Hello all
It's just a few days before our Holiday Co-ordinated Listening Event.
During the '12 Days of Christmas' we are invited to tackle 12 listening
challenges in various aspects of our hobby.
For each individual challenge, the loggings can be made
IN ANY SEQUENCE and on ANY or MANY of the 12 days.
Just about all of them can be tackled without special equipment and
without complicated know-how.
START: Wednesday 25 December at midday your Local Time
FINISH: Monday 6 January at midday your Local Time
TARGET: Beacons using normal Morse modes
The 12 Challenges are:
#1 THE SANTA-SEEKER SOLO
Log the one NDB you can hear nearest to the North Pole
(South Pole if you are in the Southern Hemisphere)
#2 Your BOTTOM ENDER and TOP ENDER
Log the one MOST LF NDB you can hear, plus the one
MOST HF NDB you can hear (180 - 1740 kHz range)
#3 THE LF HAMS' THREE
Log any three Amateur Beacons in the 135 to 515 kHz range.
(can include the LowFERs in N. America)
Some good hunting grounds for this challenge could be
137.5, 472-478 and around 506 kHz.
#4 THE HF HAMS' FOUR
Log any four Amateur Beacons on one or more of the HF
band(s), 3.5 to 28 MHz.
Some good hunting grounds for this challenge could be
3550-3595, 5290, 7000-7040, 10130-10145, 14000-14100,
18100-18110, 21150, 24930 and 28160-28330 kHz
(That last range is by far the busiest when conditions are right)
#5 FIVE 'FIRSTS'
Any five NDBs logged by you for the first time.
(May be a hard challenge for our most experienced listeners)
#6 THE SICK SIX
Six NDBs each heard with a technical fault (please describe it).
#7 THE SUNNY SEVEN
The seven NDBs you can hear located nearest to the Equator.
#8 THE ENTRY-LEVEL EIGHT
Eight NDBs heard with a 'barn door' receiver (basic selectivity,
etc.) E.g. a portable, 'antique' receiver, homebrew (1AD, etc.) ..
Please describe it in footnotes after your log.
#9 Your NOON NEAREST NINE
The nine active NDBs you can hear nearest to you, if possible
logged within 2 hours of midday (your local time).
#10 THE TWENTE TEN
Any ten NDBs heard 'LIVE' via the receiver at the University of
Twente Radio Club (HOL)
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ I will provide a simple introduction by separate email on
how to access and use the Twente receiver.
#11 THE EXOTIC ELEVEN
NOT your most DX, but eleven otherwise special NDBs
(e.g. in exotic, unusual or interesting places)
#12 THE DX TWELVE
The twelve most DX NDBs that you can identify, EACH ONE IN
A DIFFERENT RADIO COUNTRY (Reminder: each USA, CAN
and AUS State/Province is a different radio country)
We are only listening for 'Normal' NDBs in the range 180 - 1740 kHz,
except in challenges #3 and #4.
Send your CLE log to the List with CLE177 at the start of its title,
preferably as a plain text email - and please not in an attachment.
Show on EVERY LINE of your log:
# The full Date (NOT just the Day no. if your log spans Dec. and Jan.)
# UTC (the day changes at 00:00 UTC).
# kHz (the beacon's nominal published frequency)
# The Call Ident.
Other optional details such as Location, Distance, etc., go LATER in the
same line (or in footnotes).
There is ## ONE VERY IMPORTANT ADDITION ##
Add the challenge number(s), including the #, on every line AFTER
the four main log items above, using #1 or #2 or #3, - - - or #12.
(E.g. it could be at the right hand end of every log line).
You may find it best to show your loggings in challenge order -
One ....#1 line, then two ....#2 lines, then three ....#3 lines, etc.
As always, please make your log interesting and useful to old and new
members alike by including your own location and brief details of the
equipment and aerial(s) that you were using.
If you send any interim logs, make sure that you send a FINAL log
containing all your loggings for the CLE.
Of course you needn't complete every challenge, or even tackle them all -
just try your best for each one. Perfection should not be needed to enjoy
the hunt! Do tell us about any happy highs or lurid lows of your listening.
I will send an 'Any More Logs?' email at about 18:00 UTC on Tuesday 7th
January. From it you will be able to check that your log has arrived OK.
Make sure that your log arrives at the very latest by 09:00 UTC on
Wednesday 8th January.
Our Combined Results should be ready within a day or two of that.
Do have a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
Good listening
Brian
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From: Brian Keyte G3SIA ndbcle'at'gmail.com
Location: Surrey, SE England (CLE Co-ordinator)
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SEEKLISTS: You could tackle this CLE without the help of any seeklists.
However, they would make several challenges easier and more interesting.
I am sending a separate email describing how you can quickly make some
useful lists matching your own location (plus a ready-made list to help you
find your SUNNY SEVEN).
'The TWENTE TEN' challenge #10 is a small relaxation of the usual rule
about the use of a remote receiver for the whole of a CLE.
However, if you use Twente (or any other remote receiver) for a
logging in ANOTHER challenge you must use that remote receiver
for ALL the loggings in this CLE.
REU 
Sivu: 1
CLE 177 (Luettu 2122 kertaa)
