Posted by VK4DX

Awarded to the Australian radio club with the greatest number of member stations participating in the Oceania DX Contest.

For each club, the number of participating member stations is equal to the sum of the number of stations in the PHONE section and the number of stations in the CW section.

In case of a tie between two or more clubs, then the scores of the individual participating stations will be totalled for each club, and the plaque will be awarded to the club with the highest total score.

Please note the following:

• To qualify as a participant, a station must log at least 50 valid contacts during either the PHONE or CW sections of the contest.
• To be eligible for the plaque, a club must submit a minimum number of 5 participant stations.
• Only local clubs in Australia are eligible for this award - national organizations or clubs like the WIA or VKCC are not eligible.
• Participating club members must live within an area of a circle with a maximum of 200km diameter.
• There must be at least 3 Clubs competing, for the plaque to be awarded.

A club must make an application to the Contest Committee to be considered for the award. The application is to identify the name and address of the club, along with a list of the participating member station call signs.

The application should be submitted to the same address (email or postal) as the contest logs and must be received before the closing date for the submission of logs.

The plaque is sponsored by VK Contest Club

Posted by VK4DX

The 2009 Australian Shires Contest

Held the weekend prior to the second Monday of June every year.

Starts: 06.00 UTC Saturday, June 6, 2009
Ends: 06.00 UTC Sunday, June 7, 2009

Objectives: The objectives of this contest are for amateurs around the world to contact as many VK shires as possible in the contest period. ie VK amateurs are to work the world including VK, whilst the rest of the world can only work VK

Bands:. 80 Metres 3.500 - 3.700 MHz, 40 Metres 7.000 - 7.250 MHz, 20 Metres 14.000 - 14.300 MHz, 15 Metres 21.000 - 21.350 MHz, 10 Metres 28.000 - 28.600 MHz. Please note there is no 75m dx window permitted.

Modes: SSB and CW only

Contest rules: http://www.vkshires.info

Posted by VK4DX

Overall Winner  

VK2HV               Paul Hanna with 14280 points

State winners 

VK2 SSB S/O         VK2HV   Paul Hanna
VK3 SSB S/O         VK3HJ   Luke Steele
VK4 SSB S/O         VK4CYA  Wayne Durston
VK4 ALL MODE S/O    VK4CAG  Graeme Dowse
VK4 CLUB STATION    VK4BAR  Bayside & District ARS
VK5 SSB S/O         VK5LSB  Simon Brandenburg
VK5  CW S/O         VK5BUG  David Wescombe-Down
VK7 SSB S/O         VK7ZE   Laurie Davison
VK8 SSB S/O         VK8AV   Alan Viegas