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The 66th Vermont QSO Party will take place during the first full weekend of February 2024.
It will begin at 0000 UTC Saturday February 3 and will end at 2400 UTC Sunday February 4, which is a 48-hour period.
In local time, this corresponds to a start time of 7:00 PM EST FRIDAY night February 2nd and an end time of
7PM SUNDAY night February 4th.
The VERMONT QSO PARTY provides the opportunity for Amateur Radio Operators to contact and exchange QSO information with Vermont Amateur Radio operators. All licensed amateur radio operators are invited to participate. Stations outside Vermont work Vermont stations. Stations within Vermont work everyone.
The discussion below is a summary of the QSO Party. Please download
The Official 2024 Vermont QSO Party Rules for specific rules.
The annual State QSO Party Challenge recognizes all radio amateurs’ participation in the U.S. State and Canadian Province QSO parties. It is open to any radio amateur who participates in any of the approved State QSO Parties. Participants must simply submit their scores to 3830Scores.com to be included in the Challenge. Go to
stateqsoparty.com for full details.
Most Vermont stations can be found in the FN34 and FN33 grid squares. Small pieces of Vermont also lie in FN32, FN44 and FN35. The contest manager will determine which FT8/FT4 contacts are valid Vermont contacts. Remember that stations outside of Vermont can only work Vermont stations for credit. Although not an exhaustive list, these are the Vermont stations most likely to be on FT8/FT4: AA1SU, K1BIF, KC1IFK, KI1P, KK1L, N1GB, N1FS, N1GVT, N1IBM, N1JEZ, NQ1B, W1FP, W1NVT.
Multipliers
Multipliers count ONLY ONCE PER MODE. Multipliers consist of:
County Line Operations
Mobiles may operate from a location straddling a Vermont county line. They will announce this as such.
You can work these stations once, but you can count them as two contacts from the different counties.
Be sure to log these as separate contacts.
Do not try to enter both counties on the same log line!
This rule only applies to Vermont counties. If you are situated on a state line, pick one.
Club Station Multipliers
Approved Vermont Club Stations will count as multipliers. A club operation must inform the QSO Party Chairman
no later than one week before the contest. A club operation must commit to operating at least 5 hours duing the event.
Stations using their own call sign may not then use a club call sign to give out a multiplier.
Club multipliers for 2024: W1NVT and N1FS.
Power Multiplier
High Power | over 150w | x 1.0 |
Low Power | over 5w, under 150w | x 1.5 |
QRP | under 5w | x 2.0 |
Be sure to log all contacts accurately!
A busted callsign, incorrect exchange (state, province, country, county) or incorrect band/mode will all
result in a contact being removed. Be sure to use the specific VT QSO County abbreviations and NOT
abbreviations from other contests (some are different).
Duplicate contacts will not be counted.
Phone: 80-15 meters: the first 25 kHz of the General portion of each band, 1850-1875 KHz, 28.400-28.425 MHz.
CW: 50 kHz from the bottom edge of each band.
VHF: 50.130 MHz SSB, 144.200 MHz SSB, 146.520 MHz FM.
Vermont activity hours have been scheduled to allow Vermont stations to find each other.
Please check these frequencies, as it is rough to work each other on 20m days and 40m nights.
These have changed from past years due to changing band conditions.
Sat 0000-0015Z | Fri 7PM ET | 7200 KHz |
Sat 0100-0115Z | Fri 8PM ET | 3850 KHz |
Sat 1800-1815Z | Sat 1PM ET | 7200 KHz |
Sun 0000-0015Z | Sat 7PM ET | 7200 KHz |
Sun 0100-0115Z | Sat 8PM ET | 3850 KHz |
Sun 1800-1815Z | Sun 1PM ET | 7200 KHz |
Sun 2345-0000Z | Sun 6:45PM | 7200 KHz |
Check the DX Cluster! Most of these stations will spot themselves when changing bands. All times in UTC! If on FTx, no county multiplier! Only grid squares count there. W1NVT (CHI) (FN34) [bonus multiplier] will be primarily on SSB and FT8/4 with some CW. Sat 0000-0300 Fri 7-10 PM 20/40/80M SSB Sat 0300-0500 Fri 10-midn FT8/4 Sat 1300-2400 Sat 8AM-7PM 20/15/10M SSB and FT4 Sun 0000-0300 Sat 7-10PM 20/40/80M CW Sprint 50 kHz from band edge Sun 0300-0500 Sat 10-midn FT8/4 Sun 1300-2400 Sun 8AM-7PM 20/15/10M SSB and FT4 N1FS (ADD) (FN34) [bonus multiplier] will be on 160-6 meters all modes. KK1L (CHI) (FN34) will be on phone, CW, FT4 and FT8, Saturday only. AA1SU (CHI) (FN34) will be on phone and FT8 in the evenings. KC1SFJ (CHI) (FN34) will be on phone most of the weekend. KE1VT (ADD) (FN34) will be on 80-10 meters, all modes. K1VMT (LAM) (FN34) will be on 80-10 meters, SSB and FTx, Sat afternoon and Sunday. N1SP (BEN) (FN32) will be mostly on CW. N1JEZ (CAL) (FN44) will be primarily on 20 meters SSB during the day. N1IBM (WNS) (FN33) will be on FT4 all bands (only the FN33 mult can be used on FTx) KC1IFK (CHI) (FN34) will be FT4 and FT8 all bands (only the FN34 mult can be used on FTx) Rovers: Times UTC and EST, Approximate! K1IB (Rover) 3 Counties, 100w, whip, CW: Sat 0000-0300 Fri 7-10 PM WNS 80/40M Sat 1430-1600 Sat 9:30-11AM WNS/ORA 20/15/10M Sat 1600-1800 Sat 11AM-1PM WNS/WAS 20/15/10M Sun 1500-1800 Sun 10AM-1PM WNS 20/15/10M (maybe) When he is on a county line be sure to log him TWICE, once for each county he announces. K1TTW (Rover) 3 Counties, 100w, Whip, SSB and FTx: Sat 0000-0300 Fri 7-10 PM CAL 7215, 3860 Sat 1200-1500 Sat 7-10 AM CAL 7215, 14295, 21325, 28465 Sat 1700-2300 Sat 12-6 PM ORL 7215, 14295, 21325, 28465 (POTA Site) Sun 0100-0300 Sat 8-10 PM CAL 7215, 3860 Sun 1200-1500 Sun 7-10 AM CAL 7215, 14295, 21325, 28465 Sun 1700-2400 Sun 12-7 PM ESS 7215, 14295, 21325, 28465 (POTA Site) KI1P (Rover) 5 Counties, 100w 50' high dipole. SSB: Sat 1300-2100 Sat 8AM-4PM CHI, Sand Bar SP Sat 2100-0500 Sat 4PM-midn GRA, Grand Isle SP Sun 0500-1300 Sun midn-8AM FRA, Kill Kare SP Sun 1300-2100 Sun 8AM-4PM LAM, Elmore SP Sun 2100-2400 Sun 4PM-7PM ORL, Crystal Lake SP K1NZ (Rover) 14 Counties, 100W, whip, SSB Sat 0000-0200 Fri 7-9 PM BEN/RUT Sat 0200-0400 Fri 9-11 PM RUT/ADD Sat 1400-1700 Sat 9-noon GRA Sat 1700-2000 Sat noon-3PM CHI/FRA Sat 2000-2300 Sat 3-6PM LAM/ORL Sun 0000-0300 Sat 7-10PM CAL/ESS Sun 1400-1900 Sun 9AM-2PM ORA/WAS Sun 1900-2400 Sun 2PM-7PM WNH/WNS When he is on a county line be sure to log him TWICE, once for each county he announces. More info will be provided as we learn about it. Be sure to check the cluster for activity.
Contest log must be in Cabrillo Format! Most contest software will produce this for you.
The log must be in chronological order, from earliest QSO to latest QSO. Both N1MM and N3FJP (the paid version only)
will support the Vermont QSO Party. Other software is "USE AT YOUR OWN RISK"!
The robot will quickly scan your log and either accept it or report errors. You can then modify your log file to fix
the problems and resubmit the log.
NOTE DEADLINE OF 2 WEEKS!! The deadline for all submissions is February 18, 2024 at 2359 UTC or 6:59 PM EST.
Any software which automatically looks up call sign addresses is NOT to be used and any logs submitted in this format are not acceptable (Ham Radio Deluxe and N3FJP have this feature and it MUST be turned off!) Participants are expected to COPY ALL pertinent contest exchange information! If you have questions or issues with contest software, contact the Contest Manager at the above address, BEFORE the QSO Party.
DON'T E-MAIL LOGS directly, as these are no longer accepted.
CONTEST | DAY/TIMES/HRS(UTC) | THEIR REPORT | YOUR REPORT | RULES |
Minnesota QSO Party (MnQP) | Sat 1400 - Sat 2400 (10) | Name and MN County | Name and Your State | https://www.w0aa.org/mn-qso-party |
BC QSO Party | Sat 1600-0400 Sun 1600-2400 (20) | RST and BC Electorial District | RST and Your State | http://www.orcadxcc.org/bcqp_rules.html |
NA CW Sprint | Sun 0000 - Sun 0400 (4) | Your Call, Their Call, S/N, Name, State (CW ONLY) | Their Call, Your Call, S/N, Name, State (CW ONLY) | http://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf |
10-10 Winter QSO Party | Sat 0000 - Sun 2400 (48) | Name, 10-10# (or 0), State (10M ONLY) | Name, 10-10# (or 0), State (10M ONLY) | http://www.ten-ten.org |
EU-DX Contest | Sat 1200 - Sun 1200 (24) | RST and EU Region | RST and ITU Zone | https://eudxcc.altervista.org/eu-dx-contest |
AB | Alberta | VE6 |
BC | British Columbia | VE7 |
MB | Manitoba | VE4 |
NB | New Brunswick | VE1,9 |
NL | Newfoundland-Labrador | VO1,2 |
NS | Nova Scotia | VE1 |
NT | Northwest Territories | VE8 |
NU | Nunavut | VYØ |
ON | Ontario | VE3 |
PE | Prince Edward Island | VY2 |
QC | Quebec | VE2 |
SK | Saskatchewan | VE5 |
YT | Yukon | VY1 |
ADD | ADDISON |
BEN | BENNINGTON |
CAL | CALEDONIA |
CHI | CHITTENDEN |
ESS | ESSEX |
FRA | FRANKLIN |
GRA | GRAND ISLE |
LAM | LAMOILLE |
ORA | ORANGE |
ORL | ORLEANS |
RUT | RUTLAND |
WAS | WASHINGTON |
WNH | WINDHAM |
WNS | WINDSOR |