New Low Power Limit for ARRL HF Contests

The ARRL has set a new standard for what counts as low power for ARRL-sponsored HF contests. The new limit is 100 W, which is down from the 150 W limit that has been permitted in some events, including the ARRL November Sweepstakes.

With the exception of the ARRL Field Day, this change goes into effect on 1 January 2022, for all ARRL-sponsored HF contests, as well as the IARU HF World Championship in July 2022.

This change has been implemented to standardize low-power categories within the contesting community. However, on a more practical level, the typical modern HF transceiver has a maximum power output of 100 W

World RadioSport Team Championship Rescheduled

The World RadioSport Team Championship (WRTC), initially scheduled for 2022, has been postponed to 2023.

To support preparations and make the event known, the following special callsigns will be active between 1st January and 10th July 2022:

II0WRTC, II1WRTC, II2WRTC, II3WRTC, II4WRTC, II5WRTC, II6WRTC, II7WRTC, II8WRTC, and II9WRTC.

QRV on HF on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8.

An award is also available - https://www.wrtc2022.it/

Oceania DX Contest Breaks Record

The Oceania DX Contest broke the record for the number of logs that have been received this year with 1174 SSB logs and 725 CW logs being received by the deadline of 31st October 2021.

The Oceania DX Contest Committee is also pleased to announce that the raw scores (before adjudication and log checking) are now available.

The 2021 SSB Raw scores can be accessed - http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/ssb-raw-scores-2021

The 2021 CW Raw scores can be accessed - http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/cw-raw-scores-2021

The full and final results will be available once the log cross-checking and validation work is complete. Thank you all for your participation and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2022!

Oceania DX Contest Committee - http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com