Virginia QSO Party 2017

TVDXA · Virginia QSO Party 2017 · K4VIG · Wythe County, VA · Reported by W4NZ

This was the fourth year a group from our Tennessee Valley DX Association traveled from the Chattanooga area to Wythe County to operate the VAQP, setting up Field Day style at a hunting lodge near Speedwell.

There were three transmitters (K3S, K3, TS-590S) on the air, manned by eight operators for the full contest period. Antennas were a G5RV, a 20M EDZ, a 40M EDZ, and a 160m inverted-L with one raised radial — the zepps fed through tuners for multiband operation, all at a good height of 40 to 60 feet between the large trees. Between the Russian DX Contest and the LA QSO Party we hoped for a good level of activity, but for whatever reason it seemed very light; running low power we were still spotted by skimmers all over Europe, yet CQs often went unanswered for minutes at a time. We felt the contest would be more enjoyable shortened to a single 12- or 14-hour day. Either way, good food, good fellowship, and playing radio in the woods made it a fun couple of days. Thanks for all the QSOs.

We operated Multi-Op, Multi-Transmitter, Fixed Station at Low Power under the call K4VIG, for the full 24-hour period.

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Band & Mode Summary

Band	CW QSOs	Phone QSOs
160m	15	7
80m	131	210
40m	180	357
20m	102	11
Total	428	585

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TVDXA VAQP Scores (2014–2025)

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