Finally, the Adventist World Radio AWR Big Grand Finale DX contest disclosed the results. AWR organized this contest through the month of August 2017. To receive the entries, AWR temporarily opened a Postal Address in Indiana for the month of September.
Big Grand Finale DX contest focused on the question: How many AWR Shortwave sites have you verified?
This contest is also invited to submit Three AWR QSL Cards and state why the participants consider it their Best AWR QSL Cards.
In January 2017, AWR announced the result of the AWR Big Grand Finale DX Contest.
Result of AWR Big Grand Finale DX Contest:
A) Award of Merit:
| Sl. No | Continent | Winner Name | Country |
| 1 | Europe | Thomas Drescher | Germany |
| 2 | Europe | Christian Ghibaudo | France |
| 3 | America | Antonio R Motta | Brazil |
| 4 | Asia | Tony Ashar | Indonesia |
| 5 | Asia | Mikio Kohara | Japan |
| 6 | Pacific | Bruce White | Australia |
| 7 | Asia | Muralidhar Murali | India |
B) Continental Winner:
| Sl. No | Continent | Winner Name | Country |
| 1 | Pacific | Brian Webb | New Zealand |
| 2 | North America | John Fisher | USA-MA |
| 3 | Europe | Herald Suss | Austria |
| 4 | Latin America | Jose R Silva Cunha | Brazil |
| 5 | Africa ME | Avinash Cheekoth | Middle East |
C) World Winner:
| Sl. No | Continent | Winner Name | Country |
| 1 | Europe | Patric Robic | Austria |
D) Second Place Winner:
| Sl. No | Continent | Winner Name | Country |
| 1 | Asia | Jose Jacob | India |
Winners of the Award of Merit received Curios and Souvenirs.
Continental Winners are awarded with World Radio TV Handbook 2017.
The World and Second Place winner received Jerome Berg’s Radio History, the remarkably informative and highly illustrative history volumes. All Participants received additional souvenirs and special endorsed QSL Cards. Two Cards are issued first time only for this purposes
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