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ocdxc-2009-rules[2].doc Page 1 of 5
RULES FOR THE 2009 OCEANIA DX CONTEST
1. SPECIAL NOTES for the 2009 Contest
• There are some modifications to the rules for the 2009 contest - including
the addition of Rules 6
and 17 and changes in Rules 7, 12, 14, 16 and 18.
• All email logs are processed by an email robot. The robot sends an automated
email
acknowledgement indicating either acceptance or rejection of the log. If you do
not receive this
acknowledgment, or are encountering difficulty in having the log accepted, then
please contact the
Contest Committee at info@oceaniadxcontest.com
• Electronic logs are to be in Cabrillo format which is now generated by all
popular contest logging
software programs. Alternatively entrants can use the forms at
http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/ to
manually create and submit a Cabrillo file.
• Portable prefixes must be inserted in front of the home callsign, e.g., W1XXX
operating in ZL1 would
sign as ZL1/W1XXX.
• If the station worked does not provide a serial number, then log the received
number as 001. See
rule 8. This new provision allows credit for contacts with stations that are
not in the Oceania DX
Contest.
• A reminder that Single-Op Single Band logs are to record ALL contacts made by
the station - both on
the band chosen for the entry and on any other bands.
• Stations must log a minimum of 10 contacts to be eligible for an award.
2. CONTEST PERIODS:
PHONE Contest: 08:00 UTC Saturday 3 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 4 October 2009
CW Contest: 08:00 UTC Saturday 10 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 11 October 2009
3. THE AIM of the contest is to promote HF contacts with stations in the
Oceania region (VK, ZL, Pacific
Islands and other locations within the IARU "Worked All Continents" Oceania
boundary).
4. THE OBJECT is for:
• Oceania transmitting stations to contact as many stations as possible both
inside and outside the
Oceania region.
• Non-Oceania transmitting stations to contact as many stations as possible
inside the Oceania
region. There is no penalty for working non-Oceania stations but contacts
between non-Oceania
stations will score no points or multiplier credits.
• Oceania receiving (SWL) stations to copy as many contest stations as possible
both inside and
outside the Oceania region.
• Non-Oceania receiving (SWL) stations to copy as many contest stations as
possible inside the
Oceania region.
5. BANDS: 160M – 10M (no WARC bands).
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6. TERMS OF COMPETITION FOR ALL CATEGORIES
• A different call sign must be used for each entry.
• Entrants must not exceed 1500 watts total output power, or the maximum
permitted output power
in their country, whichever is less, on any band.
• QSO alerting assistance (e.g., packet spots) is allowed but self-spotting,
asking other stations to spot
you, or any other form of soliciting QSOs is not allowed.
• All of an entrant's transmitters and receivers must be located within a
500-meter diameter circle or
within the property limits of the station licensee, whichever is greater. All
antennas must be
physically connected by wires to the transmitters and receivers used by the
entrant.
• Remote operation is permitted. The entry location of a remote station is
determined by the physical
location of the transmitters, receivers, and antennas. A remote station must
obey all station and
category limitations.
7. ENTRY CATEGORIES
• SINGLE-OP - Single Operator, All Band or Single Band. One person performs all
of the operating and
logging functions. Only one transmitted signal is permitted at any time.
• MULTI-SINGLE - Multiple Operator, Single Transmitter, All Band. Only one
transmitter and one band
permitted during a 10-minute period. Exception: One other band may be used
during a 10 minute
period if the station worked is a new multiplier. It is permissible to use a
second transmitter for
working the multiplier stations on an alternate band. Ten-minute periods begin
with the first logged
QSO on a band. The log must indicate which transmitter made each QSO in column
81 of the
Cabrillo QSO template - use “0ö for the run station and “1ö for the multiplier
station.
• MULTI-MULTI - Multiple Operator, Multiple Transmitters, All Band. No limit to
transmitters, but
only one transmitted signal (and running station) allowed per band at any time.
Use a separate
serial number sequence for each band.
• SWL - Short Wave Listener (Receive Only), All Band.
8. EXCHANGE: RS(T) report plus a three or four digit number starting at 001 (or
0001) and incrementing
by one for each contact. MULTI-MULTI entries must use a separate serial number
for each band. If the
station worked does not send a serial number, then the received number is to be
logged as 001.
9. MULTIPLIER: The multiplier is the number of different prefixes worked. Note
that the same prefix
may be counted once on each band for multiplier credit.
A prefix is the letter/numeral combination that forms the first part of the
amateur call - the same as the
CQ WPX contest definition.
Examples of valid prefixes are N8, W8, WD8, HG1, HG19, KC2, OE2, OE25, etc. Any
difference in the
numbering, lettering, or order of the same shall constitute a separate prefix.
A station operating from a
DXCC country different from that indicated by its callsign is required to sign
portable. The portable
prefix must be an authorized prefix of the country/call area of operation. In
cases of portable operation,
the portable designator will then become the prefix. Example: N8BJQ operating
from Wake Island
would sign KH9/N8BJQ or NH9/N8BJQ. KH6XXX operating from Ohio must use an
authorized prefix for
the U.S. 8th district (W8, K8, etc.) Portable designators without numbers will
be assigned a zero (0) after
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the second letter of the portable designator to form the prefix. Example:
PA/N8BJQ would become
PAØ. All calls without numbers will be assigned a zero (Ø) after the first two
letters to form the prefix.
Example: XEFTJW would count as XEØ. Maritime mobile, mobile, /A, /E, /J, /P, or
interim license class
identifiers do not count as prefixes.
Special event, commemorative, and other unique prefix stations are encouraged
to participate. Prefixes
must be assigned by the licensing authority of the country of operation.
10. CONTACT POINTS: Each QSO is credited twenty points on 160M; ten points on
80M; five points on
40M; one point on 20M; two points on 15M; and three points on 10M. Note that
the same station may
only be counted once on each band for contact points.
11. THE FINAL SCORE is the sum of the Contact Points multiplied by the
Multiplier (the total number of
prefixes worked on all bands, noting that the same prefix can be counted once
on each band).
12. AWARDS
To be eligible for an award, stations must log a minimum of 10 contacts.
Certificates will be awarded to the top scoring station in each category listed
under Section 7 for each
IARU WAC continent and each country. A special participation certificate will
be awarded to every
station that makes at least 100 QSOs in either the PHONE or CW sections of the
contest.
The following trophies and plaques will also be awarded:
OCEANIA
• Top entrant from Oceania in PHONE Single Operator All Band category - Ron
Wills, ZL2TT
Memorial trophy sponsored by ZL2GI, ZL2AL, Wellington Amateur Radio Club and
NZART.
• Top entrant from VK in CW Single Operator All Band category - Frank Hine,
VK2QL Memorial
trophy sponsored by WIA Federal.
• Top local club from Australia with the greatest number of member stations
participating in the
Oceania DX Contest – plaque sponsored by VK Contest Club.
• Top entrant from VK in PHONE Single Operator All Band category – plaque
sponsored by Tony
Hambling VK3VTH.
ASIA
• Top Entrant from Asia in PHONE Single Operator All Band category - plaque
sponsored by Craig
Edwards VK8PDX (ex-VK5HRT).
• Top Entrant from Asia in CW Single Operator All Band category - plaque
sponsored by Wes
Printz W3SE / ZL3TE.
NORTH AMERICA
• Top Entrant from North America in PHONE Single Operator All Band category –
plaque
sponsored by N6RO.
• Top Entrant from North America in CW Single Operator All Band category –
plaque sponsored
by the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc.
ocdxc-2009-rules[2].doc Page 4 of 5
EUROPE
• Top Entrant from Europe in CW Single Operator categories - Frank Vander Drift
VK3COF
Memorial plaque sponsored by Mirek Rozbicki VK6DXI.
• Top Entrant from Europe in PHONE Single Operator All Band category – plaque
sponsored by
the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc.
Awards may be withdrawn or added at the discretion of the Contest Committee.
Refer to the Oceania
DX Contest web site at www.oceaniadxcontest.com for the latest information
about contest awards.
13. GENERAL LOG REQUIREMENTS:
Transmitting entries are to submit a log showing the following details for each
contact - band or
frequency, mode, date, time in UTC, callsign of station worked, RS(T) and
serial number sent, RS(T) and
serial number received. SINGLE-OP Single Band logs are to record ALL contacts
made by the station -
both on the band chosen for the entry and on any other bands. All logs must be
submitted in date/time
order.
SWL entries are to submit a log showing the following details for each contact
- band or frequency,
mode, date, time in UTC, callsign of 'station heard', callsign of 'station
being worked', RS(T) and serial
number sent by the heard station. The same callsign may appear only once in any
group of 3
consecutive entries in the 'station being worked' column. Note that in the case
of non-Oceania SWL
entries, only Oceania callsigns should appear in the 'station heard' column.
All duplicate contacts must be shown - DO NOT delete duplicate contacts. No
penalty will be applied for
showing duplicate contacts.
14. ELECTRONIC LOGS are preferred and are compulsory for logs containing more
than 50 contacts.
Electronic logs are to be submitted in Cabrillo format. The Cabrillo log file
must include an accurately
completed header (containing the summary information) and the QSO log data. All
of the fields in the
Cabrillo header must be completed except for the ARRL Section, Power, Category
Overlay and Soapbox
lines. Failure to fill out the header correctly can result in the entry being
placed in the wrong category
or reclassified as a check log. See www.oceaniadxcontest.com for the latest
information on the Cabrillo
log format requirements.
The log file name is to be in the form callsign.log, for example, if ZL2WB
submits a log file - then it
should be named zl2wb.log.
Send the file as an e-mail attachment to ph@oceaniadxcontest.com (for PHONE
entries) or
cw@oceaniadxcontest.com (for CW entries). Please insert only your callsign in
the Subject field of the
e-mail used to send your Cabrillo log. The log file must be sent as an
attachment, not as text or other
content within the e-mail message. Do not zip the log file and only include one
log in each email
submission.
All incoming email log messages are processed by an email robot. The robot
sends an automated email
acknowledgement indicating either acceptance or rejection of the log. If you do
not receive this
acknowledgment, or are encountering difficulty in having the log accepted, then
please contact the
Contest Committee at info@oceaniadxcontest.com .
Note: SWL files cannot be processed by the robot so please forward all
electronic SWL files to
info@oceaniadxcontest.com .
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Entrants using paper logging or logging software that doesn't produce a
Cabrillo file are encouraged to
use the on-line forms at http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/ to manually create and
submit a Cabrillo file.
15. PAPER LOGS:
Electronic Logs are preferred (see Rule 14 above) but if this is not possible
then paper logs in the
Oceania DX Contest format may be submitted, provided they contain less than 50
contacts. Each paper
log is to be accompanied by a summary sheet that clearly states
The station's callsign
Operator callsign/s
Entrant's name and mailing address (for receipt of awards)
Mode and Category entered
Contact points claimed on each band
Number of multiplier prefixes claimed on each band
Total claimed score
Official log sheets and summary can be downloaded from the Oceania DX Contest
web site at
www.oceaniadxcontest.com. If you do not have access to the official forms then
you may make your
own in accordance with the general requirements outlined above and in Section
13.
Paper logs are to be are to be posted to: Oceania DX Contest, c/o Wellington
Amateur Radio Club Inc.,
PO Box 6464, Wellington 6030, New Zealand. Only one entry is to be included in
each submission.
Airmail is preferred if you are submitting a log from outside VK or ZL.
16. DISQUALIFICATION
Violation of amateur radio regulations in the country of the contestant, the
rules of the contest,
unsportsmanlike conduct, or taking credit for excessive unverifiable QSOs or
multipliers, will be deemed
sufficient cause for disqualification. Incorrectly logged calls will be counted
as unverifiable contacts. ANY
entrant that uses means, other than contacts on the permitted bands and modes,
to SOLICIT, ARRANGE,
or CONFIRM any contacts during the contest is unsportsmanlike and the entry
will be subject to
disqualification.
17. DECLARATION
Although no signed declaration is required, by submitting a log you are deemed
to have agreed that: 1)
you have read and understood the rules of the contest and agree to be bound by
them, as well as all
rules and regulations of your country which pertain to amateur radio, 2) your
log entry may be made
open to the public, and 3) all actions and decisions of the Oceania DX Contest
Committee are official
and final.
18. DEADLINE
All logs must be emailed or postmarked NO LATER than 9 November 2009. The
reception of logs will be
acknowledged by the email robot (for electronic submissions) and a listing of
all logs received will be
posted on the Oceania DX Contest web site at www.oceaniadxcontest.com.
19. FURTHER INFORMATION
The latest information about the contest will be published on the Oceania DX
Contest web site at
www.oceaniadxcontest.com. Any questions can be emailed to
info@oceaniadxcontest.com or posted
to Oceania DX Contest Committee, c/o Wellington Amateur Radio Club Inc., PO Box
6464, Wellington
6030, New Zealand.
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