Ham Radio QSO Parties

It appears we have new logging software for Mobile QSO Party operators made by a Mobile QSO Party operator.

From their web site…

Just wanted to give a shout out to the operators in the California QSO Party and say thanks for the contacts this weekend. 40, 20 and even 15 meter contacts from Virginia to California were a real treat. 15 meters was especially fortunate on my 43 foot vertical.

Hello all.

I have worked various Amateur Radio QSO Parties this year and have enjoyed them all. Thus far they were state QSO Parties.

There appears to be some confusion over which organization sponsors and governs the Ohio QSO Party.

A few weekends ago I finally managed to get a decent HF station set up. I decided to fire up the rig and see what was going on in the bands. It did not take long to hear several folks from Alabama calling CQ for their annual QSO Party.

The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC) published new details for the March 2009 Virginia QSO Party. Welcome rules changes include:

• new high power category (150 Watts or more)

I have asked the organizers of the Virginia QSO Party to consider adding Islands to Multiplier list to reward folks who activate more remote parts of Virginia furthering the VAQP goal of putting Virginia on the air.

The Antietam Radio Association, Inc. presents what the call their “Fun Contest” this weekend.

August 9th to August 10th, 2008 – 1600-0400 UTC
and August 10th – 1600-2359 UTC

http://www.w3cwc.org/funcontest.htm

Enjoy

The rules for a particular QSO Party reference a document describing the Cabrillo tags they use to describe the CATEGORY of the submitted log thus…

• Operator-category (SINGLE­OP / MULTI­SINGLE / MULTI­MULTI / SWL)

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