PACC (a Dutch radio contest) is very known in the Netherlands and also abroad.
Well this year I participated for the first time within the PACC.
In the past I have given away a point, but was never really active in contesting.

Despite a sore throat and because of that a very weak voice. I still have made 37 qso’s with a total of 481 points.

For a first time, not that bad!I also know that, with this score, i won’t reach the first place.

I made some rookie mistakes. And not all operators were going along nicely here. Many HAM’s were polite and gave me and chance to correct mijself. Or helped me, to see were I made a mistake. But some HAM’s were rude! “If you can’t contest, stay away from the radio!!”.

Anyway, every start is difficult. But the most important part is, that I enjoyed it!

Next year I hope nothing wrong with my voice, and that the number of QSOs will be higher.

I thought it was actually pretty fun to do. I think I’m going to do more.

See you by the next contest 

73,
Jeffrey (PH7GIS)

For my APRS project, I was looking for a TNC (Terminal Node Controller) which can activate my radio. When searching the internet, I did find this tnc in America. After a quick delivery (received on 07-02-2015) I start building my first real kit. Only the SMD chip was already soldert.

The first test were promising, the unit received audio, all the chips were getting a stable voltage. So the next step would be, connecting to a radio and send some beacons.
If this TNC is completed, I can go further with my car aprs setup.

So be continued…