This is the place for the Ohio QSO Party™

We are improving this QSO Party to make it more enjoyable and fun, because we appreciate everybody who has taken the time to get one and send in a log. Never won anything in a QSO Party? You might in this one. One of our goals is for everybody to have a chance to win something. The Ohio QSO Party™ is the best way to spend your time on the radio this August 22nd, 2009. Be there and Work all 88! If you can.

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Get on in the Ohio QSO Party
Submit a valid Ohio QSO Party log by the submittal deadline. See rules at http://www.oqp.us/rules
Watch http://www.oqp.us/netbook for the winner on December 5th.

The Ohio QSO Party. Work All 88!

Worked All Ohio Award

The Ohio QSO Party™ is proud to sponsor the Worked All Ohio™ Award. The initial award can be achieved by working 48 Ohio Counties. Endorsements at an additional 15 counties. Check book soon for instructions on how to enter and an on-line form for easy entry.

2008 Ohio QSO Party Results

2008
Results

The important part of the Ohio QSO Party is getting on the air. And lots of you are doing that. We had 212 logs submitted out of 2659 distinct callsigns recorded this year. Of those 2659, 440 made more than 10 contacts with 182 submitting logs and 59 made more than 100 contacts with 51 submitting a log. We can't recognize you unless you submit a log, so please see the rules on how.

2009 Ohio QSO Party Rules Summary

Prizes

All Entries to the Ohio QSO Party this year will be placed in a drawing for a netbook. Look here soon for more information

Rule Changes

Digital is now considered a valid mode.
QSOs on 20m,15m,10m are worth 4 points. Good way to boost your score and give more people in the world a chance to work Ohio.

Read the quickstart guide to the Ohio QSO Party

OQP Rules Overview

Start-Finish:1600Z - 0400Z, August 22nd 2009.

Frequencies:CW 3545, 7045, 14,045, 21,045, 28,045 kHz;
SSB 3825, 7200, 14,250, 21,300, and 28,450 kHz.

Categories: SO, MM, and Mobile, Rover.
Exchange: Serial Number and state or province, DX stations send "DX." (Ohio stations exchange serial number and county.)
QSO Points: CW/Digi--2 pts, SSB--1 pt. On 10,15,20m 4 points.
Score: QSO points x OH counties (OH station count states, provinces and OH counties).
Mults count once per mode.

Awards and Sponsors for 2008 (unconfirmed)

Ohio Single Operator High Power: Findlay Radio Club
Ohio Single Operator Low Power: The Cincinnati Buckeye Netters
Ohio Single Operator QRP: Kanga US
Ohio Single Operator Phone: Muskingum Ham Radio Club
Out of State SingleOperator :Muskingum Ham Radio Club
Out of State Single Operator - Mountain/Pacific Time Zones: The Canton Amateur Radio Club
Out of State Single Operator QRP: Ohio Independent Contesters - A Contest Club for Ohio
Single Operator DX: The Northern Ohio DX Association
Ohio Multi Operator: The Wayne Amateur Radio Club
Ohio Mobile: The Lake County Amateur Radio Association
Ohio Rover: Joe Matt, W3AG
Ohio Club: The Mad River Radio Club
YL: The Buckeye Belles

Logs due 30 days after the contest to logs@oqp.us or via surface mail

Complete Ohio QSO Party Rules

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Counties on the Air

County Ops Data Entry form

Route Map

Open as a spreadsheet

county	fixed	mobile	rover
Adams (ADAM)
Allen (ALLE)	KJ8F (SSB-LP)	AE8M (Mixed)
Ashland (ASHL)
Ashtabula (ASHT)
Athens (ATHE)
Auglaize (AUGL)		AE8M (Mixed)
Belmont (BELM)			WA8JIM (SSB)
Brown (BROW)
Butler (BUTL)		AE8M (Mixed)
Carroll (CARR)
Champaign (CHAM)	k8gjp (SSB-LP)
Clark (CLAR)		AE8M (Mixed)
Clermont (CLER)
Clinton (CLIN)
Columbiana (COLU)
Coshocton (COSH)
Crawford (CRAW)
Cuyahoga (CUYA)
Darke (DARK)
Defiance (DEFI)			N9AG (Mixed)
Delaware (DELA)
Erie (ERIE)
Fairfield (FAIR)
Fayette (FAYE)
Franklin (FRAN)	N8VW (DIGI-LP)
	KD8DVR (SSB-QRP)
Fulton (FULT)
Gallia (GALL)
Geauga (GEAU)
Greene (GREE)		AE8M (Mixed)
Guernsey (GUER)			WA8JIM (SSB)
Hamilton (HAMI)		AE8M (Mixed)
Hancock (HANC)
Hardin (HARD)
Harrison (HARR)			WA8JIM (SSB)
Henry (HENR)
Highland (HIGH)
Hocking (HOCK)
Holmes (HOLM)
Huron (HURO)
Jackson (JACK)
Jefferson (JEFF)	K8T (Multi-Op-HP)
Knox (KNOX)
Lake (LAKE)
Lawrence (LAWR)
Licking (LICK)	w3hkk (Mixed-LP)
	W5UHQ (DIGI-HP)
Logan (LOGA)
Lorain (LORA)
Lucas (LUCA)
Madison (MADI)
Mahoning (MAHO)
Marion (MARI)
Medina (MEDI)
Meigs (MEIG)	NS8O (Mixed-HP)
Mercer (MERC)
Miami (MIAM)	KD8IZZ (SSB-LP)	AE8M (Mixed)
Monroe (MONR)			WA8JIM (SSB)
Montgomery (MONT)		AE8M (Mixed)
Morgan (MORG)			WA8JIM (SSB)
Morrow (MORR)
Muskingum (MUSK)	KI4BXU/8 (Mixed-LP)		WA8JIM (SSB)
Noble (NOBL)
Ottawa (OTTA)	W8IDM (Mixed-LP)
Paulding (PAUL)			N9AG (Mixed)
Perry (PERR)	KD8LSV (Mixed-LP)		WA8JIM (SSB)
Pickaway (PICK)	n8xct (Mixed-LP)
	n8xct (Mixed-LP)
Pike (PIKE)
Portage (PORT)
Preble (PREB)
Putnam (PUTN)			N9AG (Mixed)
Richland (RICH)	KD8JNE (SSB-LP)
Ross (ROSS)
Sandusky (SAND)
Scioto (SCIO)
Seneca (SENE)	W8ID (Multi-Op-LP)
Shelby (SHEL)		AE8M (Mixed)
Stark (STAR)
Summit (SUMM)
Trumbull (TRUM)
Tuscarawas (TUSC)			WA8JIM (SSB)
Union (UNIO)
Van Wert (VANW)
Vinton (VINT)
Warren (WARR)	N8VSI (Mixed-LP)	AE8M (Mixed)
Washington (WASH)
Wayne (WAYN)
Williams (WILL)
Wood (WOOD)	kd8qsy (Mixed-LP)
	kd8qsy (Mixed-LP)
	kd8qsy (Mixed-LP)
	kd8qsy (Mixed-LP)
	kd8qsy (Mixed-LP)
Wyandot (WYAN)

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k8gjp	10m only tech portion
KD8DVR	10M on suggested freq QRP
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KD8JNE	I will be op fixed on 28.450Mhz or 28.455 Mhz SSB Only. Homebrewed Vertical, 1/4 wave 10 to 150 watts depending on conditions.
KI4BXU/8	I will be hauling my IC-7000, SuperAntennas YP3 (20 m - west will be primary direction) and MP1 (10 m), plus my 40/15 and 80 m dipoles up to Dillon State Park in Muskingum County for a busy 12 hours Saturday afternoon and evening. If I break 100 QSOs, I will have a special QSO card designed just for this contest. I managed to contact quite a few Ohio stations from my home base in Virginia in the 2005 party with just my 40 m doublet.
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n8xct	Will be operating fixed just south of columbus in NE pickaway county, EM89nr.
N9AG	Modest rover operation using mobile antennas and a small generator.
NS8O	Meigs county, home operation. Mostly CW and 80/40 meters. 20 and 15 during daylight hours
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w3hkk	Completed the Big QSY to Licking County in late May and am still putting up antennas and wiring the shack. But wont miss the OQP and will even submit a log this year! The new 3acre QTH has only small one tree so I expect to go with 100w on ssb and cw to an 80m horizontal loop a mere 15 ft off the ground, for 80-40 as well as Ground Planes for 20 and 40 (night time.) A few years back, 40 was great for working Ohio counties from morning til 4-5pm. The last few years, 80 has been the best band for Ohio counties. I focus on 40 and 80, with a few excursions to 20 and 15. My personal goal is to work all 88, and then as many states/provinces as possible. Time will be split 50-50 between cw and ssb.
W5UHQ	RTTY and PSK Suggested OP freq + 3KHz