DX ODYSSEY 2002

[Risto Vähäkainu]

INVITATION TO DX ODYSSEY 2002


Dear Radio Friend,

The Finnish DX Association has the great pleasure of welcoming all Dxers, shortwave listeners, radio hobbyists and international broadcasters to attend the joint conference of the European DX Council and the Finnish DX Association. The conference will be held 15th to 18th of August 2002 in the town of Pori, located on the west coast of Finland.

Some of you may remember the DX conferences held in Finland in 1987 and 1992. Those have been the biggest DX conferences ever in Europe and they are also widely regarded as maybe the best ones. Our intention is to put up a similar conference providing a wide selection of items covering DX hobby on AM and FM, shortwave listening and international shortwave broadcasting. In 1987 and 1992 we reached an attendance of over 200 participants, and our goal this time is 150-200.

The radio hobby will be the key topic of the conference. The agenda will cover sessions and panel discussions on hard-core AM and FM Dxing, international shortwave Dxing and broadcasting as well as other delivery techniques. Contests and other entertainment will also be included. The venue is the Spa Hotel Yyteri situated about 20 kms outside the town of Pori, and most items will take place in the hotel. Of course a visit to the YLE Radio Finland shortwave transmitter center only 15 kms away will be organised. The Spa Hotel Yyteri is located on one of the most beautiful sand beaches of Finland offering an excellent forum for tourist activities for you and also for your companion.

The conference will take place from Thursday 15th of August till Sunday 18th of August. In addition there will be an option to participate on a trip to Tallinn, Estonia from Sunday 18th of August till Tuesday 20th of August. The trip to Tallinn includes a visit to Estonian Radio.

We have tried to get the prices as low as possible, as we know that most of the participants will be travelling as hobbyists. The conference fee including welcome reception, the banquet and the tour to the Pori SW transmitter centre is 65 Euros (1 Euro is about 0.92 USD). One night in the conference hotel in a double room will be 43 Euros / person (including seaview, breakfast and the spa) and 65 Euros in a single room. There is also a good camping area with cottages only 300 metres away from the hotel (some activities will even take place in the camping) and from there you can get even cheaper lodging. The price for the trip to Tallinn is 195 Euros (double room) and 245 Euros (single room)..

The conference www-pages are available at http://www.sdxl.org/edxc/edxc2002.html. We'll be happy to answer your questions. Please use e-mail address edxc2002@sdxl.org. The conference agenda will be updated regularly and new items will also be added to the www pages soon.

We hope to see as many of you as possible in Pori! Please don't hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions, comments or ideas. Join us now! Most likely there will be no other DX-meetings in Europe offering same quality and quantity coming for years.

Welcome to Finland!
The Finnish DX Association (FDXA)

[Mika Mäkeläinen]

So... how was the conference? Who took part? Any surprises? Read it all at http://www.dxing.info/articles/edxc2002.dx - with a bunch of photos from the conference and the Pori shortwave center.

If you'd like to comment on the article, on the conference, on EDXC ... the forum is yours.