The Oceania DX (OCDX) contest committee is pleased to advise that the results
of the 2011 contest are now available at
http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/2011_Results.htm .
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated
in the 2011 OCDX contest, even if it was only to make one or two QSOs.
What a difference one year can make! After many years of hibernation the 10M
band finally exploded back to life with more than 20% of the action in the 2011
contest occurring on this band. The low bands were in poor shape but this was
more than offset by the excellent conditions on the higher bands. The 2011 OCDX
contest was the biggest so far with a total of 1259 logs being submitted. This
represents a 15% increase over the previous record of 1092 logs in the 2010
contest. In particular it was pleasing to see an 81% increase in the number of
logs submitted from North American stations. The increased activity can be
attributed to excellent conditions on the HF bands, the efforts of the T32C and
YJ0VK DX expeditions, and a growing awareness of the contest and the unique
opportunity that it provides to work DX from the Oceania area.
2011 CERTIFICATES
Certificates have been awarded to the top scoring station in each category for
each continent and country. Additionally, a participation certificate
identifying the number of successful QSOs has been awarded to each station that
participated in the contest. The certificates are available online for
downloading and printing by individual entrants at their convenience. The web
link to the certificates can be found at
http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/2011_Results.htm .
2011 PLAQUES AND TROPHIES
Here are the winners of the 2011 OCDX contest trophies and plaques:
OCEANIA Ron Wills ZL2TT Memorial Trophy - VK4QH
OCEANIA Single-Op ALL Band CW Plaque - VK2IM
OCEANIA Single-Op ALL Band LOW Power CW Plaque - ZL1TM
AUSTRALIA Single-Op ALL Band PHONE Plaque - VK4QH
AUSTRALIA Frank Hine VK2QL Memorial Trophy - VK2IM
AUSTRALIA Club Plaque - Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club
ASIA Single-Op ALL Band PHONE Plaque - JA7NVF
ASIA Single-Op ALL Band CW Plaque - UA0CA
NORTH AMERICA Single-Op ALL Band PHONE Plaque - K8IA/7
NORTH AMERICA Single-Op ALL Band CW Plaque -N6RO
EUROPE Single-Op ALL Band PHONE Plaque - RS3A
EUROPE Frank Vander Drift VK3COF Memorial Plaque - YL3FT
2012 OCEANIA DX CONTEST
The next OCDX contest will be held on the first two full weekends of October
2012 as follows:
PHONE: 08:00 UTC Saturday 6 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 7 October
CW: 08:00 UTC Saturday 13 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 14 October
The full set of rules for the 2012 contest is available from our web site at
http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/rules.pdf .
We look forward to seeing you all again, along with new entrants, in the 2012
event. Hopefully there will be even better HF conditions and more participants
to make it the biggest and best Oceania DX contest party yet!
73 from
Oceania DX Contest committee
VK3MI/ZL1AZE, VK3TZ, ZL3GA, VK7GN, VK2HN, VK4TS, VK6DXI
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