---------------------------------------------------------- Text-only page Edited by SM3CER - sm3cer(at)contesting.com - 9 February 2004 SM3CER Contest Service - http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Dutch PACC Contest ------------------ Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek in Nederland (VERON) Netherlands section of the IARU DUTCH PACC CONTEST FOREIGN SECTION 2004 The Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek in Nederland (VERON) has the honour of inviting amateurs all over the world to participate in the 49th Dutch PACC Contest. Date and Period: Each second full weekend in February from 1200 UTC on Saturday until 1200 UTC on Sunday So in 2004 the Dutch PACC Contest will be held on February 14th and 15th. Bands and Modes: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters, CW and SSB, no crossmode or crossband contacts allowed. Please use frequencies according to the IARU Region 1 preferred contest segments: CW: 1830 - 1850, 3500 - 3560 and 14000 - 14060 kHz SSB: 3600 - 3650, 3700 - 3800 and 14125 - 14300 kHz NOTE: SSB QSOs on 160 are not valid in the PACC contest! Categories: • Single operator • Multi operator • QRP, max 5 watt output • SWL Exchange: RS(T) + QSO serial number, starting with 001. Dutch stations give RS(T) + Province abbreviation. These are GR, FR, DR, OV, GD, UT, NH, ZH, FL, ZL, NB and LB (total of 12). Points: Each QSO with a PA/PB/PI station counts for 1 (one) point. Contacts must be confirmed with R, TU, OK or QSL. A station may be worked only once per band, irrespective of the mode. Multipliers: 1 multiplier per Province per band, regardless of mode with a maximum of 6*12=72 or 5*12=60 if SSB only is used. Final Score: The sum of all QSO points on all bands, multiplied by the sum of all multipliers on all bands. SWL: Each different Dutch station heard per band counts for 1 (one) point. Multipliers as above. Logs must contain the codegroups transmitted by the Dutch station and the foreign station worked with. Logs: As usual a score calculation is required. Please use a multiplier column and insert the multiplier in this column only if it is a new one. Please sign log for observation of the contest rules. The closing date for contest entries is March 31st 2004. Send your log to: Ad van Tilborg, PAØADT Schepenenveld 141 7327 DB APELDOORN Netherlands or via E-mail: pa0adt(at)dutchpacc.com Certificates: A contest certificate will be awarded to each country winner in each category and also to the second and third classified stations. The call districts in VE-JA-W-UA9-UAØ-CE-LU-PY-VK-ZS and ZL have a special counting system, with implicates that for the first three winners a certificate will be awarded. In addition all foreign contestants will receive a memorable souvenir. Good luck, 73, es hpe ur cuagn in the PACC Contest 2004. Ad, PAØADT -------------------- ooo -------------------- Date of info: February 9, 2004 - Source: Dutch PACC Contest Web Site - http://www.dutchpacc.com/ - -------------------- ooo -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- PA Province abbreviations (12): ----------------------------------------------- Drenthe ......... DR Flevoland ....... FL Friesland ....... FR Gelderland ...... GD Groningen ....... GR Limburg ......... LB Noord-Brabant ... NB Noord-Holland ... NH Overijssel ...... OV Utrecht ......... UT Zuid-Holland .... ZH Zeeland ......... ZL ----------------------------------------------- -------------------- ooo -------------------- This contest is known to be supported by: AALog by RZ4AG: http://www.aalog.com/ CT by K1EA: http://www.k1ea.com/ GEN LOG by W3KM: http://www.qsl.net/w3km/gen_log.htm Lux-Log by LX1NO: http://www.luxlog.info/ N1MM Logger: http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/ PACC by LAØFX: http://www.qsl.net/la0fx/ SD by EI5DI: http://www.ei5di.com/ TLF (Linux) by PAØRCT: http://home.iae.nl/users/reinc/TLF-0.2.html TR by N6TR: http://www.trlog.com/ Wincontest by I8VKB: http://digilander.iol.it/wincontest/ YP-Log by VE6YP: http://members.shaw.ca/ve6yp/ SM3CER Contest Service Software Page http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/software.htm -------------------- ooo -------------------- MORE INFO: Dutch PACC Contest Web Site: http://www.dutchpacc.com/ VERON Web Site: http://www.veron.nl/maine.htm -------------------- ooo -------------------- Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to: Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER sm3cer(at)contesting.com ---------------------------------------------- URL: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/text/pacc.txt Copyright © 1997-2004 Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER This page was created January 26, 1997 Most recent revision February 9, 2004 ----------------------------------------------