Hi everyone
Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who participated in the PHONE
section of the Oceania DX (OCDX) Contest last weekend. We look forward
to receiving your logs. A list of the logs received and claimed scores
is updated hourly on our web site. It looks like we achieved another
record turnout and good conditions on the higher bands are resulting in
some very large scores being claimed ? including a score of over 50
million in the MM category from the T32C team.
It is now time to get your key out for the CW section of the contest
which is scheduled this weekend from 08:00 UTC Saturday 8 October to
08:00 UTC Sunday 9 October. This is a unique opportunity to use CW to
contact a large number of Oceania stations on all of the non-WARC bands
between 160M and 10M. As well as VK, ZL and YB stations we are expecting
a good turnout from some of the rarer Oceania entities. The Oceania
Amateur Radio DX Group will be active from Vanuatu using the callsign
YJ0VK - see http://yj0vk.odxg.org/ for more information. The T32C
Christmas Island DXpedition advises that it will also be happy to work
stations in the contest (even if they are duplicate QSOs) but it will
not be issuing numbers so please use ?001? as the received number for
any QSOs with T32C.
Here is brief summary of the rules for the contest:
Oceania stations can work other Oceania and non-Oceania stations.
Non-Oceania stations can only work Oceania stations.
Bands: 160M to 10M (excluding WARC bands).
Exchange: RS(T) + serial number.
QSO points: 20 points per QSO on 160M; 10 points on 80M; 5 points on
40M; 1 point on 20M; 2 points on 15M; and 3 points on 10M.
Final Score: The sum of the QSO points multiplied by the number of
prefixes worked (the same prefix can be counted once on each band).
Entry Categories:
Single Operator All Band Low Power (max 100W)
Single Operator All Band High Power
Single Operator Single Band Low Power (max 100W)
Single Operator Single Band High Power
Multiple Operators and Single Transmitter (only one transmitted signal
at any time)
Multiple Operators and Two Transmitters (no more than two transmitted
signals at any time and on different bands)
Multiple Operators and Multiple Transmitters (no more than one
transmitted signal at any time on each band)
Shortwave Listener (receive only) All Band
QSO alerting assistance (e.g., packet spots) is allowed in all entry
categories, but self-spotting or asking other stations to spot you is
not allowed.
A range of attractive trophies and plaques will be awarded as listed on
the web site at http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/trophies.htm.
Certificates will be awarded to the winning stations in each of the
categories above - for each continent and country. A participation
certificate will also be awarded to every station that makes at least
one valid QSO.
Deadline: All logs must be emailed or postmarked NO LATER than 7
November 2011. Electronic logs are to be in Cabrillo format and emailed
to cw at oceaniadxcontest.com with the callsign in the email subject
header. Paper logs are to be sent to ?Oceania DX Contest, c/o PO Box
21088, Little Lonsdale Street, Victoria 8011, Australia?.
The detailed rules and other information about the contest is available
from the Oceania DX Contest web site at
http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/index.html
We hope you have a lot of fun in the contest and look forward to seeing
you at the low end of the bands in the CW pile ups!
73
Oceania DX Contest Committee
ZL1AZE/VK3MI, ZL3GA, VK2HN, VK3TZ, VK4TI, VK6DXI, VK7GN
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