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Who's Going to be On !

Last updated: 2025 Feb 17

Here's the latest list as to who's planning to be on from where during this year's Ontario QSO Party. 
It's 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.

Spotting Pages: QSO PARTY and OPERATING EVENTS
  QSO PARTY HUB (OQP Spots)

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

2024 Operation Chart
OQP Bonus Stations in RED
Mobiles/Rovers:    
     
     
     
     
     
OQP Bonus Stations in RED
 

VE3RGO

ESX, NFK, HAL, NIA (Sat)
WEL, HAM, HTN (sUN)

U.S.   Look for MIQP on Sat.
  Look for NE QsoP on Sat
   
DX    
   
CANADA   Look for QC operators on Sun.
   
OQP Multiplier   Who to Look For !
Algoma District ALG  
Brant County BRA  
City of Brantford BFD  
Bruce County BRU  
City of Chatham-Kent CHK  
Cochrane District COC  
Dufferin County DUF  
Durham Region DUR  
Elgin County ELG  
Essex County ESX  
Frontenac County FRO  
Grey County GRY  
City of Haldimand HAL  
Haliburton County HLB  
Halton Region HTN  
City of Hamilton HAM  
Hastings County HAS  
Huron County HUR  
City of Kawartha Lakes KAW  
Kenora District KEN  
Lambton County LAM  
Lanark County LAN  
Leeds and Grenville County LGR  
Lennox and Addington County LXA  
Manitoulin District MAN  
Middlesex County MSX  
Muskoka District MUS  
Niagara Region NIA  
Nipissing District NIP  
City of Norfolk NFK  
Northumberland County NOR  
City of Ottawa OTT  
Oxford County OXF  
Parry Sound District PSD  
Peel Region PEL  
Perth County PER  
Peterborough County PET  
Prescott-Russell United Counties PRU  
City of Prince Edward PED  
Rainy River District RAI  
Renfrew County REN  
Simcoe County SIM  
Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry United Counties SDG  
Sudbury District SUD  
Thunder Bay District TBY  
Timiskaming District TIM  
City of Toronto TOR  
Waterloo Region WAT  
Wellington County WEL VE3IFT(40m)
York Region YRK  

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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