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Anzac Day contest builds on Australia Day event
(from Amateur Radio magazine Vol 90 No 1, page 35)

In announcing the trial of a new contest for Wednesday 26th January this year, the organisers foreshadowed a repeat for Anzac Day, Monday 25th April.

The rules for the Anzac Day Contest are derived from the Oceania DX contest , said the organiser, Trent VK4TS.

The purpose is to encourage Amateur Radio Activity with stations in Australia and New Zealand.

It is also designed to encourage friendly participation and help improve the operating skills of participants.

Amateurs in VK and ZL are to try contacting amateurs world-wide.

There are four categories, covering single and multioperator participants, and four sub-categories, for Phone, CW and Digital, 6-hour and 24-hours.
The start time will be 1200 UTC 24th April, concluding at 1159 UTC 25th April.

Contacts may be made on all allocated amateur bands from MF (160 metres) through HF, except the WARC bands of 30, 17 and 12 metres, which
are excluded by IARU agreement from all contest operations.

Winners will be announced within 30 days after the event.


Editor's Note : The rules for the Anzac Day event are not yet on the page at https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/about/ but will probably appear shortly, with any alterations made to the rules based on the 2022 Australia Day contest's comments and outcome.

It is nearly April now, and we had heard that there would be an Anzac Day contest but few details have been forthcoming.  That seems to have changed, whether this was the contest originally envisaged/announced  - or not :

https://www.cqcontest.info/anzac-day-contest and some on http://www.vkcc.com/2022/03/10/anzac-day-contest-2022/  have more details.


1.      ANZAC

'ANZAC' stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. On the 25th of April 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula. These became known as Anzacs and the pride they took in that name continues to this day. This contest honour's the tradition of the ANZAC alliance. 


2. CONTEST PERIODS

Phone Section:              12:00 UTC 24th April 2022 to 11:59 UTC 25th April 2022

CW Section:                  12:00 UTC 24th April 2022 to 11:59 UTC 25th April 2022

Mixed Section:              12:00 UTC 24th April 2022 to 11:59 UTC 25th April 2022  (Phone+CW+Digital)

Digital Section:              12:00 UTC 24th April 2022 to 11:59 UTC 25th April 2022 (FT8 Only)

3.                  THE AIM of the contest is to promote HF contacts with stations in VK and ZL in commemoration of Anzac Day

4.                  THE OBJECT is for:

a.      VK and ZL transmitting stations to contact as many stations as possible both inside and outside the region.

b.      Non-VK/ZL transmitting stations to contact as many stations as possible inside the VK/ZL region. There is no penalty for working non-VK/ZL stations but contacts between non-VK/ZL stations will score no points or multiplier credits.

5. THE BANDS that can be used are 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M and 10M (no WARC bands).



......... more........


Moving down to section 8 :

8.    EXCHANGE: RS(T) report plus a progressive contact serial number starting at 001 and incrementing by one for each contact. M2 entries are to use a separate serial number starting at 001 for each band. If the station worked does not send a serial number for the contest, then the received number is to be logged as 001.

Note the exchange for FT8 is the standard FT8 exchange - Signal report plus grid square. 
(Do they mean EU VHF contest mode because that is a question that really needs an answer?? )

Whether these rules are identical to any other contests supported by VKCL (eg JMMFD) is unclear.....  Similar perhaps, identical ??   
Great similarity to the Oceania DX Contest however that one does not have a Digital modes section, and the CW and Phone sections are held on different dates, and there is no Mixed category.

VKCL users : use the Oceania DX Contest or CQ WPX setup, set it up for SSB and ignore modes .....  (Unless expert advice is forthcoming from an involved contester.)

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SPECIAL NOTES FOR THE 2022 CONTEST

a.      A reminder for VK/ZL Stations that the sections each start at 12:00 UTC on Sunday Night and end at 11:59 UTC on Monday night.

b.      The deadline for submitting logs is 1st May 2022

c.      Entrants are reminded of the need to observe any COVID related restrictions (e.g. social distancing and travel constraints) that may be in place for the contest dates.

d.      Electronic logs are to be submitted via email to AnzacTest@cqcontest.info

e.      Please contact the Contest Committee at info@cqcontest.info if you are encountering difficulty in submitting your log.

f.        Electronic logs are to be in Cabrillo format which is generated by all popular contest logging software programs. Alternatively, entrants can use the forms at http://www.b4h.net/cabforms.

g.      Only one entry may be submitted by each operator or team of operators (Rule 6a).

h.      If the station worked does not provide a serial number for the Anzac Day Contest, then log the received number as 001. See Rule 8.

i.        A reminder that logs from Single Band entrants must record all contacts made during the contest period, even if on other bands. Only contacts made on the band specified in the Cabrillo header or summary sheet will be used for scoring purposes.

j.        All entrants are reminded that UTC must be used for recording the date and time of each QSO and that care must be taken to ensure the times are recorded correctly.