Hi All
A reminder that the 2002 Oceania DX contest is happening over the first two
weekends of October.
This will be the 66th Oceania DX Contest - lets make it the biggest and best
yet!.
PHONE Contest: 0800 UTC Saturday 5 October to 0800 UTC Sunday 6 October
CW Contest: 0800 UTC Saturday 12 October to 0800 UTC Sunday 13 October
The rules are similar to last year except that Single-Op Single Band logs are
required to record ALL
contacts made by the station, both on the band chosen for the entry and on any
other bands.
Furthermore, we are looking for as many logs as possible to be emailed in
electronic Cabrillo
format - to help the Committee process the logs and get the results out more
quickly.
There are 7 new plaques/trophies available to the winners in various entry
categories. We will
also award certificates to the 3 top scoring stations in the Non-Oceania Single
Operator All
Band category.
The full rules are available from
http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/update/contests/Oceania or,
alternatively, forward a request to octest@nzart.org.nz for a copy of the rules
to be sent to your
email address.
The contest is supported by most of the popular contest logging packages
including CT, Writelog, TR
Log, and SD Logger. See
http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Update/Contests/Oceania/software.htm for more
information about the compatibility of the various software packages.
We are working hard to promote a good turn out from Oceania stations. You can
expect to find some of
the rarer Oceania prefixes - e.g.,
VK8DA, Darwin Amateur Radio Club, PH and CW
V63SC, Micronesia, Op JM1LBO, PH, 15m and 10m
3D2/W7DRA, Fiji, PH and CW
Remember that, as well as being a great opportunity to work Oceania stations,
this contest is also a
good time to check out your station and start "warming up" for the CQ WW
contests!
We look forward to seeing you in the 2002 contest. Please direct any inquiries
to
octest@nzart.org.nzart
73
Brian Miller ZL1AZE
Chair Oceania DX Contest Committee
(VK5GN, VK3TZ, VK4UC, VK2FHN, VK2AYD, VK1JDX, ZL3GA, ZL2BSJ and ZL1AZE).
PS. You can get the latest gossip on the contest by joining the discussion
group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OceaniaDXTest. Join the group by sending an email
to
OceaniaDXTest-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
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