Post your plans on the OQP Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oqp/
OR on ve3_contest OR email oqp@va3cco.com

You can join the Ontario QSO Party e-mail discussion list by navigating to the OQP Yahoo Group above and click Sign Up.

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

2018 Announced Operation Chart

OQP Bonus Stations in RED, Youth Stations in BLUE

Multiplier#		Who to Look For !
Mobiles/Rovers
		VE3ODX/R - (SAT) OXF, WAT, BRA (SUN) DUF, GRY
U.S.		K3MA
DX
Algoma District	ALG
City of Brant	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
Town of Haldimand	HAL
Haliburton County	HLB
Halton Region	HTN	VA3CCO, VE3KZ
City of Hamilton	HAM	VA3PDE
Hastings County	HAS	VA3NGE
Huron County	HUR
City of Kawartha Lakes	KAW	VA3TPS
Kenora District	KEN
Lambton County	LAM
Lanark County	LAN	VE3VY
Leeds-Grenville County	LGR	VE3DQN - Sat only
Lennox-Addington County	LXA	VE3PJ, VA3RAC
Manitoulin District	MAN
Middlesex County	MSX
Muskoka District	MUS
Niagara Region	NIA
Nipissing District	NIP
Town of Norfolk	NFK
Northumberland County	NOR
City of Ottawa	OTT
Oxford County	OXF
Parry Sound District	PSD	VA3OPP
Peel Region	PEL
Perth County	PER
Peterborough County	PET
Prescott-Russell County	PRU
City of Prince Edward	PED
Rainy River District	RAI
Renfrew County	REN
Simcoe County	SIM	VE3BM
Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry United Counties	SDG
City of Sudbury	SUD
Thunder Bay District	TBY
Timiskaming District	TIM	VE3RCB
City of Toronto	TOR	VE3TW VE3GFN
Waterloo Region	WAT	VE3SWA
Wellington County	WEL
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, multis 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 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".

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