SWL contest 2025 rules
The contest will start the 01 January 2025 and finish the 28 February 2025
They are 3 categories
1) Only listen the medium wave 522 to 1710 kHz
2) Only listen the shortwave 2300 kHz to 26100 kHz
3) listen MW and SW
No pirate radios or clandestine radio stations please. Only AM radios, no DRM, SSB, etc.
In 2025 only E-Awards, our friends at RETEVIS will give few caps, T-shirts for listeners in the USA and Europe ( you need to give your phone number )
RETEVIS is the sister brand of famous RETEKESS radio receivers
https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2024/08/retevis-for-amateur-radio-pmr-cb-radio.html
Each station in the log is one point
Awards will be BRONZE one to forty-nine radios stations (1 to 49),
SILVER fifty to ninety-nine radios stations (50 to 99),
GOLD one hundred to two hundred radios stations (100 to 200)
and PLATINIUM more of two hundred radios station (200 and more)
DIAMOND for more or 250 radio stations
This SWL contest is open to beginners, just respect the rules pleaseIt will be possible to listen with a real radio or with a WEB or KIWI SDR
If you listen with a Web or Kiwi SDR you can use only the same SDR during all the contest.
https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/12/listen-world-for-free-on-your-computer.html
For the MW the place of the transmitter is not important
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=648&twente=1#kHz648
For the shortwave SW the transmitter place is very important
It is not necessary to be registered to enter this contest 2025
The goal on SW it to listen maximum of SW transmitters in the world.
SW transmitter are sometimes used by different radios stations.
To identified the radio and SW transmitter you can use this free website
http://www.short-wave.info/
You must be sure to identified the radio station for exemple with these books or CD
Klingenfuss
https://www.klingenfuss.org/homepage.htm
2024 Super Frequency List
on CDWorldwide HF Communication Today
The only CD that includes all shortwave broadcast stations worldwide
PLUS all professional utility radio stations from 0 to 30 MHz -
This link is also great to identified radio stations
http://www.eibispace.de/
In November 2025 the new frequencies
If a transmitter is used by different radio stations it is possible to list all the radio stations
Example if you listen RFI Radio France Int from transmitter in Issoudin France you can log only one time this radio station from this transmitter even you listen this station on different bands.
KBS World radio use also the transmitter of Issoudun so its valid to log KBS from this transmitter in France.
KBS World radio broadcast also from 3 other transmitters in the world so you can log this radio station on 4 different transmitters.
For China they are CRI, PBS and CNR. I wrote and article about these stations and transmitters
Language or band ( frequencie ) are not important
https://icomjapan.blogspot.com/2023/08/chinas-radio-broadcast-on-1389.html
If you have questions about the rules of the SWL Contest 2025 contact me on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009933974595
Example of log ( your list )
Give your name and address ( i keep these info for me )
I need to send you the award so you email address
If you are in USA and Europe your phone number to win a small gift from RETEVIS
Categorie:
Only MW
Only SW
MW and SW
What is your receiver and antenna
If you listen with a KIWI or WEB SDR the address of this SDR
For medium wave MW
Date, time UTC, Frequencie, name of the radio station, SIO or SINPO, country of this radio
For SW shortwave
Date, Time UTC, Frequencie, Name of the radio station, SIO or SINPO, NAME OF THE TRANSMITTER, country of the transmitter
You can send your log by mail like a normal message, in PDF or EXEL
My email address for the contest is swlcontest@gmx.fr
Send your log before 7 March 2025
Example of log for MW medium wave:
01 January 2025
13:00 UTC
648 kHz
Radio Caroline
SIO 555
England
Example of log for SW shortwave
01 January 2025
13:00 UTC
9570 kHz
China radio Int.
SIO 555
TX Kumming Anning ( TX is transmitter place )
China ( country of the TX )
02 January 2025
13:00 UTC
17880 kHz
China radio Int.
SIO 555
TX Bamako II
Mali
E-awards in 2024
Soon i will give more info, we have time !
Best 73 de Frank SWL F14368 near Paris France Europe
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