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Who's Going to be On !

Last updated: 2022 Apr 16

Here's the latest list as to who's planning to be on from where during this year's Ontario QSO Party.  It has been developed from past years' participation or submissions from the online page. Help us keep this list up-to-date:

Post your operating plan on: Operating Plan Submission Page
OR OQP e-mail reflector
OR CCO e-mail reflector
OR email direct to oqp@va3cco.com

You can join the Ontario QSO Party e-mail discussion list by navigating to the OQP Groups.io and click Join.

Further below, you'll find some Tips To Increase Your Score!

2022 Operation Chart
OQP Bonus Stations in RED
Multiplier   Who to Look For !
Mobiles/Rovers: VE3WG/R

 

Activations depends on WX.
Sat: HAL, WEL, PEL, DUF, SIM, YRK, TOR
Sun: BFD, BRA, OXF, HAL, HAM, NIA, or WAT

VA3IQ/R

 

Sat: OTT/PRU/SDG, LAN/LGR
Sun: NOR/HAS/PET, LXA/FRO

VE3KZT/R

 

FRO, LXA, and possibly more.

VE3IQZ/R

 

Sat: KAW, DUR, PET
Sun: PET/NOR/HAS

VE3SMA/R

 

Sat: NIA, HAM, BFD, BRA, HTN
Sun: PEL, HTN, WEL, WAT

U.S.   Look for MI QP ops.
  N8II, KI6RRN, W1AJT, AI6O, KV2X
  KA6BIM, K5KG, W3LL, NV0I
DX  

OM2VL

CANADA   Look for QC operators on Sun.
  VA6RCN, VA7BEC, VE9ML , VE5MX
Algoma District ALG  
City of Brant BRA  
City of Brantford BFD  
Bruce County BRU VA3YLR
City of Chatham-Kent CHK  
Cochrane District COC  
Dufferin County DUF  
Durham Region DUR VE3CRU (40m)
Elgin County ELG VE3MGY
Essex County ESX VA3FN
Frontenac County FRO VA3WW
Grey County GRY VE3FP
Town of Haldimand HAL  
Haliburton County HLB VE3AD
Halton Region HTN VE3ODX, VE3KZ, VE3OMV, VE3CJ Multi-op
City of Hamilton HAM VE3DC
Hastings County HAS VA3NGE
Huron County HUR VA3WR
City of Kawartha Lakes KAW VA3TPS, VE3SST
Kenora District KEN  
Lambton County LAM VA3ZV
Lanark County LAN VE3VY (also 146.52)
Leeds-Grenville County LGR VA3RAC
Lennox-Addington County LXA VE3CCO
Manitoulin District MAN  
Middlesex County MSX VE3LON, VE3UZ, VE3GYL
Muskoka District MUS  
Niagara Region NIA VE3EJ, VE3DZ
Nipissing District NIP VA3SK
Town of Norfolk NFK VA3DF, VA3RD
Northumberland County NOR VE3WRL
City of Ottawa OTT VE3KIU (cw only), VE3TM , VA3RKM
Oxford County OXF VE3NQM
Parry Sound District PSD

VA3PC

Peel Region PEL VE3BR, VA3FF,VA3RMU, VA3RIE
Perth County PER VA3WR, VA3ATW
Peterborough County PET  
Prescott-Russell County PRU VA3SY
City of Prince Edward PED  
Rainy River District RAI  
Renfrew County REN VE3YX
Simcoe County SIM VA3KOF, VE3YTN
Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry United Counties SDG  
City of Sudbury SUD VE3AC
Thunder Bay District TBY VE3CX, VE3MXJ,
Timiskaming District TIM VA3ALQ
City of Toronto TOR VE3TW, VE3WG, VE3EY
Waterloo Region WAT VC3C, VA3CCO
Wellington County WEL VE3KTB
York Region YRK VE3AQ

A few tips to increase your score!

  1. Don't just "search and pounce" on stations calling "CQ", find a good parking spot and call "CQ Ontario QSO Party" yourself. You'll be very surprised at the amount of activity you can generate on a seemingly "dead" band by putting out a "CQ" !
     
  2. Don't forget the "easy" multipliers i.e. folks who are close to you that you can work on the VHF bands or via groundwave on the "higher" HF bands. Don't forget to make a quick call on the VHF frequencies at 15 minutes past the hour.
     
  3. For Ontario stations, mults are also Canadian provinces/territories, U.S. states, and DXCC countries...so there are lots of multiplier points out there for you to collect. Also folks outside Ontario will be working the contest too. If the lower HF bands are "dead" try the higher HF bands and vice-versa.
     
  4. U.S.A. stations close to the border should give a few shouts on VHF. Also try six meters for "E-skip" openings into Ontario.
     
  5. Ontario stations should "listen up" in U.S. phone allocations for U.S. stations calling from time to time.
     
  6. Don't forget to work CW. Even if your CW isn't very good most folks will "slow down" or "QRS" to work you.
     
  7. Listen extra hard for weak signals such as mobile and QRP stations.
     
  8. Use a computer to do your log. All of the logging programs that support the Ontario QSO Party (except Write-log and N1MM+) run in good old-fashioned MS-DOS so that junky old 386, 486 and in some cases even a 286 can be used. This will make calculating your score and checking for duplicate contacts a whole lot easier. It'll also make the contest manager's life a whole lot easier too!!
     
  9. Other contests will be in progress at the same time as the Ontario QSO Party. Check out WA7BMN's excellent contest calendar to find out who else is going to be on the air !! For example - if you work a MI station during their contest, consider giving both exchanges - "W8xxx 59 Muskoka and number x Ontario. "
    For exchanges with Quebec stations "VE2xxx 59 Ontario Muskoka" and obtain
    their administrative region exchange.
  10. The OQP counts towards the State QSO Party Challenge

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