[CQ-Contest] Oceania DX Test 1

[Martin Luther]

Oceania DX Test General Press Release No1  20July 2001

The Oceania DX contest has been around for many years in early October and
known previously as VK/ZL Contest. Activity has declined in recent years but
a new lease of life for this activity is coming from a joint Australian and
New Zealand committee established this year.

Maybe enough activity on ten will upset some of those pirate stations in
Asia.

No dramatic changes are planned for 2001 although the start and finish times
are now 2 hours earlier to help the more eastern parts of Oceania.

A discussion group is available at OceaniaDXTest at yahoogroups.com where all
the latest gossip on the contest can be found.

The contest will be held on the following dates:-

PHONE Contest:	0800 UTC Saturday 6 October to 0800 UTC Sunday 7 October
CW Contest:		0800 UTC Saturday 13 October to 0800 UTC Sunday 14 October


Notes for 2001

* The start time has been brought forward to 0800 UTC (2001 rule change)
* Multi-Operator Single-Transmitter category added and Multi-Operator Single
Band category deleted (2001 rule change)
* Contacts between stations in the same Oceania country are permitted (2000
rule change)
* The 160 m band is included (2000 rule change)
* Electronic logs are encouraged - preferably in the CABRILLO format (2001
rule change) although other formats are acceptable - see detailed rules.
* Further information on the contest is available from the Oceania DX
Contest web site at www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/update/contests/oceania/


Martin Luther VK5GN
    luther at mail.mdt.net.au


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