[CQ-Contest] 2014 Oceania DX Contest - 4/5 October (PHONE) and 11/12 October (CW)

[Brian Miller]

Dear contesters

The 2014 Oceania DX contest is now only  a few weeks away, with the Phone
SSB section on the first weekend in October and the CW section on the second
weekend in October.

The main aim of the contest is to promote HF contacts with stations in the
Oceania region. Oceania stations can work other Oceania and non-Oceania
stations. Non-Oceania stations can only work Oceania stations.

As always, this will be a great opportunity to work a lot of DX stations in
the Oceania region, as well as giving your station a test drive for the new
contest season and CQ WW contest events later in the year. We are expecting
another good turn out from VK, ZL and YB stations, as well as stations from
some of the rarer Pacific entities. In particular, members of  "The Quake
Contesters" team (ZL4PW, ZL3GA, ZL3PAH and G3USR) are planning to operate
from Vanuatu with the YJ0X call sign.

We are pleased to announce that the 2014 rules include the addition of a QRP
option for Single Operator All Band and Single Operator Single Band entries.
The total output power used by a QRP entrant must not exceed 5 Watts.

We are also pleased to announce that the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group
(ODXG) has kindly offered to sponsor two new plaques for the 2014 contest –
one for the highest scoring newcomer from Oceania in the PHONE section and
the other for highest scoring newcomer from Oceania in the CW section. For
the purpose of this award, a newcomer is an entrant who has not previously
entered the relevant section more than twice since the 2001 contest –
someone who has entered the section more than three times since 2001 is not
eligible.

Here is an abbreviated summary of the rules for the 2014 contest:

PHONE: 08:00 UTC Saturday 4 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 5 October
CW: 08:00 UTC Saturday 11 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 12 October

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 QRP (max 5W)
Single Operator All Band Low Power (max 100W)
Single Operator All Band High Power
Single Operator Single Band QRP (max 5W)
Single Operator Single Band Low Power (max 100W)
Single Operator Single Band High Power
M1 - Multiple Operators and Single Transmitter (only one transmitted signal
at any time)
M2 - Multiple Operators and Two Transmitters (no more than two transmitted
signals at any time and on different bands)
MM - Multiple Operators and Multiple Transmitters (no more than one
transmitted signal at any time on each band)
Shortwave Listener (receive only) All Band

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.

Log Submission Deadline: All logs must be emailed or postmarked NO LATER
than 31 October 2014.

More information about the contest, including the detailed rules, is
available from the Oceania DX Contest web site at
http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/ .

73 and we look forward to seeing you in the pile ups!

Oceania DX Contest Committee
VK3MI/ZL1AZE, ZL3GA, VK2HN, VK3TZ, VK6DXI, VK7GN