PACC Contest

The Netherlands' national contest: 24 hours over the second full weekend of February, 160 through 10 metres, Dutch stations sending a province code.

Rules at veron.nlThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Second full weekend of February

1200Z Saturday → 1200Z Sunday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

1200Z Sat 13 Feb → 1200Z Sun 14 Feb · 24h2027
in 135 days
Logs due 1200Z Fri 19 Feb
1200Z Sat 12 Feb → 1200Z Sun 13 Feb · 24h2028
in 499 days
Logs due 1200Z Fri 18 Feb
1200Z Sat 10 Feb → 1200Z Sun 11 Feb · 24h2029
in 863 days
Logs due 1200Z Fri 16 Feb
1200Z Sat 9 Feb → 1200Z Sun 10 Feb · 24h2030
in 1227 days
Logs due 1200Z Fri 15 Feb

Operating

Modes: CW / SSB
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: Dutch (PA) stations send a signal report + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RST + a serial number.
Power categories: High PowerLow Power 100 WQRP 5 W
Logs: Cabrillo · due 5 days after the end
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
The rules run separate PA and non-PA classifications and score contacts between them, so entry is open worldwide with Dutch stations as the target.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off VERON's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-18.
What the source says: veron.nl (PACC contest page, Dutch): 'die plaatsvindt in het tweede volle weekend van februari'; the English rules PDF (PACC_2026_rules_eng.pdf) says 'This contest is always on the 2nd full weekend of February.' The PDF words the 2026 period as a date only: 'From 14 February 2026 1200 UTC until 15 February 2026 1200 UTC'. 3.1 Contest bands and segments: 'These are 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m'. 6.2: 'Dutch (PA) stations: signal report + province code (two letters)'. 12.1: 'Logs must be submitted to the contest sponsors before February 20 23:59 UTC 2026. ATTENTION: THE LOG SUBMISSION PERIOD IS 5 DAYS!' VERON independently published three further editions -- 13-14 February 2027, 12-13 February 2028 and 10-11 February 2029 -- and the second-full-weekend rule reproduces all three.
Recorded caveats: The stated deadline instant (20 February 23:59 UTC) is the right date for the five-day period VERON states but 23:59 rather than the 12:00 that end-plus-5-days gives; the interval is what the rules call the rule, so the interval is encoded. As of 2026-08-18 veron.nl's rules link still served the 2026 edition while the site's front page advertised 2027.

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