On 10 August 2020, we received mail from Ed, W2CVW:
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On 3 August 2020, Roger, N1NN, emailed:
... thank you for another great looking VAQP certificate!
73, Roger N1NN
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On 1 August 2020, Bert, N4CW, emailed:
... , first, thanks for sending me the certificate; I didn't know if I had accomplished enough to earn it! It wasn't a good day, mobiling-wise. I normally do my mobile activities with my son-in-law, W4TMO (also PVRC), but with Covid-19 limitations, it just wasn't going to happen. I would have done much better with him driving and helping with the problems I encountered. Well, in the spirit on ham radio, I made do with what I had!
I hope I can try this again next year. Thanks for your support and pass along my thanks to the club for sponsoring the event and the award.
73, Bert, N4CW
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On 13 May 2020, Dave, K3SR, emailed:
Gordon,
Hope all is going well in finishing VAQP stuff for this year. I�ve been playing with my log files and various software merging/sorting packages and wanted to pass on a few personal tidbits I�ve discovered concerning my VAQP operations.
I�ve participated in 9 VAQPs, the first was 2005.
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2009
- 2010 (used W4VA call)
- 2012
- 2017
- 2019
- 2020
- combined total of 9248 QSOs - 526 FM &
8722 SSB
- QSOs on 11 bands, including 1296MHz
- all 50 states.
- all Canada except Yukon Territory
- 88 DX Countries
- all 38 Virginia Independent Cities
- 93 of the 95 Virginia Counties (lacking BRU
& PGE)
It�s unfortunate that the Manassas Hamfest has been cancelled. Is SPARC considering any type of on-line VAQP briefing or will none be done this year?
de K3SK
Dave Buckwalter
Cumberland County
Farmville VA
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Two QSL Cards we received.