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    "name": "Oceania DX Contest, Phone",
    "sponsor": "Oceania DX Contest Committee",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/",
    "country": "OC",
    "summary": "Oceania's own international contest, phone leg: 24 hours from 0600 UTC on the first full weekend in October, when VK, ZL and the Pacific are the DX.",
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    ],
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      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
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    "exchange": "RS(T) and a progressive serial number starting at 001",
    "power_categories": [
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        "name": "High Power",
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      {
        "name": "Low Power",
        "max_watts": 100
      },
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        "name": "QRP",
        "max_watts": 5
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    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Committee rules: 'There is no penalty for working non-Oceania stations but contacts between non-Oceania stations will score no points or multiplier credits.'"
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    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The log deadline is announced each year rather than set as an interval -- 25 October in 2026, 31 October in earlier years -- so this calendar does not compute one. country is 'OC' because the sponsor is a joint VK/ZL committee rather than a national society; see data/sources.md.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/rules",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
    "source_note": "The recurrence in words comes from the WIA, a co-sponsor, at https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/oceania/: 'PH - The first full weekend in October each year from 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday' and 'CW - The second full weekend in October each year from 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday.' Everything else is from the committee's own 2026 rules (https://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ocdx26-rules-0.pdf, embedded at /rules): 'Phone Section: 06:00 UTC Saturday 3 October to 06:00 UTC Sunday 4 October 2026'; 'THE BANDS that can be used are 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M and 10M (no WARC bands)'; 'EXCHANGE: RS(T) report plus a progressive contact serial number starting at 001'; 'High power entrants must not exceed a total output power of 1500 Watts peak envelope power (PEP) ... Low power entrants must not exceed a total output power of 100 Watts PEP and QRP entrants must not exceed a total output power of 5 Watts PEP.' The rule reproduces the committee's own dates in both directions: the first full weekend of October is October 3-4 in 2026 and was October 5-6 in 2024."
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      "time": "0600"
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    "end": {
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      "time": "0600"
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