USA state QSO parties
From Contesting
State QSO parties are contests that focus on one particular state or area. Nearly every state has a QSO party, and there are a number of regional QSO parties that focus on one call area, such as the Seventh Area QSO Party or one geographic region, like New England.
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Object of State QSO Parties
The primary objective of state QSO parties is to contact as many stations in the target area as possible. It is possible to enter as an:
- In State Participant
A station operating from within the target area. Example: In the Florida QSO Party, a station operating from within Florida is an "in state" participant.
- Out of State Participant
A station operating from outside the target area. Example: In the Florida QSO Party, a station operating from California is an "out of state" participant.
In state participants are generally allowed to contact in state and out of state participants, while out of state participants are only allowed to contact stations within the target area.
Rovering
Many states have so many counties (such as Texas) it would be impossible to activate all the counties during their QSO party. The organizers of most QSO parties have added a category called the "Rover" category. Participants in this category usually go mobile and try to activate as many counties as they can. The rules allow a rover to start a new log when they enter a new county. Rover stations can generate large QSO totals, because they can work stations they worked in a previous county again. They also generate pileups on them when they enter a new county because many times they are the only station active from that county. See File:SEDXC Mobile.pdf for tips on mobile contesting and rovering.
Origin of State QSO Parties
Listing of State QSO Parties
N5NA QSO Party Calendar sortable by state or date.
- Alabama - Alabama QSO Party
- Alaska
- Arizona - 7th Call Area QSO Party
- Arizona - Arizona QSO Party
- Arkansas - Arkansas QSO Party
- California - California QSO Party
- Colorado - Colorado QSO Party
- Connecticut - New England QSO Party
- Connecticut - Connecticut QSO Party
- Delaware - Delaware QSO Party
- Florida - Florida QSO Party - (April, 4th full weekend)
- Georgia - Georgia QSO Party
- Hawaii - Hawaii QSO Party
- Idaho - Idaho QSO Party
- Idaho - 7th Call Area QSO Party
- Illinois - Illinois QSO Party
- Indiana - Indiana QSO Party
- Iowa - Iowa QSO Party
- Kansas - Kansas QSO Party
- Kentucky - Kentucky QSO Party
- Louisiana - Louisiana QSO Party
- Maine - New England QSO Party
- Maryland - Maryland DC QSO Party
- Massachusetts - Massachusetts QSO Party
- Michigan - Michigan QSO Party
- Minnesota - Minnesota QSO Party
- Mississippi - Mississippi QSO Party
- Missouri - Missouri QSO Party
- Montana - 7th Call Area QSO Party
- Nebraska - Nebraska QSO Party
- Nevada - 7th Call Area QSO Party
- New Hampshire - New Hampshire QSO Party
- New Hampshire - New England QSO Party
- New Jersey - New Jersey QSO Party
- New Mexico - New Mexico QSO Party
- New York - Party New York QSO Party
- North Carolina - North Carolina QSO Party
- North Dakota - North Dakota QSO Party
- Ohio - Ohio QSO Party
- Oklahoma - Oklahoma QSO Party
- Oregon - 7th Call Area QSO Party
- Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania QSO Party
- Rhode Island - New England QSO Party
- South Carolina - South Carolina QSO Party
- South Dakota - South Dakota QSO Party
- Tennessee - Tennessee QSO Party
- Texas - Texas QSO Party - (September, last full weekend)
- Utah - 7th Call Area QSO Party
- Vermont - Vermont QSO Party
- Vermont - New England QSO Party
- Virginia - Virginia QSO Party
- Washington - 7th Call Area QSO Party
- Washington - Washinton State Salmon Run
- West Virginia - West Virginia QSO Party
- Wisconsin - Wisconsin QSO Party
- Wyoming - 7th Call Area QSO Party
Other Information
State QSO Party Primer-presentation about state QSO parties from the Rochester DX Association's April 2009 general meeting.
File:SEDXC Mobile.pdf-- Mobile contesting presentation given by KU8E at SEDXC meeting.
