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PACC contest 2026

 

 Onder voorbehoud preliminary result PACC low (100W) CW

SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CW
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  1.          PA4O     432900   Electronic Log
  2.          PA0O     325728   Electronic Log
  3.        PA3GPX     187510   Electronic Log
  4.        PA3ARM     186200   Electronic Log
  5.         PA4PA     166374   Electronic Log
  6.          PA8R     118872   Electronic Log
  7.          PA2W     117279   Electronic Log
  8.         PA8MM     110976   Electronic Log
  9.         PA7RA      97838   Electronic Log
 10.          PE4A      85000   Electronic Log 

Third year in a row 2nd . Before PA4O showed up I used to rack up first places ten in a row but those glory days are gone, hihi.

Logged around 1400 QSOs. My SteppIR 3‑el froze solid at –8°C during the night, so that was the end of that. Had to fall back on the old multiband dipole, part of a lightweight Hidaka Denki Works 4‑el yagi.

As usual, the rate collapsed around 02:00 local, even though the RBN still showed the bands open. Took a break until 06:00 no way I’m catching Peter PA4O, he always digs up more QSOs, 200 more! somehow. Ran the trusty K3, the CW beast, with the dipole on 10/15/20/40, Windom on 80/40, and a 25‑m high inverted‑L for 160.

Had the Flex 6500 in SO2R with the SO2Rduino (K1XM), but honestly it didn’t help much. Band switching in N1MM with Page Up/Down is quick enough. It was an SO2R experiment anyway. Might have helped Sunday morning with the 3‑el to the east on 10 or 15, but with the SteppIR frozen stiff that plan died fast.

 

 



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