Again this year, several members of our local club, the Tennessee Valley DX Association, traveled to Wythe County from Chattanooga, TN — our 6th year making the trip. The operators were Gary K4VIG, Ken K3JWI, Bill W4XK, Billy KE4CMA, and Ted W4NZ.
We set up three stations Field Day style at a hunting lodge near Speedwell — a K3S, a K3, and a TS-590, connected to networked laptops running N1MM+. The antennas were a G5RV, two 40M EDZs, and a 160m inverted-L with one elevated radial, the EDZs fed through tuners for multiband operation, all at 40 to 60 feet between the large trees. None of it could overcome the poor propagation, which likely drove out-of-state activity down as well. Still, playing radio in the woods was a lot of fun — and we ate well, too!
We operated Multi-Op, Multi-Transmitter, Fixed Station at Low Power under the call K4VIG, with about 19 hours of operating time.
Band & Mode Summary
| Band | CW QSOs | Phone QSOs |
|---|---|---|
| 160m | 30 | 0 |
| 80m | 169 | 108 |
| 40m | 166 | 154 |
| 20m | 13 | 0 |
| Total | 378 | 262 |
640 QSOs · 109 multipliers · Multi-Op, Multi-Transmitter, Fixed, Low Power
K3JWI · K4VIG · KE4CMA · W4NZ
TVDXA VAQP Scores (2014–2025)
- 2025K4VIG · 159,931 pts · 802 QSOs
- 2024K4VIG · 329,220 pts · 1,291 QSOs
- 2023K4VIG · 310,005 pts · 1,177 QSOs
- 2022K4VIG · 251,285 pts · 1,022 QSOs
- 2021Not operated
- 2020Not operated
- 2019K4VIG · 111,834 pts · 640 QSOs
- 2018K4VIG · 93,345 pts · 572 QSOs
- 2017K4VIG · 217,350 pts · 1,013 QSOs
- 2016K4VIG · 118,320 pts · 681 QSOs
- 2015K4VIG · 167,540 pts · 773 QSOs
- 2014K4VIG · 132,665 pts · 662 QSOs · First year
The club did not operate the VAQP in 2020 or 2021. Year links open the full report (photos where available).
About the Virginia QSO Party
The VAQP is held each March and is sponsored by the Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC). See the TVDXA VAQP event page or visit the official SPARC VAQP website.