Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Oceania DX Contest. It was another great year of activity.

The Oceania DX Contest committee is pleased to announce that the raw scores are now available. While these are still subject to final adjudication they do provide a guide as to how people fared. The phone contest was certainly challenging propagation wise, with daytime conditions difficult to some areas. The CW contest conditions were better. This may explain the slight reduction in the number of phone logs submitted this year.

To see the raw results, you can click on the following links

• Phone Contest (Link)
• CW Contest (Link)

We hope to have the final results out soon! Stay tuned and thanks again for your participation!

Thanks for participating in this year’s Oceania DX Contest – it was great to see you on the air. However, have you forgotten one thing? Have you uploaded your logs to the contest coordinators? Even if you only made a small number of QSOs, every log is valuable to us to help confirm who the winners are.

So please consider uploading your log before the deadline on Sunday October 26th! We would hate for you to miss out!

It’s time to get ready for the 82^nd Oceania DX (OCDX) contest on the first two weekends of October:

• Phone (SSB): 06:00 UTC Saturday 4 October to 06:00 UTC Sunday 5 October 2025
• CW: 06:00 UTC Saturday 11 October to 06:00 UTC Sunday 12 October 2025

Whether you’re a newcomer or seasoned contester, or have only a modest station, the 2025 contest should be another exciting event thanks to the current peak in the solar cycle.

The focus of the contest is on promoting HF contacts between stations in Oceania and the rest of the world. For operators outside the region, it’s a chance to work many Oceania stations, from remote Pacific islands to the outback of Australia and jungles of Indonesia. For Oceania-based operators, it’s a fantastic opportunity to make lots of DX QSOs as stations from the rest of the world turn their beams towards Oceania searching for you!

2025 is the 82^nd birthday of the contest. Formerly known as the “VK DX Contest” and “VK/ZL Contest”, the contest was first run from 1935 through 1938 and then re-started in 1948, shortly after amateur licences were re-instated post-WW2. The contest has grown into a signature event for operators across Oceania and around the world, combining DX excitement, technical capability and operating skills.

So, save the contest dates in your calendar, warm up the rig, tune the antennas, brush up on your operating skills, and join amateurs across the globe in October to make this another amazing OCDX party!

The rules for 2025 are (here). There are no significant changes for 2025 but please take time to carefully review the rules before the contest.

The usual wide range of plaques and certificates will be available in 2025 for winners and participants, including the leaders in various youth, YL and new entrant categories. The latest information about the awards that will be available can be found (here).