Topband: 2009 OCEANIA DX PHONE CONTEST IS ON THIS WEEKEND

[Brian Miller]

Hi everyone

See the following reminder about the Oceania SSB DX contest this
weekend. The CW contest is next weekend.

Please look out for Oceania stations who will be seeking 160M DX QSOs
in the contests.

73

Brian Miller ZL1AZE
Chair of OCDX Contest Committee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Miller" <brianmiller at xtra.co.nz>
To: <vkcc at yahoogroups.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>;
<uk-contest at contesting.com>; <ZLHAMS at yahoogroups.com>;
<zldxc at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "OCDXC Committee" <Oceaniacom at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 11:06 AM
Subject: 2009 OCEANIA DX PHONE CONTEST IS ON THIS WEEKEND


> Hi everyone
>
> A final reminder that the 2009 Oceania DX PHONE contest is happening
> this weekend.
>
> The aim of this contest is to promote HF contacts with stations in
> the
> Pacific and Oceania region. We are expecting a good turn out from
> VK,
> ZL and YB stations, as well as stations from some of the rarer South
> Pacific countries. Note that Oceania stations can work other Oceania
> and non-Oceania stations. Non-Oceania stations can only work Oceania
> stations.
>
> Date/times: 08:00 UTC Saturday 3 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 4
> 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).
>
> Deadline: All logs must be emailed or postmarked NO LATER than 9
> November 2009.
>
> More information about the contest, including the detailed rules, is
> available from the Oceania DX Contest web site at
> http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/index.html
>
> A list of all received email logs and claimed scores will be
> uploaded
> to the web site on an hourly basis.
>
> Good luck in the contest!
>
> 73
>
> Oceania DX Contest Committee
> ZL1AZE, VK3TZ, ZL3GA, VK7GN, VK2FHN, VK6DXI, ZL2BSJ/PE7T
>
>