[CQ-Contest] 2016 Oceania DX contest results

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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 at 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