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    Signals From Down Under

    Sep 01, 2020 5 minutes
    BY MIKE CHARTERIS,* VK4QS

    The Oceania DX Contest offers you an opportunity to work rare DX entities from Hawaii to New Zealand and beyond. VK4QS shares its history and the opportunities it presents.

    The 2020 Oceania DX Contest will be held on October 3rd & 4th for phone and October 10th & 11th for CW, between 0600 UTC Saturday and 0600 UTC Sunday on each weekend. For details, visit <www.oceaniadxcontest.com>.

    When it comes to ham radio and its devotees, the range of activities is as multicolored as a rainbow. This, in essence, keeps most of us out of each other’s hair to enjoy the many aspects of transmission and reception across the spectrum from DC to daylight. Then there are the combined events and activities that see some of this.

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