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The A.I.R. Contest 2022 “Attilio Leoni”, will start at 0000UTC on January 2nd, 2022, and will end at midnight UTC on January 9th, 2022. Participation is open for all radiolisteners, A.I.R. members and non members alike. The Contest is divided into the following parts:
First part: listening to any station broadcasting from Europe-Africa (with its own transmitter or via relay) from 0000 UTC of January 2nd to 2400 UTC of January 6th, 2022 in any language (frequencies between 150 and 26100kHz – broadcasting bands)
Second part: listening to programmes in any language of the following stations (with its own transmitter or via relay, at any time from January 7th at 0000UTC to January 9th, 2022, at midnight UTC (frequencies between 150 and 26100kHz – broadcasting bands)
– ALASKA, KNLS
– ARGENTINA, RAE
– AUSTRALIA, Reach Beyond Australia – CUBA, Radio Habana CHINA, China Radio Int.
– INDIA, All India Radio
– NEW ZEALAND, Radio New Zealand – SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA
– USA, WWCR
– USA, Voice of America
Each station can be logged only once.
The listening report will have a minimum time of 15 minutes.
The reports must contain all usefull references (frequency, UTC time, station name, language, the most important details for a good valuation, SINPO code), technical data (receiver, antenna and optionals). The listening list, with your participation fee, must be sent to this address:
PECOLATTO Bruno
AIR Contest Manager
Fermo Posta
I – 10080 RONCO CANAVESE (TO) – ITALY
e-mail: bpecolatto@libero.it
Not later than February 12th, 2022 (date of postmark).
On the same report the participant must indicate his name and surname, complete address and a short declaration as follow: “I take the responsibility on myself that I have listened to all the stations reported during the time of validity of contest”.
All details will be very important for a correct estimate of the contest results and for additional controls the Contest Manager could ask your audio-tape. A bonus of 200 points will be awarded to all those who will report the highest number of programme details for each station and not only generic terms such as news, music, comments, etc.
The scores will be computed on a base of 101 = points for each station deducting the participants percentage that listened to the same station. Decimal will not be considered. During the contest some monitor stations will listen off.
The participation fee are 5 (five) IRC’s or 5 €uro to be sent with your listening list to Contest Manager or Paypal payement to www.air-radio.it
Each participant will receive a certificate of participation and a small gift made on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of AIR. Prizes list for the three first participants is the following:
1st prize: a copy of WRTH 2022
2nd prize: a book for radiolisteners offered by Edizioni C&C srl 3rd prize: a philatelic sheet
three philatelic sheets and thre ebook for radiolistener offered byAssociazione Italiana
Radioascolto www.air-radio.it
one book for radiolistener offered by Edizioni C&Csrl
For any other information, please write to Contest Manager (see the address) and enclose one IRC.
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A.I.R.
Associazione Italiana Radioascolto
fondata nel 1982
C.P. 1338, 10100 Torino AD
info@air-radio.it www.air-radio.it
RULES: https://www.air-radio.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Contest-Int2022.pdf
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Reception of 10 BROADCAST stations from 10 DIFFERENT countries. Excluding: unlicensed, meteorological, DRM or other digital, military, spy, pirate, time etalon, amateur contacts and other technical receptions. It is strictly prohibited to use WEB SDR, internet radio and other remote controlled equipment. The receiver antenna has to be attached to the radio physically and directly. One country can appear in the log only once (Country=where the transmitter can be found).
The enabled frequency range: from 2300 kHz to 30000 kHz.
Full contest rules (in English and Hungarian): http://www.topdx-radioclub.com/top10dx.html
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Juha Hintikka oli monialainen keskisuomalainen radiomies, joka tuli monille meille tutuksi ellei harrasteen, niin ainakin työnsä kautta.
Juha harrasti DX-kuuntelua eri muodoissaan, vaikutti DX-järjestötoimintaan ja toimi myös mikrofonin toisella puolella toimittaen ohjelmia radioasemille ja verifioiden kuuluvuusraportteja.
Juha syntyi Uuraisten Kelloperällä 1940-50 -lukujen taitteessa Pentti-isän ja Sylvi-äidin esikoisena. Myöhemmin perhe täydentyi vielä Ilpo-veljellä. Viitaniemen yhteiskoulun kautta Juha päätyi kieliopintoihin Savonlinnan kieli-instituuttiin opiskellen suomea ja englantia.
Näihin aikoihin sijoittuu myös radioharrasteisiin tutustuminen. Jo 1960-luvun puolivälissä Juha oli mukana ensiaskeleitaan ottavassa Jyväskylän DX-paikallistoiminnassa. DX-kuuntelussa tie vei järjestötoimintaan ja Juha oli SDXK:n johtokunnassa mukana vuosina 1973-1975. 1970-luvun alkupuolella Juhan elämään tuli mukaan myös vaimo Brita.
Harrastus jaloistui työksi ja BBC oli Juha Hintikan työnantajana vuosina 1977-82. Lontoossa Juha asui mukavassa rivitalossa ja toimitti BBC:n suomenkielisellä osastolla ohjelmia.
Suomenkielisessä toimituksessa Juha aloitti vuonna 1977 DX-Hörökorva -ohjelman, joka koostui haastatteluista, asemaesittelyistä ja tarvike-esittelyistä. Ohjelma tuli aluksi kuukauden viimeisenä sunnuntaina. Lisäksi Hintikka teki uutisiin ja kuunteluvihjeisiin painottunutta DX-Extraa joka toinen tiistai.
Toimittajan työt jatkuivat Suomessa Yleisradion palveluksessa. Radio Keski-Suomi antoi Juhalle työtä vuodesta 1986 alkaen. 1990-luvulla Juha verifioi asemalla myös DX-kuuntelijoiden kuuluvuusraportteja.
Juhan radioharrastaminen jatkui 2000-luvulla nettiradiokuunteluna, erityisesti lattariasemat olivat Juhan suosikkeja.
Jyväskylän Palokasta Juha muutti takaisin Uuraisten Kelloperälle lapsuusmaisemiin 2000-luvun loppupuolella vastavalmistuneeseen taloon.
Juha nukkui pois joulukuun ensimmäisenä päivänä 2021.
Juhan Muistoa kunnioittaen:
Sisä-Suomen Radioaktiiviset
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In 1921, on December 9, 10, 11, radio amateurs who were members of both the Radio Club of America (RCA) and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) successfully spanned the Atlantic Ocean for the first time, from the United States to Ardrossan Scotland, with Morse code signals. Not only were the signals heard in Scotland, but also in Amsterdam Holland (3600 miles), England, Germany, Puerto Rico, Vancouver British Columbia in Canada, Catalina island California (2470 mi.), and the State of Washington.
The transmitter on the U.S. side, station 1BCG, was located in a 10 ft. x 14 ft. wooden hut in a farmer’s field in Greenwich Connecticut. The transmitter had an input power of 990 watts, a T cage antenna, 100 feet long and 70 feet high with a radial counterpoise, and the wavelength used was 230 meters (1.3 MHz).
This Transatlantic Test Project, which was conceived of by radio amateurs, proved that even with modest equipment, the Atlantic Ocean could be spanned with shortwave signals, opening up improved communications for many more purposes. These ”short” wavelengths below 200 meters had been considered useless by commercial and governmental interests, resulting in the Radio Act of 1912 banning amateur activity in the wavelengths longer than 200 meters. As a result of the successful efforts of radio amateurs in Transatlantic Test Project , over the last 100 years many experimenters and inventors became focused on continually improving wireless technologies and devices. The direct results of that inventing are the smart phones, smart watches, smart TVs, wireless Internet routers, GPS tracking devices, and Bluetooth headsets, all of which depend on wireless technologies. Those pioneers 100 years ago could never have envisioned the way society has been enabled and transformed by wireless!
2021 marks the 100th year anniversary of the historic Transatlantic Tests. On December 11, 2021 The 1BCG replica transmitter will be operating as W2AN/1BCG on 1.821 MHz, plus or minus, using CW, from The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut. Transmissions from W2AN/1BCG will be one-way, just like the original transatlantic tests in 1921.
You can get a SWL certificate for this Special Event by sending a copy of the transmitted message to 1BCG@AntiqueWireless.org
Schedule: Transmissions start on December 11, 2021, on 1.820 mhz, +/-, at 1800 EST or 2300 UTC, then every 15 minutes thereafter for a total of five hours thusly; 1815, 1830, 1845, 1900, 1915, 1930, 1945, 2000, 2015, 2030, 2045, 2100, 2115, 2130, 2145, 2200, 2215, 2230 and the last transmission at 2245 EST.
More information here:
http://1bcg.org/1BCG/
Info via NORDX via WOR
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