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1 Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC) Gordon Miller, NQ4K 29 Jan 17: Updated pg w/ plaque sponsors and pg 6 request for remote ham radio information. 21 Mar 17: Updated pg w/plaque sponsors. 1

2 Appreciation Hams Everywhere For enthusiastically participating Members of SPARC Committee Members Dick, W2YE, for rules and club station Bill, KJ4VTH, for plaque management Henry, K2BFY, for electronic scoring software Eric, AJ4LN, for scoring of electronic logs Gordon, NQ4K, for scoring and presentations to clubs John, KX4O, for assistance with scoring and graphics Red, N3TG, for club station mobile All members for K4NVA operation Advice, and Log scoring Plaque Sponsors Manassas Hamfest: Time and space for Awards Ceremony Topics 2

3 Topics Rules Meta-Analysis of the 2016 QSO Party All Time High Scores Description of Certificate 3

4 VQP Committee Dick, W2YE Rules Henry, K2BFY E-Scoring SW Gordon, NQ4K Coordination, Scoring Eric, AJ4LN E-Log scoring John, KX4O Club plaque scoring 4

5 2016 VQP K4NVA Operation Dick, W2YE Marty, NV3H Evelyn, Guest Op Blair, KC9BBW Jim, AF4MO Red, N3TG Kevin, WB0POH 5

6 2017 Rules 2 changes: Added rule: Logs with a significant number of QSOs with the same station will be categorized as check logs. No bonus stations for 2017 In addition, we request you indicate in soapbox or remarks section if you are operating a remote ham radio. 6

7 2017 Rules Objective and Dates To promote amateur radio activity in the 95 VA Counties and 38 VA Independent Cities. Sat 18 Mar 1400 UTC Sun 19 Mar 0200 UTC (Saturday, 10 AM 10 PM local) Sun 19 Mar 1200 UTC Sun 2400 UTC (Sunday, 8 AM 8 PM local) 7

8 2017 Rules Entry Categories OP Categories Single OP Multi OP / Single Trans Multi OP / Multi Trans Power Categories High (> 150 w) Low (150 w or less) QRP (5 w or less) Mode Categories Phone (SSB/FM) CW Digital (RTTY/PSK) Mixed Station Categories Fixed Station Mobile Expedition Band Categories Multi-Band Single Band Club Entry 8

9 2017 Rules Valid Contacts VA stations work all stations. Out-of-State stations work VA stations only. Work fixed stations once per band/mode. Work VA Mobiles and Expeditions in each VA County or Independent City from which they operate. Stations on County or Independent City lines count as one QSO and only one County/Independent City multiplier. Mobile and Expedition stations use suffix in callsign. Satellite contacts allowed. No cross-mode or repeater QSO's. Spotting nets, DX clusters, etc., may be used to locate other stations - no self-spotting permitted. Logs with a significant number of QSOs with the same station will be categorized as check logs. 9

10 2017 Rules Exchange QSO number and QTH VA County or Independent City for VA stations State, Province or DX Country for others VA Mobile and Expedition Stations log QSO's by VA Independent City or County of operation. Identify all QSO's with band, mode, sequential QSO number sent/received and date/time of contact in UTC. Please follow standard contest practices by making and responding to "CQ VA QSO Party" calls. Multiple Transmitter stations may maintain sequential QSO numbers independently for each transmitter. 10

11 QSO Points Phone CW Digital VA Mobile 1 pt 2 pts 2 pts 3 pts 2017 Rules Scoring Multipliers Multipliers are only counted once. VA Station multipliers are VA counties and independent cities US States Canadian Provinces DX Countries No DX multiplier for US (including AK, HI), VA and Canada Mobile / Expedition stations that contact 10 or more different stations while operating from a county or independent city may claim it as a multiplier, if not otherwise worked. Outside of VA station VA Counties and Independent Cities 11

12 Bonus Points 2017 Rules Scoring VA Mobile and Expedition stations: 100 points for each VA County/Independent City from which they log a valid QSO. No bonus stations. Final score QSO Points X Multipliers + Bonus Points 12

13 2017 Rules Entries Fixed, Expedition, and Mobile operations will be considered separately. Please submit separate logs. Multiple OP stations should indicate all OPs by name / call sign. Electronic (preferred) or paper logs, summary and dupe sheets (200 or more QSO s) are required for all entries. The summary and 'dupe sheet' requirements are waived if recognized contesting software is used. For Club Competition purposes, be sure to indicate club name on summary sheet and log. Submit entries by April 15, 2017 by mail to the VA QSO Party, Call Box 599, Sterling, VA or by to vqp@verizon.net. A donation to help defray the costs of printing and mailing is encouraged. 13

14 2017 Rules Awards All participants submitting a log will receive a certificate. Plaques are identified on the contest web site. 14

15 2017 VQP Plaques and Sponsors (1 of 2) 27 plaques Plaque Plaques only for Virginia Stations Virginia Single Operator High Power Virginia Single Operator Low Power Virginia Single Operator Phone High Power Virginia Single Operator Phone Low Power Virginia Single Operator Phone/Mixed QRP Virginia Single Operator CW High Power Virginia Single Operator CW Low Power Virginia Single Operator CW QRP Virginia Mobile Multiple Operator Virginia Mobile Single Operator Virginia Expedition Virginia Club Combined Score Virginia Club - Virginia QSOs Only Multiple Operator Single Transmitter Multiple Operator Multiple Transmitter Sponsor North Shenandoah DX Association Don Sambol, K7CS Shenandoah Valley ARC John Heartney, KG4NXT Alexandria Radio Club Loudoun Amateur Radio Group Loudoun Amateur Radio Group Honoring Vietnam Veterans (George Marsh, K4GAM) In memory of Jim Purks, KF4PQL (Kevin Stuart, W4KLS) Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club, in memory of Joe Imburgia, KI4LXT (SK) Dwayne Ayers, N4MIO; Steve Wedge, W1ES; Doug Fleming, KF4VTT; and Garner Fleming, KK4CLY Vienna Wireless Society Andy Zwirko K1RA / KW4VA Central Virginia Contest Club 15

16 2017 VQP Plaques and Sponsors (2 of 2) 27 plaques Plaque Sponsor Plaques for any Single Operator Station Single Operator VHF Only Single Operator Novice/Tech/Rookie Single Band Single Operator Virginia Counties/Independent Cities Contacted Single Operator Virginia QSOs Only Single Operator Digital Mode Youth Young Adult Plaques for stations Outside of VA Outside Virginia Single Operator Outside Virginia Phone/Mixed QRP Outside Virginia Single Operator CW QRP DX Station Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society Richmond Amateur Radio Club Vienna Wireless Society Tom Zeltwanger, KG3V Morgan Phenix, K4RHD K4AMG Memorial ARC K4AMG Memorial ARC Alexandria Radio Club Dave Williams, K7HMP Rappahannock Amateur Radio Association North Shenandoah DX Association 16

17 Log Metadata Analysis and QSO Analysis 17

18 2016 Scoring Party 23 April 2016 at Gordon s QTH Shiva, KM4NPL Henry, K2BFY Monte, KV4KS Gordon, NQ4K Dick, W2YE 18

19 Pre-Party Presentations Olde Virginia Hams, 21 Dec 15 Chesapeake Amateur Radio Society, 1 Feb 16 19

20 Pre-Party Presentations Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club, 5 Feb 16 Albemarle Amateur Radio Club, 9 Feb 16 20

21 Pre-Party Presentations Alexandria Radio Club, 12 Feb 16 Arlington Amateur Radio Club, 15 Mar 16 21

2016 Rules Bonus Stations N4CF Louisa W2HHT Shenandoah K4NVA Loudoun KD4QIT Essex Richmond county King William Westmoreland K2SSB Charlottesville K4GAM Williamsburg

22 2016 Rules Bonus Stations N4CF Louisa W2HHT Shenandoah K4NVA Loudoun KD4QIT Essex Richmond county King William Westmoreland K2SSB Charlottesville K4GAM Williamsburg WR4RC Russell W4CA Bath N3JS Accomack W4DOW Washington W4HFH Mecklenburg W4ZA Henrico N2VA Virginia Beach N4TGR Poquoson, Hampton, Newport News, Gloucester, Mathews, York 22

23 Bonus Stations Call Sign Score K2SSB 4,700 K4GAM No show K4NVA 9,940 (F) 559 (M) KD4QIT/M 17,869 N2VA 133,180 N3JS 6,908 N4CF 100,080 N4TGR/P 71,100 W2HHT 15,604 W4CA 36,285 W4DOW 8,590 W4HFH 35,135 W4ZA 1,934 WR4RC 2,940 23

24 Year No. of logs Log MetaData Over 400 logs received! 24

25 Log MetaData Mostly Amateur Extras. License Class Extra Advanced General Tech Club Other Total

26 Log MetaData Scores High 803, , , ,597 1,097,159 1,178, , , ,300 1,129, , ,861 Average 17,287 17,235 16,975 18,483 18,669 21,910 24,099 16,400 20,772 20,854 17,513 17,179 Median 2,964 3,990 2,109 2,515 2,570 2,976 4,300 3,329 3,330 3,564 3,608 2,678 Low (6x) 1 (2x) (4x) 1 (x11) 11 logs with just one QSO. Distribution between modes is about same. Mode CW Mixed Phone DG Effectively no Digital logs 26

27 Power Hi- Low Most hams use low power Log MetaData High Low QRP Expeditions dropped to almost nothing. Station Fixed Mobile Expedition Checklog

28 Log MetaData Multi-Ops may be rebounding # Ops W4COV, WR4RC W4VA K4NVA KW4VA (HI MULTI- MULTI Multi-Ops

29 Log MetaData 40M remains popular. Band All SB(160M) 1 SB(80M) SB(40M) SB(20M) SB(15M) SB(10M) SB(6M) SB(2M) SB (1.25M) 1 1 SB (70 cm) 1 Most chase propagation to get QSOs. VHF Only

30 Log QTHs VA Not VA Other US Canada 6 11 DX 3 5 Total Out of State logs went up significantly. 30

31 Log QTHs DX DX QTH Argentina 1 Azores 1 Columbia 1 Curacao 2 Czeck Rep England 1 1 Finland 1 France 2 Germany Hungary Ireland 1 Italy 1 1 Jamaica 1 Japan 1 1 Lithuania Netherlands Paraguay 1 Poland Portugal Russia 1 Slovak Republic 1 Spain 1 1 Sweden Ukraine 1 1 West Indies 1 31

32 Logs from US and Canada (1 of 2) QTH AL AZ AR BC CA CO CT DE FL GA IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA 9 QTH MDC ME MI MN MO MS MT NB NC ND 1 1 NE NH NJ NM NT 1 1 NV NY OH or more in GREEN 35 states 2 provinces 32

33 Logs from US and Canada (1 of 2) QTH OK ON OR PA RI QC SC SD SK TN TX UT 1 1 VT WA WI WV WY or more in GREEN 35 states 2 provinces 33

34 Logs from VA Logs from 74 C&IC Up 4 from last year QTH ACC ALB ALL ALX AMH APP 1 1 ARL AUG BAT BED BHM 1 1 BOT BRX CAM CCY CHE CHX CLA CLN CPX CRA CRL CUL CUM 1 CVX DIC DIN ESS Exp FAU FBX FCX 1 FFX FLO FLU FRA FRE FRX QTH FXX GIL GLO GOO GRA 1 GRN HAL 1 1 HAN HAX HBX HCO HOX IOW JAM KGE KQN 1 1 KWM 1 LAN LDN LEE 1 LSA LYX MAD MAT MAX 1 1 MPX 1 1 MEC 1 1 MID 1 Mobile MON MVX NEL NEW NFX NNX NRX 1 NUM ORG PAG QTH PAT 1 PIT POW POX PRG 1 8 PRW PUL 1 1 RAP 1 RAX 1 1 RBR RHM RIC 1 RIX ROA ROX RUS SAX SCO SHA 1 2 SHE SMY SPO STA STX 1 SUR SUS 1 1 SUX TAZ 1 2 VBX WAR WAS 1 1 WAX WES WIS WIX WMX WYT YOR

35 Logging Programs Program N1MM N3FJP's VA State QSO Party Program PAPER None Stated WriteLog Fat Fingers GenLog Cabrillo Analyzer VA QSO LOGGER NA TR Log POST Ham Radio Deluxe Cab-converter(TM) CU2JT Logger 1 1 Log-EQF V9 1 Win-EQF WINLOG Xlog 2 1 Other Aether 6 3 N1MM and N3FJP are about the same. Still a lot of paper and manual logs. 35

36 QSO Analysis Measure Contacts (electronic logs only) (i.e. # QSOs x 2 22,300 51,048 76,654 80,756 86,116 92, ,422 89, , ,598 91, Non-Virginia contacts 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3 26% 27% 23% 22% 28% States Contacted Provinces Contacted DX Entities ~ % 1% 2% C&C Not Activated High # QSOs in C&IC 2,789 3,969 5,434 3,166 5,272 FAU 9,178 LDN 12,012 LDN 10,559 LDN 5,024 FAU 7058 FAU 36

37 QSO Analysis Missing C&IC by Year C&IC Amelia (AME) X Bristol BRX) X Bland (BLA) X Buchanan (BCH) X X X Buckingham (BHM) X X Charles City (CCY) X Charlotte (CHA) X Colonial Heights (COX) X X Danville (DAX) X Dickson (DIC) X Emporia (EMX) X Essex (ESS) X Grayson (GRA) X Highland (HIG) X X Hopewell (HOX) X Martinsville (MVX) X X Northampton (NHA) X X Norton (NRX) X X Nottoway (NOT) X X X Patrick (PAT) X Petersburg (PBX) X X X Poquoson (PQX) X X Richmond (RIX) (city) X Smyth (SMY) X Tazewell (TAZ) X Wythe (WYT) X 37

38 Mode QSOs Mode CW 9,660 13,137 8,553 12,452 12, DG 885 1, PH 35,927 39,276 35,692 37,768 39,417 37, Grand Total 46,472 53,721 44,788 50,820 51,799 45, Digital increased. 38

39 Band QSOs Band No. of QSOs 40M M M M cm M cm M M M 119 6M 146 Grand Total

40 QSO Analysis Contacts in Counties and Independent Cities (1 of 3) C&C Accomack Albemarle Alexandria * Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bedford * n/a n/a n/a Bland Botetourt Bristol * Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Buena Vista * Campbell Caroline Carroll GREEN: 5 Loc more than 2,000 C&C Charles City Charlotte Charlottesville * Chesapeake * Chesterfield Clarke Colonial Heights * Covington * Craig Culpeper Cumberland Danville * Dickenson Dinwiddie Emporia * Essex Fairfax Fairfax * Falls Church * Fauquier Floyd

41 QSO Analysis Contacts in Counties and Independent Cities (2 of 3) C&C Fluvanna Franklin Franklin * Frederick Fredericksburg * Galax * Giles Glouchester Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville Halifax Hampton * Hanover Harrisonburg * Henrico Henry Highland Hopewell * Isle of Wight James City C&C King & Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Lexington * Loudoun #### 8463 #### #### Louisa Lunenburg Lynchburg * Madison Manassas * Manassas Park * Martinsville * Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Newport News * Norfolk *

42 QSO Analysis Contacts in Counties and Independent Cities (3 of 3) C&C Northampton Northumberland Norton * Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Petersburg * Pittsylvania Poquoson * Portsmouth * Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Pulaski Radford * Rappahannock Richmond Richmond * Roanoke Roanoke * Rockbridge C&C Rockingham Russell Salem * Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Staunton * Suffolk * Surry Sussex Tazewell Virginia Beach * Warren Washington Waynesboro * Westmoreland Williamsburg * Winchester * Wise Wythe York

43 2005 QSO Contact Analysis 43

44 2006 QSO Contact Analysis 44

45 2007 QSO Contact Analysis 45

46 2008 QSO Contact Analysis 46

47 2009 QSO Contact Analysis 47

48 2010 QSO Contact Analysis 48

49 2011 QSO Contact Analysis 49

50 2012 QSO Contact Analysis 50

51 2013 QSO Contact Analysis 51

52 2014 QSO Contact Analysis 52

53 2015 QSO Contact Analysis 53

54 2016 QSO Contact Analysis 54

55 High Club - Combined Score 2,500,000 2,000,000 FARA FARA LARG 1,500,000 1,000, , LARG RARA CG CVCC PVRC CVCC SPARC PVRC RARA CG Shenandoah Valley Wireless 55

56 Log Counts by Club Club None Given Fauquier ARA Potomac Valley Radio Club Loudoun ARG RARA Contest Group Shenandoah Valley ARC Ole Virginia Hams Chesapeake ARS Inc., W4CAR Sterling Park ARC Arlington ARC Alexandria Radio Club Shenandoah Valley Wireless Tennessee Contest Group Williamsburg Area ARC Roanoke Valley ARC Virginia Mountain ARC Ontario Contest Group 5 Frankford Radio Club Club Yankee Clipper Contest Club Albemarle Amateur Radio Club Rappahannock Valley ARC 4 Kentucky CG 4 Richmond ARC 4 St. Marys ARC 3 Woodbridge Wireless Inc 6 3 Page Valley ARC Vienna Wireless Society QCWA Middle Peninsula ARC Society of Midwest Contesters Central Virginia Contest Club Western Tidewater Radio Assoc Kansas City CC 2 Delara Contest Team 2 Northern Neck ARC 2 Clubs with 2 or more logs submitted in

57 High Club VA QSOs Only FARA LARG PVRC RARA CG SVARC CVCC SPARC 57

58 Plaque Recipients by Club Club Alabama Contest Club 1 Alamance ARC Alexandria Contest Club 1 1 AMRAD 1 Arlington ARC 1 CVCC Fauquier ARA Fluvanna County ARES 2 Franklin County ARC Gloucester County ARC 1 Loudoun ARG Mad River Radio Club Mount Vernon ARC 1 1 None Stated / Other Not Awarded 2 1 Ontario Contest Club 2 2 PVRC RARA Contest Group 3 1 Roanoke Valley ARC Rappackers Contest Group 2 3 Rockbridge ARC 1 Shenandoah Valley ARC 1 South East Contest Club Sterling Park ARC 1 1 Tennessee Contest Group 3 VA DX Century Club 1 Western Tidewater Radio Assoc /2 Williamsburg Area ARC 1 1 The Ferguson ARC 1 Swamp Fox Contest Club 1 Chesapeake ARS 2-1/2 Kentucky CG 1 Rappahannock Valley ARC 1 SK4DM 1 Swamp Fox CG 1 Yankee Clipper CC 2 58

59 All Time High Scores 2 x New High (after 2016 VQP) 3x Multiple plaques Category Call Sign Score Year Call 2016 Score High VA Single OP High Power N4BAA 387, W4MYA@W4ML 352,907 High VA Single OP Low Power KW4VA 389, K1HTV 250,778 High Single OP Novice/Technician/Rookie KM4IML 74, KM4HTW 31,628 High Outside VA Single OP N4PN 97, K1RO 56,666 High Outside VA Phone/Mixed QRP WB2P 27, WN4AFP 19,775 High VA Single-Op Phone/Mixed QRP WA4PGM 87, N4RP 47,770 High Single OP VHF KK4IML 74, K4IMP, N3FQ 19,096 High VA Club - Combined Score FARA 2,243, FARA 2,376,532 High VA Mobile Multiple Operator WA4PGM 214, KJ4NXG/M 314 High VA Mobile Single Operator KJ4ADN/M 164, KT4KA/M 55,009 High Single OP CW High Power K0ZR 293, K0ZR 204,824 High Single OP CW Low Power N3UA 192, K4ORD 41,500 High Multiple Op / Single Transmitter N4A 352, ,021 High Multiple Op / Multiple Transmitter W4MYA 1,178, ,861 High Single Band KJ4ADN/M 164, K4IA 76,950 High SO VA Counties/Independent Cities W4ZAO K1RO 98 High DX Station CU2JT 5, SE5L 78 High Single Op Digital Mode WS4V WR4PS 7,560 High VA Single OP Phone Only High Power AI2C 288, KJ4EZA@N2VA 133,180 High VA Single OP Phone Only Low Power KJ4ADN/M 164, W4GO 137,920 High Expedition K4EG 121, N4TGR/P 71,100 High VA Club VA QSOs Only FARA 1,279, FARA 876,678 High VA QRP CW K4ORD 45, K4YND 28,316 High Outside-VA QRP CW W8TM 21, K4FT 5,202 High Single Operator - Youth KJ4EYZ 86, KJ4EZA@N2VA 133,180 High Single Operator VA QSOs Only K1HTV 83, K1HTV 58,430 High Single Operator Young Adult (New 2016) Not awarded No entries 59

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The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates Floral Emblem Dogwood State Bird Cardinal Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland

radio activity in VA s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event.

62 The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates Floral Emblem Dogwood State Bird Cardinal Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in VA s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event. Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick Giles Glouchester Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville Halifax Hanover Henrico Henry Highland Isle of Wight James City King & Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Pulaski Rappahannock Richmond Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell Warren Washington Westmoreland Wise Wythe York Poquoson Williamsburg Danville Lexington Portsmouth Winchester Emporia Lynchburg Radford Galax Norfolk Suffolk Chesapeake Hampton Norton VA Beach Colonial Heights Harrisonburg Petersburg Waynesboro Covington Hopewell Independent Cities Alexandria Fairfax Manassas Richmond Bedford Falls Church Manassas Park Roanoke Bristol Franklin Martinsville Salem Buena Vista Fredericksburg Newport News Staunton Charlottesville 62

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State Fish Brook Trout (adopted in 1993) The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates State Insect Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (adopted in 1991) Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia

Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in VA s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event.

Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George

Wythe York Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk VA Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg

64 State Fish Brook Trout (adopted in 1993) The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates State Insect Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (adopted in 1991) Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in VA s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event. Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick Giles Gloucester Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville Halifax Hanover Henrico Henry Highland Isle of Wight James City King & Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Pulaski Rappahannock Richmond Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell Warren Washington Westmoreland Wise Wythe York Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk VA Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg Poquoson Portsmouth Radford Independent Cities Alexandria Bedford Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Colonial Heights Covington Danville Emporia Fairfax Falls Church Franklin Fredericksburg Galax Hampton Harrisonburg 64

The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates Chincoteague Pony Smithfield Ham Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt

activity in Virginia s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event.

65 The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates Chincoteague Pony Smithfield Ham Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in Virginia s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event. Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick Giles Gloucester Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville Halifax Hanover Henrico Henry Highland Isle of Wight James City King & Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Pulaski Rappahannock Richmond Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell Warren Washington Westmoreland Wise Wythe York Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg Poquoson Portsmouth Radford Independent Cities Alexandria Bedford Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Colonial Heights Covington Danville Emporia Fairfax Falls Church Franklin Fredericksburg Galax Hampton Harrisonburg 65

The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates Virginia Peanut Hanover Tomato Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt

66 The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates Virginia Peanut Hanover Tomato Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in Virginia s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event. Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick Giles Gloucester Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville Halifax Hanover Henrico Henry Highland Isle of Wight James City King & Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Pulaski Rappahannock Richmond Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell Warren Washington Westmoreland Wise Wythe York Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg Poquoson Portsmouth Radford Independent Cities Alexandria Bedford Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Colonial Heights Covington Danville Emporia Fairfax Falls Church Franklin Fredericksburg Galax Hampton Harrisonburg 66

State Tree Flowering Dogwood The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates State Shell Crassostraea virginica Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta

for promoting amateur radio activity in Virginia s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event.

Lancaster Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward

Westmoreland Wise Wythe York Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News

67 State Tree Flowering Dogwood The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club congratulates State Shell Crassostraea virginica Counties Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in Virginia s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities with your enthusiastic participation in this annual event. Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick Giles Gloucester Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville Halifax Hanover Henrico Henry Highland Isle of Wight James City King & Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Pulaski Rappahannock Richmond Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell Warren Washington Westmoreland Wise Wythe York Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg Poquoson Portsmouth Radford Independent Cities Alexandria Bedford Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Colonial Heights Covington Danville Emporia Fairfax Falls Church Franklin Fredericksburg Galax Hampton Harrisonburg 67

Mahlon Loomis (1826-1886) The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club thanks First Wireless Telegraphy QSO occurred between two stations in Loudoun County, VA in October 1866.

Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in Virginia s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities through enthusiastic participation

68 Mahlon Loomis ( ) The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club thanks First Wireless Telegraphy QSO occurred between two stations in Loudoun County, VA in October Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington Augusta Bath Bedford Bland Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson Dinwiddie Essex Fairfax Fauquier for promoting amateur radio activity in Virginia s 95 Counties and 39 Independent Cities through enthusiastic participation in this annual event. Counties Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick Giles Gloucester Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville Halifax Hanover Henrico Henry Highland Isle of Wight James City King & Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex Montgomery Nelson New Kent Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Orange Page Patrick Pittsylvania Powhatan Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Pulaski Rappahannock Richmond Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell Warren Washington Westmoreland Wise Wythe York Alexandria Bedford Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Colonial Heights Covington Danville Emporia Fairfax Falls Church Franklin Independent Cities Fredericksburg Galax Hampton Harrisonburg Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg Poquoson Portsmouth Radford Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester 68

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75 How are we doing? State Logs Rank Rec d by Logs QSOs Rank by QSOs Licensed Ops % Log/ Licensed Rank by % Participation Party Date CA , Oct 15 FL , Apr 15 PA 383 * 4 23, Oct 14 VA , Mar 16 OH , Aug 15 NC , Feb 16 NY , Oct 15 MI , Apr-15 WA , Sep-15 TX , Sep-15 IL , Oct 15 AZ , Oct 15 * PA: Count of unique callsigns. We do very well! 75

76 See you on the air! 73, Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club 76

Projected Fiscal Year 2015 and Fiscal Year 2016 Virginia Preschool Initiative Funded Slots

Projected Fiscal Year 2015 and Fiscal Year 2016 Virginia Preschool Initiative Funded Slots June 24, 2014 FY15 VPI slots by locality Source: VDOE Fiscal Year 2015 and Fiscal Year 2016 Virginia Preschool Initiative Funded of VPI Local 001 ACCOMACK 0.3555 215 - $831,405 $458,595 218 - $843,006