0100z Saturday 18 March - 0059z Sunday 19 March (Midday Saturday - Midday Sunday)
As day-light saving will finish on 12th of March, the commencing time will be 12.00 (midday) Saturday, and finish midday on Sunday.
This is a fun-weekend, and also an excellent opportunity to set up and operate HF and/or VHF/UHF equipment away from home. It may be just that hands on experience you need to  erect various antenna's and set up equipment, so that on your nect holiday you will be able to work other amateurs/states/countries!
 
Overview
The aim is to encourage and provide familiarization with portable operation and provide training for emergency situations. The rules are therefore designed to encourage field operaton.
The contest takes place on the third full weekend in March each year and runs from 0100 UTC Saterday to 0059 UTC Sunday 18 - 19 March 2000.
Contest is open to all VK, ZL and P2 stations. Other stations are welcome to participate, but can only claim points for contacts with VK, ZL and P2 stations.
Single operator portable entries shall consist of one choice from each of the following: a. 24 or six hours, b. Phone, CW or Open Mode, c. HF, VHF/UHF, All band.
Multi-operator portable entries shall be Open Mode and consist of one choice from each of the following:
a. 24 or six hours, b. HF, VHF/UHF, all band.
Home and SWL entries may be either 24 or six hours, open mode, all band.

Your role
If you cannot be part of the actual contest on the site outside Melbourne, you can (and should) be listening and work the club station in as many three hour blocks as possible. Given the points structure VHF/UHF contacts are the first choice, but may require a gain antenna and/or directional antenna directed to Wilsons Prommentory, as well as adequate output power.
Frequencies to listen to are the call frequencies of the various bands:
1296.100 Mhz (if  Steve (VK3TAS comes along), 439,000 MHz, 146.425 and 146.500, 144.200 (SSB Call freq), 50.200 and 52.100 Mhz SSB, 52.525 FM. For HF monitor the following frequencies: 3.590, 7.060, 14.200, 21.200, 28,200 (all SSB), and 29.200 MHz (FM).