[UK-CONTEST] 2009 OCEANIA DX CW CONTEST IS ON THIS WEEKEND

[Brian Miller]

Apologies everyone - the subject line in the message below should have 
referred to the CW contest (not the PHONE contest).

73, Brian ZL1AZE

----- 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: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: 2009 OCEANIA DX PHONE CONTEST IS ON THIS WEEKEND


> Hi everyone
>
> A final reminder that the 2009 Oceania DX CW contest is happening
> this weekend. There was an excellent turn out in the PHONE section
> last weekend so we are anticipating a similar outcome for the CW
> section.
>
> 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 10 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 11
> October.
> Bands: 160M to 10M (excluding WARC bands).
> Exchange: RST + 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
>
>