An award for SWL who listen to amateur radio bands on SW

 SSB SWL DXCC Award

DXCC refers to the DX Century Club, an award scheme that started as a challenge to contact 100 countries or entities as they are now called and is administered by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) in the USA.

My goal is to make an award for beginner SWLs who have not listened yet to 100 DXCC entities on the amateur radio SW band in SSB and one for experienced SWLs who have listened to 100 DXCC entities and more. 

This is not an official award. My goal is to attract listeners of AM radio stations who tune in to medium and shortwave frequencies. There's less and less AM radio on shortwave. Few countries will be broadcasting in 2026, whereas, for example, in the 1980s there were many radio stations in numerous countries. Amateur radio operators, on the other hand, can transmit from 340 DXCC entities. They are very active and have many frequency bands where it's possible to hear them. The problem is that you need a radio receiver with single sideband (SSB) mode. However, it's possible to listen to amateur radio operators via a Web SDR or a Kiwi SDR, but this requires a computer and an internet connection. There's also the option of using a mobile phone. I've written an article to explain to beginners how to start listening to amateur radio.

https://chinaradiosswl.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-to-easily-listen-to-radio-amateurs.html

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Frank SWL F14368 also FØDUW near Paris France