2005 Virginia QSO Party NEWS
Ray, KD4RSL, took some excellent pictures of the activities at the Awards presentation as well as other activities at the Manassas Hamfest. Larger images (~2MB images) are available via an email.The 2005 Virginia QSO Party Awards Ceremony was held. Excellent event. The presentation included some information on the activities required to put on the party, an analysis of the logs submitted and the QSOs, and discussion of the high scores, etc. The presentation is in MS Powerpoint and in a zipped Powerpoint format.
All time high scores published to the web site.
The 2005 Virginia QSO Party Awards Ceremony will be held at 10:00 AM at the Ole Virginia Hams Amateur Radio Club's Manassas Hamfest on Sunday, 5 June 2004. Their web site is at http://www.w4ovh.net/ (follow the links on the web page to the Hamfest information).
The preliminary assignment of Plaque Recipients has been made. This is subject to chanage as the logs are continued to be reviewed.
The 2005_VQP_Certificate.pdf has been updated and is available for viewing. The State Floral Emblem, the Dogwood, and the State Bird, the
Cardinal, are featured on the certificate this year.
Updated on 28 May 05: Changes from original version are highlighted in red. We now have 170 logs included two additional today. The metadata from the logs received has been posted. Virginia QSO Party participants are encouraged to review the data concerning their logs. My fat fingers could easily have mis-entered a few numbers. Email any recommended changes to [email protected].
Contest Logs Received web page added. This will be updated as new logs are received.
Contest Logging programs designed for the Virginia QSO Party always help.
- Andy Arnold WV8AA, writes: Greetings to my favorite contesters(grin)!! I have upgraded my VA QSO Party Logger to remove the 15-minute rule from 2004 and to add support for the Mobile Multiplier (when you work 10 stations from a single county). The new software is available at my web site, http://www.lastnamesoftware.net. Changes are described on the web site and on Help|Change History on the main menu; everything else should be the same as last year. As usual, I the files are full of my test data. So be sure to go to Contest|New Contest and clear the files before you start the party. Let me know what if you have questions or problems. The best ways to give me feedback are... [email protected], [email protected], Thanks and 73, --Andy, WV8AA .
- Ron, K5DJ, writes: WriteLog is updated for the VAQP (RTTY accepted, mobiles: 10+ qsos from a cty). The update will be available on the WriteLog web site at http://www.writelog.com/ or go to http://www.writelog.com/Downloads/WL1053EUPG.ZIP. Emailing address is [email protected]. 73, de Ron K5DJ.
- N1MM Logger supports the VQP and can be found at http://www.n1mm.com. An email from N1MM stated they could not implement our new mobile scoring rule (work 10 or more different stations from a county, and you may claim it as a multiiplier, even if not actually worked). The "15 minute rule" was dropped and digital mode QSOs are allowed.
- Scott & Kimberly, N3FJP & KA3SEQ, have a version of their Amateur Contact Log that supports the Va QSO Party. The web site is at http://www.n3fjp.com/.
The Virginia QSO Party Summary Sheets have been updated for 2005 (MSWord format and PDF format). The changes include:
- Adding blocks for identifying key operating parameters such a power, QRP, etc.
- Adding space for counting additional multiplier earned if making more than 10 contacts from a county/independent if not otherwise counted as a multiplier.
The Sterling Park ARC appreciates the contributions of the 2005 Virginia QSOParty Plaque Sponsors.
The list of 95 counties and 39 independent cities is unchanged from last year.
The final 2005 Virginia QSO Party Rules are available. Changes from 2004 have been indicated in red font for additions and in red strikeout font for deletions. The principle changes are:
- The 15 minute rule has been deleted.
- For mobiles only, a rule has been added which gives a multiplier, if not otherwise earned, to mobile stations that contact make a minimum of 10 QSO's from a county or independent city.
- Digital modes have been added in addition to phone and CW.