Hi everyone
The results of the 2017 Oceania DX (OCDX) Contest have been published on the
OCDX website at www.OceaniaDXcontest.com. Congratulations to all the
participants, especially the winners and new record setters.
We apologise for the delayed publication of the results this year. Day jobs and
other personal priorities got in the way of the committee completing the task
in a more timely fashion. We are taking steps to ensure the results will be
published much earlier after the 2018 OCDX Contest.
The 2017 Contest was tough going, especially on the CW weekend when the solar
flux dropped to less than 70 and the Planetary A index peaked up to 31.
Lightning QRN from storms in the Pacific area also made it difficult to copy
stations on the lower bands during the PHONE weekend. As VE7JKZ commented
'Absolutely awful conditions from VE7. Things can only get better. Can't they
...?!'
Despite the dismal conditions, we were delighted to see a total of 1303 logs
submitted. This is an increase of 9% compared to 2016 and sets a new record for
the number of logs received. Most of the increase is due to the ongoing upward
trend in the number of logs received from Indonesian stations, but there was
also a noticeable jump in the number of logs received from stations in the
Philippines. Indonesia has now overtaken Japan as the country submitting the
most logs. The efforts of YB0NDT, the YB Land DX Club and other YB amateurs to
promote the contest are clearly continuing to have a positive impact in driving
new participation from Indonesian amateurs.
There were many notable achievements in the 2017 contest, including the setting
of 27 new continent records and 140 new country records. Even without sunspots,
some QRP stations posted record scores.
Please browse the results page
<http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Results/results.html> for more information
including the full summary of the results, detailed scores, soapbox comments,
the equipment and antennas used, and photos
<http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Photos/photos.html> of the leading entrants
and their stations.
The next OCDX Contest will be held on the first two full weekends of October
2018 as follows:
PHONE: 08:00 UTC Saturday 6 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 7 October
CW: 08:00 UTC Saturday 13 October to 08:00 UTC Sunday 14 October
The full rules for the 2018 contest can be found on our rules page at
http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Rules/rules.html .
A ZL contest group <http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/News/news.html> has
already announced it will be QRV from Niue as E6Y for the 2018 contest, and we
will announce further DXpeditions and activities on the OCDX website
<http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/News/news.html> as information becomes
available. If you are planning something special for the 2018 contest, then
please let us know <http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/Contact-us/contact-us.html>
.
Finally, in response to feedback from entrants, we are considering the
possibility of starting the PHONE and CW sections at an earlier time in future
years, so it is more convenient for Oceania stations to participate. We intend
conducting a survey about this after the 2018 contest, but in the meantime
please let us know if you have any thoughts or preferences.
We look forward to seeing everyone again in the 2018 event, and please
encourage others to join us to make it the biggest OCDX party ever!
73 from
Oceania DX Contest Committee
ZL2IFB, ZL3GA, VK4FH, VK3GK, VK3MI/ZL1AZE, VK3TZ, VK7GN
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