SAC Rules

On April 16  2021 SAC-CC announced:
As a result of the technical developments as well as the more and more advanced operator skills, SAC CC wants to introduce innovations in the rules. There is also a reason for changes due to the many contests that are taking place and to retain a reasonably number of participants in SAC.

We then invited all participants to take part in a survey that could give us some hints in wich direction you wanted us to go. We got response from more than 250 participants and after review of all input we now we have four main points.

  1. Mixed Mode contest with SSB and CW in the same single weekend.
    SO categories SSB/CW/Mixed. MO categories Mixed.
  2. All stations may contact All stations
  3. Adding 160 meter band
  4. Defining more Overlays
Here are the four questions and how the participants voted

The question about OVERLAY was answered with many different suggestions and since it is technically a question of the way we present the results, we have postponed it until we have found out the categories and which bands we should use.


The next phase will begin after the SAC-CC members meeting later this year.
Keep an eye on this website for upcoming information.

SAC 2021 Final Results

The final results are now ready and we congratulate all the winners. In total we received 2319 logs when we sum 1411 CW logs and 908 SSB logs. It’s somewhat less than in 2020 but the third best number of logs ever. A big THANK YOU to all participants from all over the world.

The sponsored plaque winners are now announced.
Please check below!

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.

SAC Contest Committee
Henning OZ2I, Morten LB8DC, Martti OH2BH, Ingo SM5AJV

SAC Plaque Winners 2021 – SCANDINAVIA

CW

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – OH0T (op. OH2GEK)
SINGLE-OP LOW ALL – SM5IMO (op. SM5IMO)
SINGLE-OP QRP ALL – OH0V (op. OH6LI) New Record
SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL TB-WIRES – LA8OM (op. LA8OM)
SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL ROOKIE – SA6NIA (op. SA6NIA)
SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL WIRE-ONLY – LC5T (op. LB5WB)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – SJ2W (op. SA2CLC SM2LIY SM2WMV)
MULTI-MULTI HIGH ALL – OF1F (op. OH1TM OH1NOA OH1RX OH1HS)

SSB

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – OH0V (op. OH6LI)
SINGLE-OP LOW ALL – OG4W (op. OH4KZM)
SINGLE-OP QRP ALL TB-WIRES – 8S3DX (op. SM3LDP)
SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL TB-WIRES – OH6DX (op. OH6DX) New Record
SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL ROOKIE – SA6NIA (op. SA6NIA) New Record
SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL WIRE-ONLY – OV9M (op. DF9TM)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – OF1F (op. OH1NOA OH1TM)
MULTI-MULTI HIGH ALL – LN8W (op. LA5KO LB1G LB1HI LB1RH LB1TI LB3RE LB7PI)

SAC Plaque Winners 2021 – AFRICA

CW

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – EA8/OG60BBM (op. EA8/OG60BBM)

SSB

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – EA8/OG60BBM (op. EA8/OG60BBM)

SAC Plaque Winners 2021 – ASIA

CW

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – RG9A (op. RG9A)
SINGLE-OP HIGH LOW-BAND – UA9W (op. UA9W) New Record
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – RZ9L (op. R8LA R8LAM RO9L)

SSB

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – 5B4WN (op. 5B4WN)
SINGLE-OP HIGH LOW-BAND – RA9MX (op. RA9MX)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – YM1KE (op. TA1BX-TA1KEH)

SAC Plaque Winners 2021 – EUROPE

CW

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – LZ5R (op. LZ3ND)
SINGLE-OP HIGH LOW-BAND – SN5X (op. SP5GRM)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – HG7T (op. HA7TM HG5DX)

SSB

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – LZ6E (op. LZ1GU)
SINGLE-OP HIGH LOW-BAND – S51CK (op. S51CK)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – IQ0HV (op. I0KNQ IK0RPV IW0DJC)

SAC Plaque Winners 2021 – NORTH AMERICA

CW

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – VA2WA (op. VA2WA)
SINGLE-OP HIGH LOW-BAND – K1LZ (op. K1LZ)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – WB9Z (op. NV9L WB9Z)

SSB

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – N9NC (op. N9NC)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – NV9L (op. NV9L WB9Z)

SAC Plaque Winners 2021 – OCEANIA

CW

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – ZL2AGY (op. ZL2AGY)
SINGLE-OP HIGH LOW-BAND – ZL3P (op. ZL3PAH)

SSB

SINGLE-OP LOW ALL – 4I1EBD (op. 4I1EBD)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – DV1IIW (op. DV1IIW 4G1LDC) New Record

SAC Plaque Winners 2021 – SOUTH AMERICA

CW

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – PY5AMF (op. PY5AMF)

SSB

SINGLE-OP HIGH ALL – PY5QW (op. PY5QW)
MULTI-ONE HIGH ALL – CE2LS (op. CE2RTF CE2SQE)

SPONSORED PLAQUES

PLAQUEWINNER
For non-Scandinavian single operators (CW + SSB combined, unless otherwise mentioned)
Worked most LA (Sponsor: Morten Kvernmoen, LB8DC)LZ6E
Worked most OH (Sponsor: Jukka Kulha OH2MA)LY5W
Worked most OZ (Sponsor: Thomas Andersen, OZ1AA)LZ6E
Worked most SM (Sponsor: Tore Andersson SM0T)LZ6E
Worked most TF (Sponsor: Thorvaldur Stefansson, TF4M)HA3DX
Best combined score (Sponsor Jari Perkiömäki OH6BG)LY5W
Best YL/XYL (Sponsor: Veijo Kontas, OH6KN)LY5XX
Best NA (Sponsor: Hans Johansson, SM0IMJ)VA2WA
Best Baltic (Sponsor: Jyrki Nieminen, OH6CS)LY5W
Best Italy (Sponsor: Helga Ferrante Picelli IN3FHE)I2WIJ
Best European Russia (Sponsor: Anton Teterin)RL4A
Most multipliers (Sponsor: Arto Liimatta OH2KW)YL7X
CW Best Germany + Poland (Sonsor: Uwe Dowidat DL8UD)SP1NY
CW: Best Bulgaria + Hungary (Sponsor: Zaba Hubach, OH1ZAA)LZ5R
CW: Best BY (Sponsor: Mats Ericson, SM4EPR)BG4NMT
CW: Best JA (Sponsor: Jari Perkiömäki OH6BG)JH4UYB
CW: Best accuracy (at least 200 QSOs) (Sponsor: Henning Andresen, OZ2I)EW1P
CW: First over 1000 QSOs (Sponsor: Jörg Pamp, DF6JC)NONE
CW: SOAB HP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU) : (Sponsor SIAM DX GROUP E2A)E21EIC
CW: SOAB LP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU) : (Sponsor SIAM DX GROUP E2A)YB4HQ
SSB: Best BY (Sponsor: Ville Lintervo OH1JD)BG5TOX
SSB: Best JA (Sponsor: Kari Viitamäki, OH6FSG)JR3AAZ
SSB: First over 1000 QSOs (Sponsor: Jörg Pamp, DF6JC)NONE
SSB: SOAB HP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU) : (Sponsor SIAM DX GROUP E2A)E25KAE
SSB: SOAB LP ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU) : (Sponsor SIAM DX GROUP E2A)4I1EBD
SSB Best Germany + Poland (Sonsor: Uwe Dowidat DL8UD)DG9SEH
For non-Scandinavian multi operators
Best combined score Multi High All (Sponsor: Polenta & Cannoli Group, IK2WAD&co)RK4HYT
For Scandinavian single operators
CW + SSB: Best SOAB HP NON-assisted Scandinavia (Sponsor: Ville Lintervo OH1JD)LA8OM
CW + SSB: Best YL/XYL (Sponsor: Ulf Melin, SB3W)SI9YL
CW + SSB: Best OX/OY/OZ (Sponsor: David Siddall K3ZJ)OZ3SM
CW: Best young operator (under 25) (Sponsor: Kim Östman, OH6KZP)OH5CZ
CW: Best accuracy (at least 300 QSOs) (Sponsor: Henning Andresen, OZ2I)SM5CIL
CW: Best SOAB HP Sweden (Sponsor: Mikael Larsmark, SJ2W)SE5E
CW: Best Low Power Single Wire (Sponsor: Kenneth Lykke Poulsen, OZ1BIZ)LB6GG
SSB: Best young operator (under 25) (Sponsor: René Matthes, DL2JRM)OH3BKL
SSB: Best SOAB HP Sweden (Sponsor: Mikael Larsmark, SJ2W)SE5E

SAC SSB 2021 Preliminary Results

The SAC SSB 2021 preliminary scores are now ready. We received 908 logs and that is somewhat less than last year. Thanks to all participants!

The CW scores has been updated with new results for the Multi Single participants after a re-run with correct check of band-changes for the multiplier station.

Please check your Category, Score and LCR and tell us if anything looks wrong or if you have questions. Send an email to: support@sactest.net.

Click on your call in the listings, to see the log checking report (LCR). The log checking process has been improved and is now producing reports similar to what you get from CQ WW and CQ WPX.

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SAC Contest Committee
OZ2I, OH2BH, LB8DC, SM5AJV

SAC 2021 CW preliminary results

The SAC CW 2021 preliminary scores are now ready. We received 1412 logs very close to last years record of 1442 logs. Thanks to all participants!

Please check your Category, Score and LCR and tell us if anything looks wrong or if you have questions. Send an email to: support@sactest.net.

Click on your call in the listings, to see the log checking report. The log checking process has been improved and is now producing reports similar to what you get from CQ WW and CQ WPX.

  • ScandinaviaCW
  • AfricaCW
  • AsiaCW
  • EuropeCW
  • North AmericaCW
  • South AmericaCW
  • OceaniaCW

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SAC Contest Committee
OZ2I, OH2BH, LB8DC, SM5AJV

While waiting for results

The SAC Contests are over for this year and your log is being reviewed for errors and omissions. We hope that this work in the Contest Committee will be ready for publication sometime in December 2021.
While you wait for your result, we would very much like to encourage you to write a short post about your experience of this year’s SAC test. It will also be really good to receive some pictures that are related to you and your work as a radio amateur – preferably in connection with SAC. The material will be used in SAC Booklet 2021.

Send your contribution to oz2i@edr.dk
Best 73 frm SAC CC

SAC Phone is next in line

The SSB part of Scandinavian Activity Contest will take place
9. October 12 UTC – 10. October 12 UTC

Each part of this “Polar Battle” gathers 1000+ contesters from all around the world. SAC offers non-Scandinavians a unique opportunity to work the propagationally challenged Arctic nations and practice your skills.
From the CW part in September this year we have received almost 1400 logs and out of the received logs we can see that more than 1500 have participated. This is nearly the same numbers as in CW 2020.

SAC CW is over!

Thanks to all who entered the ionospheric waves and participated in another SAC “Polar Battle”. Propagation was challenging on higher bands, but many could squeeze in a handful QSO’s on both 15 and 10 meters. Well done!

Please remember that the log deadline is now on Friday 23.59 UTC.
Submit your log to the Robot: https://www.sactest.net/robot/

If any problems please email us: support@sactest.net

SAC SSB is 9-10 October! We are looking forward to hear your voices!

SAC CW is coming

The CW part of Scandinavian Activity Contest will take place
18. September 12 UTC – 19. September 12 UTC

Each part of this “Polar Battle” gathers 1000+ contesters from all around the world. SAC offers non-Scandinavians a unique opportunity to work the propagationally challenged Arctic nations and practice your skills.


Things to check out

Take a look on our Sponsored plaques program HERE – geographical, special skills, etc. – You may earn one this year!

We have a tradition of making Results booklets from each SAC telling what happened the last years with lot of nice stories and pictures. Take a look HERE

Ham radio and contesting is very much about Propagation. Learn about propagation to Scandinavia HERE

Announce your activity and challenge your friends HERE

Don’t forget to read the rules HERE


Best 73 from
SM5AJV, OH2BH, OZ2I, LB8DC
the SAC Contest Committee