The Oceania DX (OCDX) contest committee is pleased to announce that the results
of the 2016 OCDX contest have been published on the OCDX website
(www.OceaniaDXcontest.com). Congratulations to all the participants,
especially the winners who triumphed over the poor radio conditions.
Low solar activity in the PHONE section, and high QRN in the South Pacific for
the CW section, made the OCDX contest one of the more challenging events.
Nevertheless, we are delighted to report an increase in the number of entrants:
1,192 logs were received, a pleasing advance on 2015’s total of 1,169.
Participation from Oceania and Asia increased, especially Indonesia, the
Philippines, East Malaysia and Hawaii. Activity from 9M6, A35, DU, KH0, KH2,
V85, and VK9 was very welcome. Encouragement for newcomers to contesting in
Indonesia included a contest-within-a-contest to earn tee shirts sponsored by
enthusiastic YB Elmers.
Remarkably, despite the challenges, some 26 new continent records and 144 new
country records were set in 2016.
“It is hard to work with VK or ZL with low power and wire vertical on the
balcony” said DD5KG. “Fortunately, there were a few stations with big antennas
able to read even my weak signals!”. Many entrants commented on the poor
conditions. “Someone built a Faraday Cage around Australia” said VK3NCC, “and
the S8 QRN was unbelievable”. JK7DWD told us “Many thanks to all who were
patient with me pulling calls. Every QSO is appreciated.” The final comment
from ZL2AGY sums it up. “Roll on next year!”
Browse the results page for more information about the 2016 event including the
results summary and detailed scores, all the soapbox comments plus photos of
the leading entrants and their stations.
2016 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 for individual
entrants to download and print at their convenience via the links on the
results page .
WINNERS OF 2016 PLAQUES AND TROPHIES
OCEANIA Ron Wills ZL2TT Memorial Trophy - YB1AR
OCEANIA PHONE SO 40M Plaque - YD1SDL/2
VK6NE Memorial Plaque - VK6NE
OCEANIA PHONE M2 Plaque - VK4KW
OCEANIA PHONE Newcomer Plaque - DU7JAY
OCEANIA CW SO ALL Plaque - VK2BJ
OCEANIA CW SO ALL LP Plaque - YC1ME
OCEANIA CW SO 40M Plaque - ZL1AM
OCEANIA CW M2 Plaque - No eligible entrants
OCEANIA CW Newcomer Plaque - ZL4YL
AUSTRALIA PHONE SO ALL LP Plaque - VK4LAT
AUSTRALIA PHONE SO ALL HP Plaque - VK2BJ
AUSTRALIA Frank Hine VK2QL Memorial Trophy - VK2BJ
AUSTRALIA Club Plaque - Geelong Amateur Radio Club
VK5 PHONE SO ALL LP Plaque - VK5PAS
VK5 CW SO ALL LP Plaque - VK5LJ
NEW ZEALAND Club Competition Plaque - No eligible entrants
INDONESIA PHONE SO ALL Plaque - YB1AR
INDONESIA General Licence PHONE SO 40M Plaque - YD1SDL/2
NON-OCEANIA PHONE SWL Plaque - Patrick Marteville F-59706
ASIA PHONE SO ALL Plaque - JA6GCE
ASIA PHONE M2 Plaque - HS0ZIA
ASIA CW SO ALL Plaque - RM0F
ASIA CW M2 Plaque - HS0ZIA
NORTH AMERICA PHONE SO ALL Plaque - KA6BIM/7
NORTH AMERICA CW SO ALL Plaque - N8OO/5
EUROPE PHONE SO ALL Plaque - RJ4P
Mirek Rozbicki VK6DXI Memorial Plaque - R4RE
LOG CHECKING REPORTS
A log checking report is produced for each entry in the contest. This report
includes information about QSOs that were busted and removed from the score
calculation. You can request a copy of your log checking report by sending an
email to the contest committee at info@oceaniadxcontest.com .
2017 OCDX CONTEST
The next OCDX contest will be held on the first two full weekends of October
2017 as follows:
PHONE: 08:00 UTC Saturday 7 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 8 October
CW: 08:00 UTC Saturday 14 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 15 October
The rules for the 2017 contest can be found on our rules page at
http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Rules/rules.html .
We look forward to seeing you again in the 2017 event, and please encourage
others to join us to make it the best OCDX party ever!
73 from
Oceania DX Contest Committee
ZL2IFB, ZL3GA, VK2HN, VK3GK, VK3MI/ZL1AZE, VK3TZ, VK7GN
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