Activate Rare Counties & Cities for VQP Want to work a pileup? You may already be in the right place! The 28 counties & cities shaded in light green in the table below had no logs submitted by fixed-site Virginia stations for 5 years. The QTHs shaded in light blue had less than 5 fixed-site logs in the last 2 years! Surprisingly, even cities like Manassas Park, Richmond, Petersburg and others have not submitted logs in years. If you live in or near these locations, your callsign will be in demand and help you chase the many plaque award categories for Virginia operators. Join your fellow Virginia hams in one of America’s largest State QSO parties! Be sure to take advantage of the contest aids listed below. VA QSO Party Dates: Saturday, 16 Mar, 1400 UTC – Sunday, 17 Mar, 0400 UTC (Saturday, 10 AM – 12 Midnight local) Sunday, 17 Mar, 1200 UTC – 2400 UTC (Sunday, 8 AM – 8 PM local) VQP Contest Rules: Available in three formats: (PDF, HTML, and DOC). List of Virginia Counties and Independent Cities: 95 counties and 38 independent cities (HTML or DOC or PDF). VQP Spotting Network: http://www.qsoparty.com/ VQP Mobile Tracker: https://k1ra.us/vaqp-aprs/ VQP Award Categories: PDF
Thanks for posting that, Evan. And thanks to SPARC for a fantastic QSO Party! I plan to activate many of those counties and cities. Hoping Gordon puts up an "announced activations" link; that's very helpful for expedition / rover / mobile stations in particular. I will also post my routes on QRZ page to assist those looking for these counties/cities. Planning for VAQP is almost as much fun as doing it. Vy 73, David K2WPM
Hi, David-- Thanks for your interest in VQP! Yes, Gordon has put up an "Announced Activations" page at: https://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2024_VQP/2024_VQP_Announced_Operations.html We hope to get coverage of all the counties and independent cities identified early. So, if is anyone is planning on operating a station in Virginia, please send an email to vqp@verizon.net. 73, Evan KM4SK
If anyone needs Crook County Oregon message me. There are very few HF active hams here. I will be happy to confirm BUT I only QSL via a card--not electronically.
