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New! Kansas QSO Party August 29-30! Visit http://www.ksqsoparty.org for
details!
New! New York QSO Party October 17-18! Visit http://www.rdxa.com for more info!
New! Arizona QSO Party October 10-11! Visit http://www.azqsoparty.org for details!
New, Iowa QSO Party October 17! Visit http://www.wa0dx.org/iaqsoparty.html for details!
Award Program Description
In recognition of the organizations that sponsor State QSO Parties and to encourage all hams to participate in these exciting on-the-air activities, The ARRL announces the Year Of the State QSO Party Award for 2009! This award is available to any amateur that makes a contact with stations participating in their own State or Regional QSO Party during 2009.
Similar to collecting US state quarters, the downloadable, 8-1/2" x 11" certificate has blanks for state flag stickers from all fifty states. The stickers are available as a page of graphic images that can be printed on a sheet of standard labels, Avery label type 5160. As you make QSOs in each state, the appropriate flag is attached to the certificate, until all of the states have been worked.
Downloadable Award Certificate
Download Certificate as PDF file.
You type your Name and Callsign directly into the form and print it out.
Downloadable Award Sticker Image Sheet
Download Image Sheet as PDF file
The page of state flag image stickers is designed to print correctly on a sheet of Avery 5160 labels. Each label is 1 inch by 2-5/8 inches. If you do not wish to purchase the sheet of labels, you can:
State QSO Party Schedule
For a schedule of State and Regional QSO Parties, see WA7BNM's Contest Calendar Web site at www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/stateparties.html.
As of April 2009, no State or Regional QSO Parties are scheduled for Alaska, Iowa or South Dakota. If your club would like to sponsor a QSO Party for any of these states, please contact contest@arrl.org for help with suggested rules and announcing the event.
List of Stations Working All 50 States
After the final State QSO Party is held in November, a list of stations having worked all 50 states according to the Year of the State QSO Party Award rules listed below will be posted here. No endorsements or recognition will be posted, only call signs in alphabetical order. To submit your call sign for the list, download the WAS application and fill it out, showing each QSO made during the year. Email the application to contest@arrl.org or mail it to Year Of the State QSO Party, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
NOTE: Completion of the Year of the State QSO Party award DOES NOT qualify you for the Worked All States Award. W.A.S. requires stricter proof of QSO confirmation than the Year of the State QSO Party award. For more information on the Worked All States award, visit www.arrl.org/awards/was.
Year Of the State QSO Party Rules
RULES
1) A particular state flag sticker may be affixed to the certificate when a contact is made with that state during any of the following:
a) the State QSO Party for that state
b) a QSO Party for any region that includes the state
c) any contest sponsored by the ARRL or National Contest Journal after (a) and (b) has passed or if no such event is conducted during 2009
An SWL may claim credit for a state by logging a QSO by a station in that state during any of these events. It is preferred that contacts be made or logged during (a) or (b).
2) Following the contact, the applicant must submit a log containing the contact to the contest sponsor within the time limit specified by the sponsor. Any log format and submission method accepted by the sponsor will be satisfactory. Submitting a checklog is acceptable for the purposes of this award. (See the article "Submitting A Contest Log.")
3) All contacts must comply with the rules of the contest in which they are made.
4) Contacts can be made using any band, mode, or power level accepted by the contest sponsor. The applicant can self-endorse a particular style of operating as noted on the award's Web site.
5) Applicants that submit a written list showing that all QSOs for the award were made solely during state or regional QSO parties will be listed on the Year Of the State QSO Party Web site.
6) All contacts must be completed between 0000Z on 1 Jan 2009 and 2359Z on 31 Dec 2009.