Summary
The Virginia
QSO Party is held during the 3rd full weekend in March.

The 2023 Virginia QSO Party
will be held during the weekend of 18-19 March 2023.
Saturday, 18 March, 1400 UTC - Sunday, 19 March, 0400 UTC
and
Sunday, 19 March, 1200 UTC - 2400 UTC.
Post-Party Tidbits. Interesting comments and
stories.
Log submittal: Here are you options to
submit your log. The list of logs submitted is
updated once a day. It may take day or two for your log to
show up on this list.
FAQ: Answers to a few questions
not answered elsewhere. Updated 7 March 2023.
Operating
Aids:
* John, KX4O, provides a
dxcluster devoted to VQP contacts. http://www.qsoparty.com
* Andy, K1RA, provides
a mobile tracker. Information:
https://k1ra.us/2023/02/25/new-vaqp-aprs-tracker-for-2023/ Map with
Tracking: https://k1ra.us/vaqp-aprs/
* Mike, N4CF, provides a 2021
Virginia QSO Party Call History File for N1MM
Logger+ http://n4cf.mdodd.com/vaqp-ch.html
Announced
Operations: This is a
list of announced
operations in Virginia. We
hope to get coverage of all the
counties and independent cities
identified early. If you are
planning on operating a station in
Virginia, please send an email to
[email protected] A list of
"Most Wanted" counties and independent
cities for fixed station operation is
in the VQP Briefing.
Plaques:
We will have 29 plaques
this year. New plaque is Virginia Single Operator
Single Receiver (SO1R). (Updated 12 March 2023 18
February 2023 14 February 13 January 2023,
Posted 21 December 2022)
Notice that we have a new station
category, ROVER. This has resulted in renaming a few
plaques. These are highlighted in pick in the
listing of plaques. See below in VQP Rules for an
explanation of the Rover category.
VQP Pre-Party Briefing:
The pre-party
briefing (Updated 12 March 2023 18
January 2023 16 January 2023 12 December 2022)
contains the rules and well as information from
the 2022 and prior Parties. It is in .PDF
format.
Volunteers-on-the-Air (VOTA). The
ARRL VOTA call sign, W1AW/4, is reserved for use
in Virginia during the Virginia QSO Party.
See vota_page.html for
more information.
VQP
Contest Rules. The revised rules
are posted. Updated on 15 Dec
22. They are available in three
formats (PDF,
HTML,
and DOC).
The
definition of stations and scoring
changed for 2023.
Comments may
be mailed to [email protected]
An overview
of the Mobile. Rover, and Expedition
categories
Contest
Logging Programs. Logging
programs designed for the Virginia QSO Party
always help. We accept any logs, but logs
submitted electronically and compliant with
any cabrillo format are preferred. The
following logging programs have been used in
the past and they have been modified to
support the Virginia QSO Party. We
re-score all logs submitted, so it is
important to ensure your log contains all
the required information.
* N1MM+ Logger http://www.n1mm.com.
* Scott & Kimberly,
N3FJP & KA3SEQ Amateur Contact Log
http://www.n3fjp.com/.
* WriteLog http://www.writelog.com/.
* WA7BNM
Web2Cabrillo http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/
A manual entry cabrillo file
generator. Easy to use for those with
QSOs not already in a cabrillo file.
Go to the web site. Select Virginia
QSO Party. Fill in the forms. In
the last step, the
program e-mails a Cabrillo file to [email protected],
with a copy to the submitter's e-mail
address.
Paper
Log Summary Sheets: (.pdf or .doc) The
summary sheet was updated to include the
"rover" category. Updated on 12 March to
add "SO1R: Yes or No" question. Used
to record header information when
submitting paper logs. This form is not
required for cabrillo formatted electronic
logs.
Virginia
Counties and Independent Cities: 95 counties and
38 independent cities (html format
or MS Document
or PDF format).
Worked All
Virginia Award: The "Worked All Virginia"
award is offered by the Rappahannock
Valley Amateur Radio Club.
Presentation Offer and
Schedule: SPARC will give a presentation on
the Virginia QSO Party to any group in Virginia.
Planning Calendar:
The calendar is available for review.
Comments, questions, and
recommendations should be emailed to
[email protected]

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