Listeners' Reporting Contest

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 5, 14 August 1936, Page 47

Listeners' Reporting Contest

W!tTh the object of interesting shortwave listeners in amateur transmissions and assisting them in giving useful reports, the New Zealand Shortwave Club and the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (Inc.) have organised the above contest. The following are the conditions :- (1) Open to any shortwave listener in New Zealand other than those holding an amateur transmitter’s license or equivalent examination. (2) There is no entrance fee and all entries must be on plain paper, signed

by, the entrant: together with his or her full. postal "address, . : (8). The contest shall consist. of each entrant submitting his or her yersion of an.ideal-report upon an amateur transmission, (4) On Friday, September 11, at.11 p.m. N.Z.S.T., ‘amateur station ‘ZL20V; located at Wellington and transmitting ona frequency of 3790 kilocycles, "will eall and work another New Zealand amateur station on the 80 metre amateur band on radio. telephony. (5):The operating: procedure will be as follows:-11.00 -p.m.. to 11.05 p.m. ZL2OV ‘will call the other station and, at ithe end‘ of this period go over to him. 11.05 p.m. to 11,09 p.m; The other station will call ZL2OV, and at. 11,10: p.m. will commence to QSO. No reports will be- exchanged ‘between the two stations and. the QSO.will ‘conclude at approximately 11.30 p.m. . . ' (6). Entrants are. to submit ..reports upon the transmissions of BOTH stations from their conversations during the whole QSO and forward their entries. to "Listeners’ Contest," P.O, Box 489, Wellington, Cl, so that it is received'on: or before -5 p.m. Thursday,. September 24, (7) The name of the winner, together with a copy of the winning ‘entry, will be published in this magazine. (8) The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding same, : (9) The judges are the Headquarters Committee, N.Z.A.R.T., Wellington. (10) A certificate, suitably inscribed, will be awarded to the winner.