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.
June 15th, 2009 | Posted in Rules | No Comments
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)
October 20th, 2008 | Posted in Announcements, Rules | No Comments
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.
August 20th, 2008 | Posted in Scores | No Comments
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
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August 7th, 2008 | Posted in Announcements | No Comments
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)
July 26th, 2008 | Posted in Cabrillo | No Comments
If you are considering antenna options for your VHF mobile don’t be misled by mis-informed opinions about magnetic mount antennas. There are those who suggest magnetic mount antennas don’t provide an adequate coupling of the shield currents to the body of the vehicle. This article on COSjwt…
June 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Antenna, Mobile | No Comments
From their web site…
“If any of you have the time and effort you can put into continuing this MAQP Party next year and beyond, contact any of the current representatives, and maybe you can get a new group together that can carry this forward.
This is a preview of
Mid-Atlantic QSO Party organizers request help
.
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April 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
The Sterling Park ARC has posted scores of the Virginia QSO Party participants.
There are over three hundred and thirty (330) logs submitted making this QSO party one of the most popular I have ever seen.
April 18th, 2008 | Posted in Scores | No Comments
Sad news…
The Mid-Atlantic QSO Party will not occur this year and, perhaps, ever again. Their web site…
http://www.maqp.org/
…reports the news…
April 9th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments
A fellow by the name of Kyle, WA4PGM/M, is planning a long route around SE Virginia.
http://www.wa4pgm.us/VQP/VQP.htm
His route will involve operations from 74, yes seventy-four, counties and cities.
To quote
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in Mobile | 1 Comment