Fifth Annual Istra Contest Conference
Croatia, Poreč, 1st - 4th October 2026
by 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
Contest stations
Announcments
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 fifth 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.
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Exchange experience
Meet some of the most prominent people in hamradio contesting
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Improve further
Get the knowledge from the lecturers and other attending specialist
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Get new friends and ideas
Meet people. Collaborate, make plans, get the ideas - push for improvements
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Enjoy beautiful Adriatic coast & fine mealsExplore the area & experience smell & taste of Istria region
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Guest view of the confernceStory by OE3EGH and OE3KAB about the conference on Spotify.
Istra Contest Conference 2023 in German language.
Topics
List of announced topics
LX7I
My recent contest efforts
by DK6XZ
Gallery
Some photos from last events
Photos from 2024 available here: https://icc2024.9a1p.com/gallery
- All
- 2022
- 2023
Participants
Confirmed participation soo far...
4O3A
9A1UN
9A3MR
9A4M
9A6KX
CO8DM
DK6XZ
DL1MGB
DO2WW
E76Y
E77DX
GW4XUM
HB9CAT
KN2P
M5RIC
OE3FTA
OM2KW
OM8AW
RC5A
S52KA
S53ZO
S57WJ
SO9I
W9GZU
YO3IMD
YO4RIU
YO8TTT
YT1CI
YT1RW
YT3X
YT9A
YU0W
Schedule
Final lineup
| DAY 1 - Thursday, 1st October | |||
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| Start | End | Activity/Lecture | |
| 14:00 | 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, 2nd October | |||
| Start | End | Activity/Lecture | |
| 06:30 | 09:30 | Breakfast | Hotel restaurant |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Drone footage of antenna diagrams by S53ZO |
Conference hall |
| 11:00 | 11:45 | Contesting from Cuba by CO8DM |
Conference hall |
| 11:45 | 12:30 | Coffee break | Pool Bar |
| 12:30 | 13:15 | LDMOS wideband amplifiers - compromises in design by 4O3A |
Conference hall |
| 13:40 | 14:20 | RX antenna system by OM8AW |
Conference hall |
| 15:10 | 15:50 | E7Y by E76Y |
Conference hall |
| 16:00 | 16:45 | WRTC 2026 by E77DX |
Conference hall |
| 18:00 | 19:00 | SO2R vs 2BISQ discussion moderated by 9A4M |
Conference hall |
| 19:00 | 21:00 | Dinner | Hotel restaurant |
| 21:00 | 00:00 | Pool Bar Community Building | Pool bar |
| DAY 3 - Saturday, 3rd October | |||
| Start | End | Activity/Lecture | |
| 06:30 | 09:30 | Breakfast | Hotel restaurant |
| 09:30 | 10:15 | Station Genius by S52KA |
Conference hall |
| 10:30 | 11:15 | Entering 2BISQ from 9A by YO8TTT |
Conference hall |
| 11:30 | 12:15 | How to cheat and not to get caught by 9A6KX |
Conference hall |
| 12:30 | 13:20 | My recent contest effrots from LX7I by DK6XZ |
Conference hall |
| 14:00 | 14:45 | Design, build and operate CR3DX by OM2KW |
Conference hall |
| 15:50 | 16:30 | Drinks again | Pool bar |
| 16:30 | 16:45 | Group photo drone by S57AW @ camera by YT5BOS |
Poolbar stairs & Hotel entrance |
| 18:10 | 18:45 | Diplomas for achievments & raffle with awards | Conference hall |
| 18:45 | 19:15 | 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, 4th October | |||
| Start | End | Activity/Lecture | |
| 06:30 | 10:00 | Breakfast Reccomendation: a lot of fruits and liquids |
Hotel restaurant |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Checkout no tears please, CU October 2027! |
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
Past events websites
Tourist info about Croatia
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 :)
Winner of 2024 was without a doubt - S50A !
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
€94 / day
- Lectures
- Hotel stay - room single use
- Half pension
- Welcome drink
- Merch & Raffle rewards
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 77€ per person per night in double room with halfboard or 94€ 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 99 221 1559
Email Us
info@istracontestconference.com