PACCdigi Contest

VERON's digital-modes companion to the PACC: 24 hours in April, RTTY and FT4/FT8 scored as separate mode categories, 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

Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)

1200Z → 1159Z the next day

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

The sponsor announces these dates a year at a time and there is no rule to derive, so this calendar holds only the years they have published: 2026, 2027.

Next runnings

1200Z Sat 17 Apr → 1159Z Sun 18 Apr · 23h 59m2027
in 198 days

Operating

Modes: RTTY / FT8/FT4
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m
Exchange: Dutch stations send a signal report (RST) + their two-letter province abbreviation; the rest of the world sends RST + a serial number starting at 001.
Power categories: High Power 400 WLow Power 100 WQRP 5 W
Logs: Cabrillo
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
The rules split scoring between 'Ned. stations' and 'Rest van de wereld', 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 (PACCdigi contest page, Dutch): '18 april 2026 van 12:00 UTC tot 19 april 2026 11:59 UTC' and, for the next edition, '17 april 2027 12:00 UTC tot 18 april 2027 11:59 UTC'. Rules PDF (regels-NL-2026.pdf, Dutch only), 2.1 Modes: 'Er wordt gewerkt in twee verschillende mode-categorieen: RTTY en FT4/FT8'. 3.1 Frequentiebanden en segmenten: 'De contest vindt plaats op 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M, 10M'. 6.1: 'Ned. stations: signaal rapport (RST) + Provincie (2 letter afkoring) GR,NB etc / Rest van de wereld: RST + serialnummer startend met 001'. Power: 'High Power: niet meer dan 400 watt / Low Power: 100 watt / QRP: 5 watt'. 12.1: 'Logs moeten voor 26 april 2026 23:59 UTC worden aangeleverd.'
Recorded caveats: MANUAL, DELIBERATELY: VERON publishes two dated editions and no recurrence rule -- unlike the PACC, whose page says 'het tweede volle weekend van februari' in so many words. Both published dates happen to be the third Saturday of April, but VERON never says so, so no ordinal is asserted and the record ends after 2027 rather than guessing. log_deadline_days is unset for the same reason as agcw-hnyc: 'voor 26 april 2026 23:59 UTC' is a fixed calendar instant, not an interval. It happens to be seven days after the end date, but VERON does not say seven days.

Something wrong? How to report it — a link to the sponsor's own page is all it takes.

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