The Oceania DX contest has been around
since the mid 1930s and was known previously as the
VK/ZL Contest. Activity has increased in recent years
due to a huge promotional effort by the joint Australian
and New Zealand Contest Committee.
Contest
Dates/Times:
PH - The
first full weekend in October each year from 0800
UTC Saturday to 0800 UTC Sunday
CW - The second full
weekend in October each year from 0800 UTC Saturday to
0800 UTC Sunday
The
2013 Oceania DX Contests will be held over the following
weekends:
PHONE
Contest:
08:00 UTC Saturday 5 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 6 October
2013 CW
Contest:
08:00 UTC Saturday 12 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 13
October 2013
There were some
changes to the certificates beginning with the 2010
contest in order to make a wider range of certificates
available, reduce costs, and speed up the delivery
process:
Certificates
are awarded to the winning station in each entry
category, for each country and continent.
Participation
certificates are awarded to every entrant that
made at least one valid QSO in the 2010 contest.
All of the
certificates have been published on-line as
pdf files for entrants to download and print at
their convenience.
The
certificates will not be posted unless
specifically requested in writing from entrants
who made at least 10 valid QSOs and also won a
category in their country. Any such requests must
be submitted to the Contest Committee info@oceaniadxcontest.com
by 9 September 2012.