YB Land DX Club DX-ing Is Our Life
1923 and 1924 marked the zenith of long distance communication records culminating on the 18th of October 1924. Between 0615 to 0730 UTC on 80 meters with the First Trans-World contact between Frank Bell (A sheep farmer) Z4AA (ZL4AA) in Shag Valley NZ and Cecil Goyder (A 18 yr. Student) at Mill Hill School using the callsign G2SZ in London.
New Zealand Dxers are proud of the many ZL DXing milestones over the years. The Kiwi DX Group an informal group of ZL Dxers and contesters are commemorating this event and many other ZL firsts, which occurred during this period.
Join us in celebrating 90 years of DX in ZL. The Special Callsign ZM90DX will be in use between October 1, 2013 to October 31, 2014.
As we we get closer to the 1st of October we’ll be adding more information to this site. Use the links at the bottom of the page to follow us on Twitter or Facebook and keep up to date.
ZM90DX Special Event Operation Award
To celebrate 90 years of Kiwi DX and encourage operators from around the world to try out some new modes we have created the ZM90DX Special Event Operation Award
The amateur radio landscape has changed and evolved far beyond what the operators of 1923 could have imagined.
This award recognises operators who are able to operate on multiple bands and modes, as well as overcome the distances and unique propagation challenges that come with being at the bottom of the pacific.
To Qualify (the rules)…
To qualify for the Award you must accumulate a minimum of 90 points by working / hearing ZM90DX on various Bands and Modes.
Bands and modes of use include all amateur radio bands (WARC included) SSB, CW and Digital modes in accordance with the band plan. RTTY, PSK, JT65 etc count for digital.
Points are awarded on the following basis:
160m = 15 points
80m = 10 points
40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m = 5 points
12m, 10m = 10 points
6m and up = 20 points
You may work multiple ‘slots’ to accumulate points for the award. ie: four 80m SSB QSOs on four different dates counts as 40 points.
This award will be issued in four levels, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum as follows:
Bronze for accumulating 90 points
Silver for accumulating 150 Points
Gold for accumulating 180 Points
Platinum for achieving GOLD AND working ZM90DX on 9 Bands
All contacts must be two way communications. Repeater or Internet assisted QSOs; for example Echolink or IRLP contacts do not count towards the award.
The award is open to SWLs also. SWL logs must contain QSO data consisting of Call, Date, Time and Mode of the station working ZM90DX.
The Award will be issued in PDF format only, and is free of charge.
ENSURE your logging software logs ZM90DX correctly as ZL and NOT ZL9, Auckland / Campbell Islands To update the Country File for your logging software please visit: http://www.country-files.com/.
Claiming your award…
Email your log extract to awards@zm90dx.com
Ensure that you include with your email your full name and callsign!
All Award claims should be finalized by April 30, 2014.
(Once we’re under way we will have a log search facility available to check you’re in the log.)
Contact Info
The ZM90DX special event callsign is operated by the Kiwi DX Group.
Below are the contact details you might need if you can’t get one of us on the bands!
General Enquries: Use the form to the right, or email: info@zm90dx.com
QSL manager: Charles, M0OXO http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs
Awards: Wes, ZL3TE awards@zm90dx.com
Kiwi DX Group: Bill, ZL3NB zl3nb@zm90dx.com
Webmaster: Chris, ZL3LF webmaster@zm90dx.com
