This is the fifth year a group from our Tennessee Valley DX Association has traveled from the Chattanooga area to Wythe County to operate the VAQP. We set up field-day style at a hunting lodge near Speedwell.

There were 3 stations (K3s, K3, TS590s) on the air manned by 5 operators. Antennas consisted of a G5RV, an 80M dipole fed with ladder line, a 40M EDZ and a 160m inverted-L with one raised radial. The 80/40’s were fed through tuners for multiband operation. All antennas were at a good height of 40 to 60 feet between some large trees. Conditions on Saturday were not very good. Even with only 3 transmitters it was hard to find a band/mode that would support runs of any length. Then there were thunderstorms which forced a shut down for a while Saturday night. Sunday morning, conditions were marginally better and seemed to improve slightly as the day wore on. Only one signal was heard on 15m. VA activity seemed very lite compared to past years. There were many times when CQ’s went unanswered for several minutes. We felt the extended hours this year were not that productive. In spite of all this it was still a lot of fun. Good food, good fellowship and playing radio in the woods for a couple of days was still enjoyed by everyone. We appreciate all those who stopped by to give us a QSO.

Call: K4VIG
Operator(s): K3JWI K4VIG KE4CMA W4NZ W4XK
Station: K4VIG

Class: M/MFixed LP
QTH: Wythe County
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Location: In State/Province

Band	CW Qs	Ph Qs	Dig Qs
160:	3
80:	106	76
40:	148	173
20:	64	1
15:	1
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
Total:	322	250	0	Mults	105	Total Score	93,345