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Subj: [WIA-News] Oceania DX Contests begin this weekend
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From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC
To : WIA@WW
Oceania DX Contests begin this weekend
Date : 30 / 09 / 2015
Author : Jim Linton - VK3PC
Held every October are the Oceania DX Contests – first this weekend is
the Phone Contest, and on the following weekend CW.
The latest reports of sunspot numbers indicate that suitable propagation
should exist this weekend.
The Oceania DX Contests are co-sponsored by the Wireless Institute of
Australia and the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters
– and managed by a committee of VK and ZL contesters.
It has been around since the mid-1930s, was previously called as the
VK/ZL Contest, and the VK/ZL/O Contest.
At one stage, reflecting then on poor participation, the VK/ZL/O was to end.
That proposal was discussed, put the vote,
and the WIA Federal Council soundly rejected its demise.
After further promotion, it was renamed 15 years ago to increase
participation and focus on the entire Oceania Region.
One avid contester describes the Oceania DX Contest as a time when the
whole world points their beam antennas and listens to Oceania for 24 hours.
The Phone Contest starts on Saturday October 3, and the CW Contest is
Saturday October 10, with all logs due by October 31.
As always, please study the rules and requirements,
available on the WIA website.
(Jim Linton VK3PC)
(Sourced from the WIA Website)
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2015/20150930-1/index.php
(Posted to the Packet Radio Network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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