The contest committee is pleased to invite you to the 65:th Scandinavian Activity contest. It all started in 1959 during the famous solar cycle 19.
The rules are unchanged from 2023, but don’t forget to read them! Several participants miss the frequency limits, so please check them.
Don’t forget to announce your own activity. Doing so will inspire others to join and make their own challenges. Those who have already signed up can be seen at Announced operations CW and SSB. If you need to change your entry, just email us at support@sactest.net.
Thanks to the generous contributions of many individuals, there are several Sponsored Plaques available for both Scandinavian and non-Scandinavian operators to pursue. Please take a look at the last years sponsored plaque program and pick your target.
Make your own VOACAP predictions for SAC 2024! Jari OH6BG have prepared the predictions for you. Just enter you QTH and give it a try!
We are happy to announce that the contest committee now have two new members Timo OH1NOA and Frode LA6VQ. Welcome!
We are happy to see that many of the plaques already are sponsored by several generous sponsors. But there are still some vacant sponsorhip available. Please take a look in the list and consider if you want to be a sponsor. If you have an idea of a new type of plaque, please let us know.
Contact ha@hand.dk if you want to take part in the SAC Sponsored Plaque Program. The annual cost of sponsorship is 23 euros/plaque.
SAC features a sponsored plaque program to increase interest and participation in the contest. The plaque winners and sponsors are published on the SAC website and in the annual “SAC Results and Stories” PDF booklet.
We have just published the SAC 2023 Result and Records Booklet where you can find all the details from last years SAC at one place.
Got to https://www.sactest.net/blog/sac-booklets/ to read or download your copies of booklets from now and reaching back to 2013. It’s an amazing history that all participants are part of.
Thanks to Henning OZ2I who once again made the booklet.
The results for SAC 2023 are now final and we congratulate all winners!
You will find scores listings in the Result menu above. If you want to download your award, simply click on the rank number left to your call in the result listing. To view the RPT-file, click on the callsign.
Update 2024-01-29: The Scandinavian CW SINGLE-OP ALL QRP and SSB SINGLE-OP ALL LP plaque winner has been corrected. We apologize for the error.
SAC Contest Committee Martti OH2BH, Ingo SM5AJV
SAC Plaque Winners 2023 – SCANDINAVIA
CW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – OG1F (op. OH1TM) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – OH0V (op. OH6LI) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – OH3KRH (op. OH3KRH) SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CLASSIC – OH3FM (op. OH3FM) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CLASSIC – LA2AB (op. LA7MFA) SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH TB-WIRES – OG3B (op. OH3RB) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW TB-WIRES – SM6F (op. SM6CUK) SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH WIRE-ONLY – LC5T (op. LB5WB) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW WIRE-ONLY – SF5O (op. SM0EOS) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – SJ2W (op. SA2CLC SE2T SM2LIY SM2WMV) MULTI-MULTI ALL HIGH – OH7K (op. OH2KW OH2TA OH5BQ OH7CW OH7MA OH7WP)
SSB
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – OH8L (op. OH8LQ) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – OH3BKL (op. OH3BKL) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – 8S3DX (op. SM3LDP) SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CLASSIC – OH2PQ (op. OH2PQ) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CLASSIC – OH6V (op. OH6V) SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH TB-WIRES – OG66X (op. OH8WW) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW TB-WIRES – OH3BKL (op. OH3BKL) SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH WIRE-ONLY – OZ0MF (op. DL2JRM) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW WIRE-ONLY – OV9M (op. DF9TM) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – SJ2W (op. SA2CLC SM2MTR SM2WMV SM2LIY) MULTI-MULTI ALL HIGH – SK3W (op. SM3SGP SA5EED SA5BCG SM5VFE SM5IMO)
SAC Plaque Winners 2023 – AFRICA
CW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – CT9ABN (op. CT9ABN) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW TB-WIRES – D44BM (op. OH0XX)
SSB
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – CT3BH (op. OH2BH) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – D4M (op. D4M)
SAC Plaque Winners 2023 – ASIA
CW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – P3X (op. P3X) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – UP7L (op. UN6LN) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – UN4L (op. UN4L) SINGLE-OP LOW-BAND HIGH – 4Z4KX (op. 4Z4KX) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – JA6GCE (op. JA6GCE)
SSB
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH TB-WIRES – JG1LFR (op. JG1LFR) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – 4Z5OI (op. 4Z5OI) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – UN4L (op. UN4L) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – TC100TH (op. TA1BX TA1DI)
SAC Plaque Winners 2023 – EUROPE
CW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – YL7X (op. YL2LY) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – ON6NL (op. ON6NL) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP TB-WIRES – F5NZY (op. F5NZY) SINGLE-OP LOW-BAND HIGH – SP1AEN (op. SP1AEN) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – 9A30T (op. 9A5MR 9A5B)
SSB
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – LY5W (op. LY5W) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – UZ7M (op. UT9MZ) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP ROOKIE – MI7DGO (op. MI7DGO) SINGLE-OP LOW-BAND HIGH – LY2CX (op. LY2CX) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – IT9YVO (op. IT9UFP IT9YVO) MULTI-EXPLORER – I2GPT (op. I2GPT IU2KMA IZ2XQK IZ2BKP IW2HKW)
SAC Plaque Winners 2023 – NORTH AMERICA
CW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – KA1IS (op. KA1IS) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – VE3DZ (op. VE3DZ) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – W1FJ (op. W1FJ) SINGLE-OP LOW-BAND HIGH – N2NT (op. N2NT) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – K1LZ (op. K1LZ KE1J)
SSB
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH – KA1IS (op. KA1IS) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – VE2HIT (op. VE2HIT) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – K3TW (op. K3TW) SINGLE-OP LOW-BAND HIGH – N5RZ (op. N5RZ) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – N1SOH (op. N1SOH W1FM)
SAC Plaque Winners 2023 – OCEANIA
CW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH TB-WIRES – ZL2AGY (op. ZL2AGY) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – YC2VOC (op. YC2VOC)
SSB
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH TB-WIRES – YB1RDH (op. YB1RDH) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW TB-WIRES – VK5PAS (op. VK5PAS) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – YD1CMZ (op. YD1CMZ)
SAC Plaque Winners 2023 – SOUTH AMERICA
CW
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CLASSIC – ZW5B (op. OH2MM) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – PY5AMF (op. PY5AMF) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP CLASSIC – PY2PLL (op. PY2PLL)
SSB
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH TB-WIRES – PY8WW (op. PY8WW) SINGLE-OP ALL LOW – PY1RY (op. PY1RY) SINGLE-OP ALL QRP – PY2BN (op. PY2BN) MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH – CE2LS (op. CE2RTF CE2SQE)
SPONSORED PLAQUES
PLAQUE
SPONSOR
WINNER
SO – CW: Worked most LA
Morten Kvernmoen, LB8DC
LY5W
SO – SSB: Worked most LA
Morten Kvernmoen, LB8DC
IT9YVO
SO – Worked most OH
Kim Östman, OH6KZP
LY5W
SO – Worked most OX/OY
Henning Andresen, OZ2I
LY5W
SO – Worked most OZ
Thomas Andersen, OZ1AA
LY5W
SO – Worked most SM
Kurt Brännäs, SE2T
LY5W
SO – Worked most TF
Thorvaldur Stefansson, TF4M
LY5W
SO – Worked most SM6 (6-prefix) – Low Power Single Wire
Dennis Hallongren, SM6USS
DL8HK
SO – Best OVERALL score
Jari Perkiömäki OH6BG
LY5W
SO – Best YL/XYL
Veijo Kontas, OH6KN
LY6C op LY5XX
SO – Best Baltic
Jyrki Nieminen, OH6CS
LY5W
SO – Best OC Low Power
Hans Jørgen Rasmussen, OZ7BQ
YC2VOC
SO – Best NA
Jukka Kulha OH2MA
KA1IS
SO – Best SA
Mats Ericson, SM4EPR
ZW5B op OH2MM
SO – Best AF
Vacant
–
SO – Best EU
Keijo Koskela, OH2OT
LY5W
SO – SSB: Best BY
Ville Lintervo, OH1JD
none
SO – SSB: Best JA
Kari Viitamäki, OH6FSG
JG1LFR
SO – SSB: Best Belgium & Netherlands
“Zaba” Hubach, OH1ZAA
PI4COM op PD9DX
SO – SSB: First over 500 Qs
Helge Svendsmark, LB5WB
LY5W
SO – SSB: Best HP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)
SIAM DX GROUP, E20AX
E21EIC
SO – SSB: Best LP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)
SIAM DX GROUP, E20AX
YE1BMZ
SO – CW: First over 500 Qs
Helge Svendsmark, LB5WB
UT5UGR
SO – CW: Best BY
Ville Lintervo, OH1JD
BA5CW
SO – CW: Best JA
Mika Hermas, OH2JA
JN4MMO
SO – CW: Best Belgium & Netherlands
“Zaba” Hubach, OH1ZAA
ON6NL
SO – CW: Best HP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)
Jukka Tarvainen, OH4MFA
E21EIC
SO – CW: Best LP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)
The Preliminary Scores from SAC CW and SSB 2023 are now ready.
UPDATE 2023-12-01: CW results updated. We corrected for a bad log that gave erroneous results for several Scandinavians.
Please check your Category, Score and LCR .Tell us if anything looks wrong or if you have questions. Send an email to: support@sactest.net. We will finalize the score in the beginning of December.
Click on your call in the listings, to see the log checking report (LCR). The log checking process is producing reports similar to what you get from CQ WW and CQ WPX.
We are happy to see that most of the plaques already are sponsored by several generous sponsors. But there are still have some vacant sponsorhip available. Please take a look in the list and consider if you want to be a sponsor. If you have an own idea of a new type of plaque, please let us know.
Contact support@sactest.net if you want to take part in the SAC Sponsored Plaque Program.
SAC features a sponsored plaque program to increase interest and participation in the contest. The plaque winners and sponsors are published on the SAC website and in the annual “SAC Results and Stories” PDF booklet.
Based on the unanimous decision by the Nordic Radio Amateur Union (NRAU) it is decided that the stations from Russia and Belarus are not eligible for participation in the 2023 Scandinavian Activity Contest (SAC).
We are introducing a new way of participating in the Explorer category where you are allowed to experiment with new ideas and technology that is not covered by the regular rules. We hope this will inspire innovations not seen before.
The OVERLAYS are now for all participants, regardless of whether you are in Scandinavia or not. We have also added CLASSIC as an overlay for those who want to participate without using assistance (Skimmer, DXCluster etc).
Henning OZ2I has decided to leave the SAC CC and the current committee consists of two members OH2BH and SM5AJV. We are hoping that new representatives from OZ and LA will join us soon.
After cancelling year 2022 SAC we now come back in 2023 with two fresh contest weekends and YOU are invited to participate. Right now we are preparing the new ideas that will come with the 2023 SAC tests and we look forward to announce the news on this page during the springtime.
