bands

So if you listen radio station "China radio international" on 11 meter band, you must try also to listen CRI on other SW bands. 

But listen only one time a radio station on a band.

 The site ( place ) of the SW transmitter is not important. Its nice if you can listen "China radio international" on 10 different shortwave bands or more, even CRI transmit from China, Africa or Cuba 

You can listen with a real radio receiver and real antennas ( SDR with real antenna is also OK )

You can listen with a WEB SDR or a KIWI SDR on your computer and internet, but you must listen during the contest only via this WEB or KIWI SDR ( you can not change to listen via another Web or Kiwi SDR in another place ) You will give my adresse of this Web or Kiwi SDR

Be honest please!

Even you are not in Europe you can use a Kiwi or Web SDR in Europe or another continent

Exemple this very nice web SDR in the Netherlands 150 kHz to 30 MHz

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

You must be sure to identified the radio station for exemple with these books or CD

Klingenfuss 

https://www.klingenfuss.org/homepage.htm

Or WRTH, etc





Your can also use free web sites on internet

https://www.short-wave.info/index.php?freq=14590&timbus=NOW&ip=130.89.192.8&porm=4

https://webkiwisdrswl.blogspot.com/2023/12/free-frequencies-guides-for-listeners.html

http://www.eibispace.de/dx/freq-a24.txt

A easy way is to enter the frequencie on GOOGLE like 13755 khz ( its important to write khz )

https://www.google.com/search?q=13755+khz&oq=13755+khz&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCwgAEEUYExg5GIAE0gEJODcwMmowajE1qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1



https://www.short-wave.info/index.php?freq=13755


For each radio station you listen you must give these informations

Name of the radio station, Exemple Radio China International ( CRI )

Date 01 June 2024

Time UTC exemple 06:44 UTC

Frequencie exemple 13755 kHz

SW band 22 meter

Language exemple Chinese ( if you dont know the language write not identified )

SINPO 55555

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SINPO_code


The place of the transmitter ( TX site ) is not important for this contest

Exemple "China radio international" broadcast from Cuba, Mali and China.

The important is to listen THIS radio station name CRI ( China radio Int. )

Do this honestly please, cheating in my opinion is stupid, you participate to have fun not to show that you are the "king of the jungle !!!


Please give me your name, your country

Example Frank Deparis in FRANCE

I will not publish your personal name in the results, only you small name and your country.

Do you listen with a real radio and antenna ? (  Please give name and model of your radio receiver and what is your antenna ( exemple loop antenna indoor, long wire 20 meter long outside ) or do you use a Web or Kiwi SDR ( if yes give me the adresse of the this SDR please )


The shortwave bands for AM radio stations,s ome radio stations broadcast near these band and are accepted. 


For CHINA they are a lot of radios on shortwave

https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/08/chinas-radio-broadcast-on-1389.html

You can listen many different radios stations from China and enter it in you log

Exemple CNR 1, CNR 17, PBS Gannan, etc.

China radio international is the most famous but they are a lot of radio stations like  PBS and CNR

https://www.short-wave.info/index.php

China national radio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Radio

They are 17 radio stations

https://www.short-wave.info/index.php

You can find all information on:

https://www.short-wave.info/index.php?freq=14590&timbus=NOW&ip=130.89.192.8&porm=4

Look at PBS and CNR on SW Infos

https://www.chriskadlec.com/radio/china-database




FOR PIRATE RADIO ON SW

https://www.alfalima.net/viewforum.php?f=2

https://shortwavedx.blogspot.com/

https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/List_of_Pirate_Radio_Frequencies

https://ukdxer.wixsite.com/my-vxw-site-di06oi

https://pirateradiolog.blogspot.com/

https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Pirate_Radio_New_Listener_Guide_and_FAQ

https://swling.com/blog/category/pirate-radio/

https://swling.com/blog/2014/03/how-to-tune-in-pirate-radio-broadcasts-on-shortwave/#:~:text=of%20the%20ether.-,North%20American%20Pirates,on%206%2C935%20and%206%2C950%20kHz.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/691076807613250

https://www.facebook.com/groups/207976332681186

https://www.dxing.com/pirate.htm



My best links to identifie a radio stations on Internet

FREQUENCY VERSION
               http://www.eibispace.de/

         http://www.eibispace.de/dx/freq-a24.txt

ShortwaveSchedule.com


A23 Transmission and Programme schedules by Broadcasters and Frequency Management Organisations 



CLANDESTINE RADIOS


Listening timetables and broadcast schedules

By languages




Exemple of list band by bands

13 meter: Sound of Hope, SBA Saudi radio int, BBC, CNR1 

15 meter: Voice of Hope, CNR1

16 meter:  Mashaal radio, radio Ergo, Ifrikia FM, radio France int, Voice of Turkey

19 meter: WWCR, Sound of Hope, CNR1, Radio Liberty, WRMI, Mashall radio, radio Free Asia, Radio Farda, Radio Iran int

22 meter: Sound of Hope, CNR1, FEBC, China radio int, SBA Radio Riyadh, RNZ Pacific, CNR7, CNR13

25 meter: Sound of Hope, CNR1, radio liberty, FEBC, AWR, BBC, Radio free Asia, Voice of Vietnam,
China radio int, radio Farda

31 meter: WRMI, Voice of Martyrs, radio Farda, CNR13, KTWR, CNR1,  Voice of America, CNR2, KBS world radio, NHK Radio Japan, CNR8

41 meter: Radio Casa AM, Voice of America, PBS Xizang, Radio Taiwan int, CNR2, 
PBS Nei Menggu, CNR5, HCJB, Radio Marti, Thazin radio, Radio Vaticana

49 meter: Lazer hot hits, Voice of Koréa, PBS Qinghai, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Yunnan radio int, 
Radio Slovakia int

60 meter: PBS Xinjiang, Bay islands radio, Beibu bay radio, Radio Educacao rural, 
Radio Quillabamba

75 meter: CNR2, Voice of hope, Echo of Unification, KCBS, Channel 292

90 meter: Voice of indonesia, KCBS

120 meter: KCBS


Please give me also the TOTAL of radio station you listen during the contest

Exemple I listen in total 152 radio stations




Remember to send your list at this e-mail adresse before 9 september 2024

swlcontest@gmx.fr



My Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009933974595



73 de Frank SWL F14368 ( near Paris France EUROPE )



If you need to buy a new shortwave radio receiver for a cheap price you can look the 

XHDATA D-109 radio at 40 Euros only include shipping to Europe, look on web site for other place in the world. They can send to many countries in the world.  

https://xhdata.com.cn/pages/about-xhdata-shipping

You can also find on Amazon and other web sites.





A good radio receiver for a cheap price



https://radiojayallen.com/xhdata-d-219-am-fm-sw-radio/

https://hackaday.com/2023/03/15/review-xhdata-d-219-short-wave-radio-receiver/


ONLY 10 US Dollars $ + shipping !!!!!

https://xhdata.com.cn/collections/fm-am-sw-radio/products/xhdata-d-219-radio?variant=44099708649790


ON FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/xhdata.radios

https://www.facebook.com/groups/643602210199079

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090060176613

https://www.facebook.com/groups/978291586891240

YOUTUBE

https://www.youtube.com/@xhdataradio9011/videos


https://radiojayallen.com/xhdata-d-608-emergency-radio/


A good radio receiver for 30 US Dollars $

https://xhdata.com.cn/collections/xhdata-sihuadon/products/xhdata-d-608-emergency-radio




On FACEBOOK they are a lot of groups for shortwave listeners

You can find a lot of usefull informations 

In English
Shortwave Radio Listeners Club😃

https://www.facebook.com/groups/934648923314117

Nice group for listeners on FACEBOOK SW and MW
Poor Man's Shortwave Radio Listening
Shortwave Radio Listeners Club
QSL cards
Escuchando La Radio
WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook
AM DXING ( SW, MW )
DXing.info ( ONLE medium wave )
Longwave, Medium wave (am), Shortwave and FM DX-ing



Thank you to one of the best SWL blog in the world


https://swling.com/blog/2024/03/swl-contest-2024-june-august-2024/

The SWLing Post is a community of shortwave radio and amateur radio enthusiasts sharing shortwave radio reviews, news, broadcasting, pirate radio, numbers stations, interviews, and much more. We aim to provide quality content in the form of:

  • Everything radio, with a focus on the HF/Shortwave portions of the spectrum
  • International broadcasting news
  • Amateur radio news
  • Interviews
  • The internet and, specifically how it influences radio broadcasters
  • The history and future of shortwave radio
  • Shortwave radio reviews

Remember end of 2024 i will organise a MW Contest


https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2024/03/mw-winter-swl-contest-2024-project.html


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mercredi 17 janvier 2024

Thank you to all our sponsors for the SWL Contest 2023

 To find all these nice sponsors i have send a lot of e-mails all over the world

Thank you to all people who talk of this SWL Contest

https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/09/international-swl-contest-in-november.html

Many brands and shop for SWL dont answer to me...




June July August 2024 new SWL Contest !

So if you need to buy équipment for listening medium wave, shortwave of other frequencies i think our sponsors are the best places to order by internet.

Just remember some brands cant send to all the 200 countries of the world for different reasons.

Just send a message to ask if they can ship to your country.


1) Thank you to Gene Stevens who is a youtuber, he was the fist to say YES i will be your sponsor !

He send a nice radio receiver XHDATA to a winner of the SWL contest in Pakistan

Listening in radio his chanel talk of short wave listening and many things about radios

 I have been a radio enthusiast since I was a teenager. I started in the 1970s with citizens band radio. I was a Navy Signalman from 1978 to 1982. That's where I learned morse code.I got my amateur radio license in 2000, original call sign KB9WGV. I now have a vanity call sign of WN9ZWC. I joined the SWARL and I have their issued call signs of KB9001SWL, KB9001MWDX and KB9001SSB. I was granted the following awards, WAC, Heard all continents, QRZ.com awards; QRZ 3O, U.S. counties, Grid award and World friendship award. I founded Listening In Radio in 2023.

I'm your Elmer, here to teach you all about radios. AM radio, shortwave, Ham radio, CB and monitoring. Call signs WN9ZWC KB9001MWDX KB9001SWL KB9001SSB

https://www.youtube.com/@genestevens7584/videos


2) QUANSHENG


One of the best place for Walkie talkies


Thank you very much for 2 walkie talkie UV-K5 and K6

This Chinese brand answer very fast YES we bill be your sponsor, xie xie ni ( i thank you in Chinese )

Design & manufacture 2-way radio for over 35 years

Export 1,000,000 pcs radios to 60 countries e | 500 skilled people | 7 product line !!!

You can find these walkie talkies on many shops on internet








3)  RETEKESS is also a nice sponsor from China  https://www.retekess.com/v117-shortwave-radio/#F9207A-1PC





https://www.amazon.fr/stores/Retekess/page/F67526D4-B85F-419A-84D1-C10A637240C4?ref_=ast_bln

Thank you RETEKESS





4)  XHDATA/SIHUADON


This very nice sponsor from China will give 3 very sérious radios for MW and Shortwave listening !!!

Dear friends,

"If you are willing, we can provide you with a D-808 gray, an R-108 black, and a D-109WB (this is a modified version of the D-109 with richer functions). Encourage a community that loves radio.
Thanks to your love of radio over the years, we can ship these three prizes to the address provided by the winner, just as you requested."

Thank you very much for your message dear friends from China.

Please visit the shop of our sponsor XHDATA/SIHUADON

They can send to many place in the WORLD




On of the best radio receiver for the price the D-808


5) RETEVIS Amazon


Again a big and famous brand from CHINA

They are link with RETEKESS

RETEVIS build walkie talkies, PMR446 and HAM radio équipment

Our nice Sponsor RETEVISS give a RETEKESS radio receiver


You can order RETEVIS and RETEKESS on Amazon shops


Thank you Angela 





6) SDRplay



Thank you dear sponsor from England UK




7)  Anon-CO from Hong Kong


This super nice sponsor give a incredible super TECSUN PL-990x radio receiver





And also a good TECSUN PL-330


For the WORLD  https://www.anon-co.com/


One of the best place in the world to buy a serious radio receiver

Thanks a lot Anon-CO specialist for TECSUN radios



8)  MFJ the world famour brand from USA !

Thank you to give 2 nice gift for winner of the SWL Contest







Thanks a lot to MFJ




9) 

Un peu d’hertz pur. 



A French SWL who make a nice donation to help the SWL Contest 2023, Merci et 73





10)  Joerg Klingenfuss


Klingenfuss Publications

Klingenfuss Radio Monitoring

www.klingenfuss.org

The specialist for monitoring frequencies of the world in all mods give a nice CD for a SWL of AM radios on MW and SW


Danke Joerg


11)  Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada will give a nice radio receiver GRUNDIG Yacht-Boy 400PE

https://dxer.ca/index.php

The DXer.ca website site has been on the air for 28 years and is listed as a resource in the 2018 edition of the World Radio TV Handbook!

Thank you Colin


12) Thank to my French friend SWL 14FBG07 Bernard and is dog SWL Flamby for your donation

He have a youtube chanel


He have a big collection of TX and RX



Merci bernard et bonnes écoutes


13) RADDY




Oursponsor is the famous RADDY radios who will give a nice portable receiver RF750


https://iraddy.com/products/rf750-retro-radio


14) Thank you to SPIDERBEAM our sponsor from Germany


https://shop.spiderbeam.com/home

https://www.facebook.com/Spiderbeam/

https://shop.spiderbeam.com/?fbclid=IwAR0_4-XWqsQvMA0mioIbWOE0CrhO3lUr-2RG7pdI8kdonPyheCTXcAbv-ik

Welcome to Spiderbeam - your specialist for fiberglass & portable HF antennas
Spiderbeam was founded in the year 2000 by DF4SA, sparked by his passion for highly competitve radio contesting during portable, outdoor operations, fielddays, DXpeditions, etc. Simple wire antennas are quite allright, but using them to do well in a contest is pretty hard.
The spider beam is a full size lightweight tribander yagi for 20-15-10m, made from fiberglass and wire. It has been specially developed as a highly efficient antenna for portable use - a DXpeditioner's dream.
Further development yielded a complete 5-band-beam (20-17-15-12-10m), a WARC version (30-17-12m), and several other configurations. Recently, monoband versions and a specially reinforced heavy duty antenna line (optimized for permanent installation at home) have been added.

Apart from a good highband antenna, a competitive portable contest station must have a lightweight & efficient antenna for the low bands as well. For this purpose we have designed our professional telescopic fiberglass poles with a total height of 12m (40ft) and 18m (60ft) (NEW!). These strong poles are very well suited for carrying lowband wire GP or inverted L antennas, or any other temporary wires, like quad or delta loops and dipoles for all bands.

The secret behind the success of our portable spiderbeam yagi is its simplicity, ruggedness and a true "no compromise" design: several fullsize monoband beams are interlaced on one boom with negligible interaction. While the antenna is as light as a mini beam, it maintains the gain and F/B ratio of a typical full size tribander. The whole antenna weight is only 6-7kg (14 lbs), making it ideally suited for portable use. It can be carried and installed easily by a single person. A small push-up mast and a TV rotator is totally sufficient, saving even more weight on the total setup. The transportation length is only 1.20m (4ft).

After completion of the design phase and successful trial runs in 2001 and 2002 CQWW contests, the Spiderbeam antenna plans were released to the public. A very detailed construction guide (classic Heathkit-style step-by-step instructions) is available as a PDF document. You are most welcome to download our free construction guide and build your own spider beam from scratch. Several helpful OMs have kindly translated this manual to their mother tongue, making it available in several different languages. This incredible worldwide response and cooperation turned the construction guide turned into a truly international open-source project, and Spiderbeam into a worldwide known trademark for affordable, high quality fiberglass antennas of all kinds.

Many thanks to everybody for your continued interest and support - without it we would not be here today.
Enjoy browsing our website and see you on the air from your next expedition to that sweet DX spot you have always wanted to go. It is our goal to make your luggage light and your signals strong!

Our sponsor will give a 

7m fiberglass mast
The new mini fiberglass telescopic mast

Full height (length): 7m*
Transport length: 71cm*
Weight: 1026g*
Bottom diameter: 50mm*
Top diameter: 6mm*
Wall thickness: 0.7mm - 1.4mm*
Number of segments: 12
Material: fiberglass , black, UV resistant, wrapped in multiple layers and specially reinforced








SPIDERBEAM is a good shop for SWL antenna, Ham radio and CB radio 

Thank you very much again to Spiderbeam to be a sponsor of International SWL contest 2023


15) DXRN 

DX Radio via NET is a French web site but its possible to read in many languages




Merci Joel d'etre notre sponsor. 73


16)  

Katsumori Sakakibara a Japanese SWL who make a nice donation to the SWL Contest 2023


Thank you very much Katsumori san

Arigatogozaimasu



His Facebook  page



A nice FB group for SWL





17) CIBI PASSION

Thank you to Ludivine a nice YL who will give a book abour Citizen band ( CIBI in French )





18)  OMØET Paul




Thank you for your 2 baluns


Paul have also nice LOOP antenna for SWL or HAM radio operators





Thank you very much Paul, best 73




19)  RADIOJAYALLEN



Jay give a nice C.Crane radio who was win by one of the best listener of this SWL contest 2023


Jay have a very interesting web site for SWL 



19) SWL F14368 Frank 

Yes its me !!!

I have help friends to have a better radio receivers

You know in some place of the world a 50 US Dollars radio receiver is a dream.

So it was a nice adventure, thank you.

I am so happy to have all these sponsors, if you need a radio, some équipment for listeners go first to these sponsors. They respect listeners. For other brands and shops who say NO WE DONT SPONSOR, or dont answer they are skinflint !!!!!

They dont realise for few bucks they can have a big audience... 100 000 listeners on Facebook groups !

Since May 2023 this blog received 70 000 visitors from 114 countries, 51 states of USA, 10 provinces of Canada.

This article on my blog about SWL Contest 2023
have received many readers.

 I share also this article on many FACEBOOK groups ( 60 FB groups, 100 000 listeners, amateur radio, CB radio opérators )

More of 9000 visitors for these articles about SWL contest and sponsors 2023 the 18 January 2024



+ artilcles about our sponsors on Facebook

73 De Frank SWL F14368 / FØDUW near Paris FRANCE

Dont forget SWL contest 2024 in June, July and September 2024









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