Third Annual Istra Contest Conference

Croatia, Poreč, 3rd - 6th October 2024
by Croatian Amateur Radio Association (HRS) & 9A1P

About

Our goals are quite simple:
Create definite contest conference in Europe that will promote radiosport, friendship, Youth involvment in hamradio, exchange experience and to have fun with our friends & competition from the air.

Contesting

About Propagations
Operating experience
Physical & mental aspects
YOTA & WWYC

Tech

Station building
Station automatization
New products
Setup improvment

What about FUN

QLF competition
HAM Pub Quitz
Pile-up competition
Raffle with rewards
Last HAM Standing

About Us

Conference is organised for the third time by efforts of 9A1P team & supporters that want to create unique event about contesting & related things in Europe due the lack of similar quality events of this kind in Europe.

  • Exchange experience

    Meet some of the most prominent people in hamradio contesting

  • Improve further

    Get the knowledge from the lecturers and other attending specialist

  • Get new friends and ideas

    Meet people. Collaborate, make plans, get the ideas - push for improvements

  • Enjoy beautiful Adriatic coast & fine meals

    Explore the area & experience smell & taste of Istria region

  • Guest view of the confernce

    Story by OE3EGH and OE3KAB about the conference on Spotify.
    Istra Contest Conference 2023 in German language.

Topics

List of announced topics

S53Matrigs

S53M Switching system explained by S52KA & S53ZO

YOUTH Annual feedback

Group of 9A Youth - yearly activity review & new ideas

New products from Montenegro

2024 Product Line 4O3A

Beyond the pile-up

From one of the top West EU contester - CT1BOH

microHAM

ARCO Rotator controller

D4C M/M with TK0C Team

Team C - S50C skiped TK0C and did D4C in WWCW 2023

8R7X DXpedition

Annouced in ICC2023 - Evaluated in ICC2024

CR3DX contest station

Design, build and operate

WWYC - 20 years after

Presentation about Worldwide Young Contesters

Physical & mental aspects in contesting

Preparation story from multiple known contesters

WRTC 2026 UK

Qualifications, announcments, news

Small town radioclub story

E7CW - Youth, LP Contesting, ARDF...

WWYC - 20 years after

Created in the end of 1999 - Worldwide Young Contesteres had first of the four meetings in nearby Pazin, in 2004. Story of now grown-ups about 20 year in hamradio.

Team Charlie on D4Charlie

Dynamic team of TK0C in CQWW CW 2023 from D4C
Another Cabo Verde story on ICC

CR3DX

Story how to design, build and operate top station on Madera island
Story by Brano, OM2KW

WRTC 2026

Learn all about upcoming WRTC 2026 that will be held in UK

Andy, LZ2HM

P33W

See you this year also, third time in a row!

Paolo, IK3QAR

QARtest

Per la terza volta - ci vediamo a Parenzo!

Philippe, LX7I

LX7I

Will be attending Istra Contest Conference 2024 !

Alex, YU0W

Satellite guy

See you in Poreč for third time. Did someone mentioned satellites ?

Csaba, HA3LN

We were young contesters

Attended last year - had a great time. See you again in October!

Lecturers

Some of the speakers on the conference

Jose, CT1BOH

Beyond the pile-up

Jozef, OM7ZZ

microHAM ARCO

Ranko, 4O3A

New products from Montenegro

Sven, DJ4MX

8R7X dxped - evaluation

Participants

Confirmed participation soo far...

4O2A
4O3A
4O4A
4O4B
4X6TT
9A1TT
9A1UN
9A2KD
9A2MF
9A2NA
9A2R
9A3A
9A3BCU
9A3BVE
9A3CFF
9A3CFH
9A3LED
9A3MA
9A3MR
9A3SMS
9A3ST
9A3XV
9A4M
9A4WY
9A5AFF
9A5AFQ
9A5CW
9A5DX
9A5N
9A5X
9A6D
9A6KX

9A7DX
9A7EU
9A7MMM
9A7PP
9A7R
9A7YL
CT1BOH
DJ2MX
DJ4MX
DL1MGB
DO2WW
DP9A
E70A
E70AW
E70T
E70X
E73RO
E73YL
E74A
E74O
E75M
E76C
E77A
E77DX
E77EA
E79AA
E79DJ
E79MD
F4IEY
F4WEJ
F5DJL
F5SNJ

FM5CD
G3NKC
GW4XUM
HA3LN
I2VXJ
IK2EGL
IK2PFL
IK3QAR
IK3STG
IK4VET
IV3CTS
IV3OWC
K2XYL
K6AAM
LX7I
LZ2HM
LZ5VK
M0DXR
N3UA
OE3FTA
OE3YLR
OE6VIE
OE6ZLA
OM2KW
OM3RM
OM7ZZ
PB2T
RW7K
S50B
S50GA
S50R
S50ZK

S52BT
S52KA
S53GO
S53ZO
S55G
S55G
S55M
S55OO
S56A
S56NE
S57AL
S57AW
S57Q
S57UN
S57WJ
S59A
SA7DXR
SM5CKV
YT1CI
YT2AAA
YT2SS
YT3D
YT3H
YT3PL
YT5BOS
YT9A
YU0W
YU1EW
YU3LAX
YU3TA
YU5EEA
ZL3WW

Schedule

Schedule may be subject of smaller changes

DAY 1 - Thursday, 3rd October
Start End Activity/Lecture
12:00 18:00 Check-in Check in at hotel reception / ICC reception desk
18:15 19:00 Opening words & welcome drink Conference hall
19:00 21:00 Dinner Hotel restaurant
21:00 00:00 Unformal meetings @ social moments Lobby bar
DAY 2 - Friday, 4th October
Start End Activity/Lecture
06:30 09:30 Breakfast Hotel restaurant
10:00 10:40 8R7X Dxpedition Story
by DJ4MX
Conference hall
11:30 12:00 Welcome drink Pool Bar
12:30 15:05 Free time Siteseeing, swimming, lunch, cocktails...
15:05 15:35 WRTC 2026 - Cheerio England !
by WRTC commitee member
Conference hall
15:40 16:25 microHAM ARCO - Epur si mouve !
by OM7ZZ
Conference hall
16:30 17:30 Physical & mental aspects in contesting
by group of contesters feat dr.med YT3D & dr.med I2VXJ
Conference hall
17:40 18:15 Pile-up competition & QLF competition
#FUN vol 1
Conference hall
18:15 19:00 HAM Pub Quiz
#FUN vol 2
Conference hall
19:00 21:00 Dinner Hotel restaurant
21:00 00:00 Pool Bar Community Building Pool bar
DAY 3 - Saturday, 5th October
Start End Activity/Lecture
06:30 09:30 Breakfast Hotel restaurant
09:35 10:25 S53Matrigs - S53M switching system
by S53ZO & S52KA
Conference hall
10:30 10:55 E7CW - small town radioclub youth story
by E79AA
Conference hall
11:00 11:40 CR3DX - design, build and operate
by OM2KW
Siteseeing, swimming, lunch, cocktails...
11:45 12:30 Team C Inc. @ CQWW CW MM D4C Experience
by team member
Conference hall
12:30 14:45 Free time Siteseeing, swimming, lunch, cocktails...
14:50 15:25 WWYC - 20 years after 1st meeting in Istra
by We were young contesters
Conference hall
15:35 16:10 9A Youth annual report - value added by S5 Youth
by youth
Conference hall
16:10 16:30 Welcome drink vol 2. Pool bar
16:30 16:45 Group photo
drone by S57AW @ camera by YT5BOS
Poolbar stairs & Hotel entrance
16:45 17:20 4O3A - New products from Montenegro
by 4O3A
Conference hall
17:25 18:05 Beyond the pile-up
by CT1BOH
Conference hall
18:10 18:45 Raffle with awards Conference hall
18:45 19:15 Diplomas for achievments & final ceremony Conference hall
19:15 21:00 Dinner Hotel restaurant
21:00 --:-- Until last HAM standing
No cheating here! :)
Pool bar
DAY 4 - Sunday, 6th October
Start End Activity/Lecture
06:30 10:00 Breakfast
Reccomendation: a lot of fruits and liquids
Hotel restaurant
10:00 10:45 Closing words
no tears please, CU October 2025!
Conference hall
All times in CET (UTC +2)

Frequently Asked Questions

Check here for details

Nearest airports

Pula Airport, PUY, Croatia, 60km from the site
Rijeka Airport, RJK, Croatia, 150km from the site
Zagreb Airport, LDZA, ZAG, Croatia, 270km from the site
Ljubljana Airport Brnik, LJU, Slovenia, 180 km from the site
Trieste Airport Ronchi dei Legionari, TRS, Italy, 120 km from the site
Venezia Airport Marco Polo, VCE, Italy, 230 km from the site
Treviso Airport, TSF, Italy, 230 km from the site

Currency in Croatia

Official currency in Croatia since 1st of January 2023. is EURO - €.
Old Hrvatska kuna (HRK) bills and coins are not usable any more, since 15th of January 2023.

Visas

Croatia is a Member State of the European Union and part of the so-called Schengen Area.
However, EU citizens can enter Croatia without any issues if they have a valid passport or identification card.
The same goes for some other countries in the region, which still aren’t Union members, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia or Montenegro. Passengers from other countries must have a valid passport, and some might need a visa.
Being favourite tourist destination, Croatian Visa regulations are very liberal - visa is not needed for citizens of USA, Canada and great number of other countries.
On this link - Croatian Gouverment - Ministry of Foreign Affairs you can check Visa requirements for your country.
Visa Requrements Overview

Arrival info - more info

Coordinates of the parking lot:
latitude: 45° 14' 54.2" N (45.248379N)
longitude: 13° 35’ 42.1" E (13.595038E)

How to travel by train:
If you have chosen to arrive in Poreč by train, on here you can find the closest railway station.

Pazin, 33 km from Poreč
+ 385 52 624 310
Pula, 52 km from Poreč
+ 385 52 541 733
Rijeka, 100 km from Poreč
+ 385 51 211 111
Koper - Capodistria, Slovenia, 55 km from Poreč
+ 386 66 31 221
Trieste, Italy, 78 km from Poreč
Trieste Centrale, Piazza della Libertà, 11, 34132 Trieste TS, Italy

9A1P info

9A1P is well renowned contest group from Croatia, region of Istria.
Our members:
Davor 9A1UN, Stevo (SK) 9A2CW, Mladen 9A2NA, Mario 9A2RD, Sanjin 9A3K, Patrik 9A5CW,
Hrle 9A6XX, Mirko 9A6KX, Marko 9A8MM, Adi 9A8WW/S55M
Local supporters & guest operators:
Livio 9A7Y, Kiko 9A4WY, Etore 9A9KW, Željko 9A1ZZ, Dominik 9A7MMM, Aleksandar 9A8XX, Teodor 9A9RV, Dean 9A5AFF

GDPR

Istra Contest Conference is open to public visits - you just need to got to contest meeting desk and get accreditation!
By booking a stay or taking part of the conference as visitor you comply that you might be photographed, and that
your callsign will be listed on Participants list in all publications prior and after the event.
Afterall - we are all only HAMs who want to promote hamradio !

Last HAM Standing Reward

If you want to know about it - You need to visit us. 2022 title went unanimously to 9A5CW, and last HAM standing in 2023 were E77DX, 9A6KX and S57Q - still it isn't clear who won the title :)

Pricing

For all details and booking use contact form

Free announced visit

0 / day

  • Lectures
  • Hotel stay
  • Half pension
  • Welcome drink
  • Merch & Raffle rewards

Single Use

87 / day

  • Lectures
  • Hotel stay - room single use
  • Half pension
  • Welcome drink
  • Merch & Raffle rewards
YOUTH

Special arragments

/ day

  • Lectures
  • Hotel stay - room single use
  • Half pension
  • Welcome drink
  • Merch & Raffle rewards

Contact Us

For booking write us an e-mail with your details, and dates you want to stay on conference.
Payment is done on IBAN: HR6323800061110008442, SWIFT code: ISKBHR2X , Recipeint: Radio klub Porec
Price is 66€ per person per night in double room with halfboard or 87€ for single room per night with halfboard.
In case of any questions feel free to contact us

Address

Materada 35, Poreč 52440, Croatia, Hotel Materada

Call Us

+385 99 22 11 559

Email Us

icc2024@9a1p.com

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