Our local Chattanooga club, the Tennessee Valley DX Association, made the annual trek from Chattanooga to Wythe County, Virginia, operating from a hunting lodge near Speedwell.
Our low-power setup was three stations — two Flex 6600Ms and an Elecraft K3S — feeding wires in the trees: two 40M EDZs, a G5RV, and a 160m inverted-L with one elevated radial on that band. Conditions were only so-so; activity was good at times, and we filled the slow periods watching the men's NCAA basketball tournament on satellite TV. As always, we had a lot of fun and ate very well. Thanks for all the QSOs — we appreciate every one of them.
We operated Multi-Op, Multi-Transmitter, Fixed Station at Low Power under the call K4VIG, for the full 24-hour period.
Band & Mode Summary
| Band | CW QSOs | Phone QSOs |
|---|---|---|
| 160m | 11 | 0 |
| 80m | 197 | 84 |
| 40m | 324 | 234 |
| 20m | 169 | 0 |
| 15m | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 704 | 318 |
1,022 QSOs · 145 multipliers · Multi-Op, Multi-Transmitter, Fixed, Low Power
K3JWI · K4VIG · KE4CMA · W4NZ · W4XK · WA4AA · WB4ZBI
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.