[Fists] Fwd: Virginia QSO Party

Stan Reas [email protected]
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:56:40 -0500


Whoops - I guess the reflector won't accept an attachment.

Therefore here is the List of Abbreviations

3 letter Virginia County Abbreviations

County       Abbreviation          County         Abbreviation
Accomack         ACC               King George        KGE
Albemarle        ALB               King William       KWM
Alleghany        ALL               Lancaster          LAN
Amelia           AME               Lee                LEE
Amherst          AMH               Loudoun            LDN
Appomattox       APP               Louisa             LSA
Arlington        ARL               Lunenburg          LUN
Augusta          AUG               Madison            MAD
Bath             BAT               Mathews            MAT
Bedford          BED               Mecklenburg        MEC
Bland            BLA               Middlesex          MID
Botetourt        BOT               Montgomery         MON
Brunswick        BRU               Nelson             NEL
Buchanan         BCH               New Kent           NEW
Buckingham       BHM               Northampton        NHA
Campbell         CAM               Northumberland     NUM
Caroline         CLN               Nottoway           NOT
Carroll          CRL               Orange             ORG
Charles City     CCY               Page               PAG
Charlotte        CHA               Patrick            PAT
Chesterfield     CHE               Pittsylvania       PIT
Clarke           CLA               Powhatan           POW
Craig            CRA               Prince Edward      PRE
Culpeper         CUL               Prince George      PRG
Cumberland       CUM               Prince William     PRW
Dickenson        DIC               Pulaski            PUL
Dinwiddie        DIN               Rappahannock       RAP
Essex            ESS               Richmond           RIC
Fairfax          FFX               Roanoke            ROA
Fauquier         FAU               Rockbridge         RBR
Floyd            FLO               Rockingham         RHM
Fluvanna         FLU               Russell            RUS
Franklin         FRA               Scott              SCO
Frederick        FRE               Shenandoah         SHE
Giles            GIL               Smyth              SMY
Glouchester      GLO               Southampton        SHA
Goochland        GOO               Spotsylvania       SPO
Grayson          GRA               Stafford           STA
Greene           GRN               Surry              SUR
Greensville      GVL               Sussex             SUS
Halifax          HAL               Tazewell           TAZ
Hanover          HAN               Warren             WAR
Henrico          HCO               Washington         WAS
Henry            HRY               Westmoreland       WES
Highland         HIG               Wise               WIS
Isle of Wight    IOW               Wythe              WYT
James City       JAM               York               YOR
King & Queen     KQN




3 letter Virginia Independent City Abbreviations

City         Abbreviation        City         Abbreviation

Alexandria       ALX                    Lynchburg         LYX
Bedford          BEX                    Manassas          MAX
Bristol          BRX                    Manassas Park     MPX
Buena Vista      BVX                    Martinsville      MVX
Charlottesville  CHX                    Newport News      NNX
Chesapeake       CPX                    Norfolk           NFX
Clifton Forge    CLX                    Norton            NRX
Colonial Heights COX                    Petersburg        PBX
Covington        CVX                    Poquoson          PQX
Danville         DAX                    Portsmouth        POX
Emporia          EMX                    Radford           RAX
Fairfax          FXX                    Richmond          RIX
Falls Church     FCX                    Roanoke           ROX
Fort Monroe      FMX                    Salem             SAX
Franklin         FRX                    South Boston      SBX
Fredericksburg   FBX                    Staunton          STX
Galax            GAX                    Suffolk           SUX
Hampton          HAX                    Virginia Beach    VBX
Harrisonburg     HBX                    Waynesboro        WAX
Hopewell         HOX                    Williamsburg      WMX
Lexington        LEX                    Winchester        WIX


>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:41:10 -0500
>To: [email protected]
>From: Stan Reas <[email protected]>
>Subject: Virginia QSO Party
>
>This Weekend is the Viriginia QSO Party.
>
>The FISTS QSL Bureau is sponsoring the Plaque for the High CW Score in the 
>Party.
>
>Per the announcement in March issue of QST - Page 102:
>
>Virginia QSO Party - Phone and CW, sponsored
>by the Sterling Park ARC, 1800Z Mar 16-0200Z
>Mar 18.
>Frequencies:
>CW - 1.805 and 50 kHz up;
>Phone - 1.845 3.860 7.260 14.270 21.370 28.370 kHz;
>Novice/Tech - 10 kHz up and 28.370;
>VHF/UHF - 50.125 144.200, 146.58, 223.50, 446.00 MHz.
>No repeater or cross-mode QSO's.
>SO, MS, MM fixed station and mobile categories;
>no time limit;
>QSO's once per band/mode/VA QTH,
>VA stations work everyone; others work VA stations only.
>Exchange: serial number and SPC or VA county/city.
>QSO points: Phone - 1 pt, CW - 2 pts, Mobile - 3 pts.
>Multipliers - VA city/counties + SPC.
>Score: QSO points x multipliers (counted only once).
>VA mobiles add 100 pts per VA city/county activated.
>Add 500 pts for QSO with K4NVA.
>For more information. www.qsl.net/sterling
>Logs must be emailed or postmarked by Apr 15 to [email protected]
>or Virginia QSO Party, Call Box 599, Sterling, VA  20167
>
>SO = Single Op; MS = Multi-Op Single Transmitter;
>MM = Multi-op, Multiple Transmitters
>
>SPC = State/Province/DXCC Entity
>
>CW Abbreviations for VA Counties and Independent Cities per attached file.
>
>Look forward to making contacts with many of our FISTS members
>
>73, Stan - K4UK


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