Virginia QSO Party March 21st 10 am to 22nd 8 pm

[David Tanks]

   The VA QSO Party will begin Saturday March 21st at 10 am.

  It will run until midnight Saturday, then start again Sunday

  at 8 am and continue to 8 pm.

  Modes include CW, Phone, and limited digital activity on RTTY

  and PSK31; NO FT8/4, as they don't support the needed

  exchange info. Low Power is 150 watts or less (hint: run an amplifier

  at 150 watts or less to give you more oommph); QRP is 5 watts or

  less, as usual.

  ASSISTANCE IS ALLOWED! It is not spelled out in the rules, but

  is in the pre-party briefing, which I have attached to this email.

  There are Bonus Stations; see the briefing, pages 17-18 and 30,

  for details. I have also attached the official rules, in case they 

  are not totally spelled out in the briefing.

  As before, please use "SVWCC" (Shenandoah Valley Wireless

  Contest Club) as the club. There was some confusion last year

  with some using VARA and others SVWCC. This way, not only

  can VARA members participate, but any ham can use SVWCC

  to congregate their efforts to the club. We need all the help 

  we can get to compete with the big clubs in VA!

  Note the points values for the various modes:

  PH = 1 point

  CW = 2 points

  Digital = 2 points

  VA Mobile/Rover/Expedtion = 3 points

   Thanks in advance, and have a good time in the VA QSO Party!

  David AD4TJ

[Butch Washer]

One thing “new” I saw were some special 3 character calls (1X1) that are worth 30 or 50 points for one a 1 time QSO. I don’t remember the detail right now and not able to look, but it was spelled out in the rules for this year. 

Butch N5SMQ 

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On Mar 3, 2026, at 9:44 AM, 'David Tanks' via Valley Hams <valle...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



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