State QSO Party Programs Revision History


The following is a brief summary of the revisions to the state QSO party programs:

03/16/2024 New England In and Out 4.3.6

- Updated for new multiplier list and rule changes.


01/23/2024 SC In and Out 2.7.6

- Updated to reflect multipliers by band in mode in accordance with revised contest rules.


1/04/2024 WV QSO Party In & Out 4.3.7

- All QSOs 1 or 2 points (removed mobile additional QSO points) per rule change.


All Versions 10/04/2023

- Updated for new map tile source for world map (will prompt for Affirmatech Extensions update)
- Indexing of Call field for faster JTAlert B4 lookup
- Ensure port remains closed for Rig Interface when None is selected
- CW Loop sending when RI: is used for rig commands


10/04/2023 ID QSO Party In 2.2.5

- Emits ADIF value for DX entities on Cabrillo output per contest sponsor's request.


7/25/2023 WA QSO Party In 4.3.5

- Modified for rule changes including revised section abbreviation list.

7/06/2023 CA QSO Party In 4.4.5 & Out of State 4.4.5

- Modified for rule changes including revised section list.

All Versions 3/30/2023

- Updated for our HamDash online real time scoreboard
- Spot Me on DX Spotting form and via Ctrl + Shift + H
- Notes List - click on header to sort by call or frequency
- ID QSO Party added DXCC number to Cabrillo output for DX

1/17/2023 NM QSO Party In 2.2.4 & Out of State 2.1.4

- Modified programs for new contest exchange (name replaced with RST per rule change).

1/17/2023 WV QSO Party In 4.3.4 & Out of State 4.3.4

- Modified programs for new contest scoring values (point value QSOs modified per rule change).

1/02/2023 VA QSO Party In & Out of State 3.3.4

- Updated for Cabrillo category options.

12/14/2022 AZ QSO Party Out of State 2.2.4

- Updated for DX option on setup.

12/14/2022 NC QSO Party In State 3.3.4

- Updated for new province multiplier list.

12/01/2022 PA QSO Party In State 4.8.4

- Updated for new RAC section changes to become effective 1/01/2023

9/14/2022 NY QSO Party In & Out of State 2.2.4

- Updated per contest rule changes (using Canadian provinces, new categories and other misc).

8/17/2022 All Versions

- Corrected map pin location for country environment locations using comma instead of decimal point
- Added Super Check Partial upload to all contest software (Settings > Super Check Partial)
- Added ability to send CW via rig interface with ASCII to hex character conversion using {} to encase converted text
- Added option for CW cut numbers A = 1, N = 9, T = 0
- Added ADDADIFRECORD command for API
- Added Clear on QSY (Tune Away)
- CTRL+Shift+J Overrides List option buttons of Last 20 or All (for blind hams, contesting programs only)


8/17/2022 Washington Salmon Run 4.3.3

- Updated for elimination of digital modes, elimination of 2M and limiting DX mults to 10.


3/03/2022 All Versions

A world map (View > World Map)
A gray line map (View > Gray Line Map)
Easy access to hundreds of common help questions via our Juliet chat bot (Help > Ask Juliet)
Notes (Ctrl H) added to Band Map (with rig interface enabled)
Ability to disable Duplicate audio alert (Settings > Voice Navigation)
Ability to enter a transverter offset value (Settings > Rig Interface)

State specific QSO Party Changes for rules modifications also released on 3/03/2020:

Arkansas 2.4.2 - New scoring
Idaho 2.2.2 - In State multipliers do not include counties (software corrected to reflect existing rules)
Michigan 4.4.2 In State and 4.3.2 Out of State - New, non serial number exchange
Ontario 2.2.3 - Bonus station points calculation
Wisconsin 4.5.2 - Digital independent of CW

Complete details and more information are in this announcement here.

1/04/2022 Ontario in province and out of province 2.2.2

Updated bonus station list.

1/03/2022 All Versions

Dark Theme added.
Ability to alternate backcolor on main list.
Yaesu Newer and Newer 2 - added ability to check for active VFO with VS; command for rigs that support it.
Ability to disable beep when you are spotted (Settings > DX Spotting > Configure).
SETOPINFO command API command (to set various operator variables).
Modified DX Spotting telnet so that lines without carriage returns are displayed.
Revised /MM suffix behavior.

1/03/2022 Washington Salmon Run

Changed Cabrillo contest file name to WA-SALMON-RUN.
Mapped NB & NAS to MR.

1/03/2022 Wisconsin QSO Party

Added digital mode option.
Corrected Cabrillo3 format address on in state version.

7/06/2021 All Versions

- Easy, direct, integration with WSJT-X.
- Font scaling based on manual form height changes of main form.
- Frequency Privileges form enhanced to show current frequency and DX spots.
- Winkeyer settings now saved along with your other CW settings when you click the Save Settings button.
- Winkeyer: Use _ to merge characters and | to add a small amount of space between characters.
- RI: commands in F1 now can be programmed with loop delay.
- You can now toggle most rigs from transmit to receive with Ctrl + Shift + A.

4/15/2021 ON QSO Party In State 2.1 & Out of State 2.1

- Correted to include county list in installer.

3/31/2021 NE QSO Party In State 4.4 & Out of State 4.4

- Correted to include county list in installer.

3/31/2021 MD QSO Party In State and Out of State 4.5

- Updated for rule changes.

2/12/2021 AZ QSO Party In State 2.5 & Out of State 2.3

- Updated Cabrillo formatting at request of the contest sponsor

2/05/2021 SC QSO Party In State 2.6 & Out of State 2.6

- Updated for new phone QSO points in accordance with the latest rules

1/20/2021 NE QSO Party In State 4.3 & Out of State 4.3

- Updated for KA0BOJ 50 point bonus

1/5/2021 All Versions

Automatic Update
All Logging Software Signed With a Certificate Authority's Digital Certificate
Automatic DX Spots Reconnect. Click Settings > DX Spotting > Auto Reconnect (upper right) to enable.
Toggle Between 3 Rigs
CW and Phone Settings Now Included with Ctrl X Toggle
Advanced and Technician License Class Privilege Filtering for DX Spots
Keyboard Tuning Shortcuts now Optional
CW Text to Speech
Operator Field ADIF Mapping
TCP Networking Port Now User Customizable
Block Band Overlap
Note Function Added
Super Check Partial Wild Cards Added
Winkeyer - Remaining String to be Sent Displayed
Added Shortcut List Summary

8/08/2020 MD QSO Party In State 4.3 & Out of State 4.3

- Corrected edit form to accept new abbreviations.

7/23/2020 OH QSO Party In State 4.4 & Out of State 4.3

- Updated per contest rule changes adding 160 meters.

3/19/2020 MD QSO Party In State 4.2 & Out of State 4.2

- Updated per contest rule changes.

2/5/2020 NM QSO Party In State 2.0 & Out of State 1.9

- Updated per contest rule changes (added 2m & 70 cm).

1/02/20 All Versions

- DX Spotted digital mode frequencies can be blocked or enabled independently from CW / SSB. Click More Filtering on the DX Spotting set up form to configure.
- Added Tab Sends Message (TSM) option for voice F keys (already existed for CW). Press Ctrl + Shift + G to enable.
- Use Shift (or Ctrl + Shift) + Up / Down, Left / Right arrows to tune your rig's frequency with rig interface enabled.
- State / Province / Country (SPC) field will also accept the county.
- Added Yaesu - Newer 2 option on the rig interface form's rig list to support Yaesu 991, Yaesu 101 D and Yaesu 101 MP.
- User added DX Spotting Telnet sites are saved and available for selection in the drop down list on the DX Spotting set up form.
- Added optional filtering for Advanced and Technician frequency privileges (in addition to the already existing General filtering).
- Can log county in prior field and county will transfer to county field on entry (to aid CW copy).
- Corrected form display anomalies on 4K monitors.
- Updated for proper FT4 ADIF transfer using mode / submode as defined in the latest ADIF specification.
- Passive Mode Option for FTP Web Upload (Settings > Web Upload Status Settings).

8/7/2019 AL QSO Party In & Out of State 1.9

- Updated per contest rule changes (phone QSOs changed from one point to two).

<7/3/2019 NJ QSO Party In & Out of State 2.2

- Updated per contest rule changes (digital added, power mults changed and bonus station removed).

5/2/2019 7 QSO Party In & Out of Region 3.1

- Updated digital QSO points from 3 to 4 per contest rule change.

1/14/2019 South Carolina In State & Out of State 2.3

- Removed bonus point calculations on Cabrillo creation due to continued rule changes. Bonus points will be calculated by the log checking robot after submission.

1/09/2019 New Mexico In State 1.8

- Maps DX to specific countries on Cabrillo output.

1/1/19 All Versions

- Added CW Tab Sends Message (TSM) feature (press Ctrl + Shift + G from the main form to enable / disable).
- Additional DX Spotting menu items including spot on entry, jump to next spot on entry, band map, and large DX spots form.
- Fire rig internal memories from F keys in CW mode when CW keying option not selected.
- Flex - feed Flex DX spots as received via their API.
- Added CONTESTEX API option to facilitate digital interface.
- NC in and out updated for 5 points per QSO digital rule change.

11/06/18 Arizona QSO Party In State 2.1

- Maps DX to specific countries on Cabrillo output.

10/15/18 Arizona QSO Party In State 2.0

- Corrected scoring for county multipliers.

9/19/18 Pennsylvania QSO Party In State & Out of State

- Updated for latest rule changes (all flavors of digital contacts count as digital, etc.)
- Added CW Tab Sends Message (TSM) feature (press Ctrl + Shift + G from the main form to enable / disable).
- Additional DX Spotting menu items including spot on entry, jump to next spot on entry, band map, and large DX spots form.
- Fire rig internal memories from F keys in CW mode when CW keying option not selected.
- Flex - feed Flex DX spots as received via their API.

8/28/18 Arizona In State & Out of State 1.9

- Updated for rule changes

8/09/18 Alabama In State & Out of State 1.7

- Updated for rule changes

3/14/18 Kentucky In State & Out of State 1.8

- Updated for minor rule changes (2M, bonus station & power level points)

3/14/18 All Versions

- Modified online score upload feature to default to the new Score Distributor.
- Added Icom2 rig interface selection to make interfacing Icom 7610s easier (but should work with all Icoms).
- Added Yaesu 891 selection (previously worked with 991 selection).
- Large DX Spots list form will now sort with column clicks.
- Send rig commands with PH and CW F keys to play stored messages in rig (not all rigs support this feature).

10/17/17 All Versions

- Added the use of + to log multiple counties at once (default File Share logging method only).
- Added Online Score upload feature.
- Added additional call checking validation on entry (already existed when typing the call).
- Added Mode Override option (Ctrl + Shift + M)
- Auto advance to the next DX spot on enter (Press Ctrl + Shift + E to turn on the auto advance option).
- Clear a DX Spot from your keyboard (press Ctrl + Shift + X with the call you want to clear in the call field).
- Press Ctrl + Shift + Z to advance to the next DX Spot (rig interface must be enabled).
- Option to spot DX on entry (enable by pressing Ctrl + Shift + T).
- Obtain the long path bearing by clicking on the Bearing label (while it is currently displaying the direct bearing).
- Option to log the contact by clicking on the blue dialog label.
- To update the contest elapsed time counter to robot calculated time, click on the operating time label.
- Additional API commands.

9/26/2017 Pennsylvania In State 4.2 & Out of State 4.0

- Added additional Canadian sections to multiplier list per 2017 rule changes.
- Added the use of + to log multiple counties at once (default File Share logging method only).
- Added Online Score upload feature.
- Added additional call checking validation on entry (already existed when typing the call).
- Auto advance to the next DX spot on enter (Press Ctrl + Shift + E to turn on the auto advance option).
- Clear a DX Spot from your keyboard (press Ctrl + Shift + X with the call you want to clear in the call field).
- Press Ctrl + Shift + Z to advance to the next DX Spot (rig interface must be enabled).
- Option to spot DX on entry (enable by pressing Ctrl + Shift + T).
- Obtain the long path bearing by clicking on the Bearing label (while it is currently displaying the direct bearing).
- Option to log the contact by clicking on the blue dialog label.
- To update the contest elapsed time counter to robot calculated time, click on the operating time label.
- Additional API commands.

8/22/2017 Veromont In State 1.2

- Maps DX to specific countries on Cabrillo output.

7/25/2017 Iowa In State & Out of State 1.7

- Updated programs for rule changes (added digital mode and consolidated NF, LB into NL).

7/24/2017 Hawaii In State & Out of State 1.0

- Added support for Hawaii QSO Party.

2/15/2017 Vermont In State 1.1

- Corrected to show VT as a multiplier on the main form.

1/24/2017 Arkansas In State & Out of State 1.8

- Removed bonus station defaults at the request of contest sponsors due to frequent bonus station changes. Users to enter manually.

1/04/17 All Versions

- Added ability to select the sound card or device (RIGblaster, SignaLink, etc.) that you want to use to play your audio wave files.
- The % character sends county abbreviation instead of full county name in CW string.
- Added ability to record wave files for transmit (Settings > Transmit > Phone)
- Removed Windows Media Player dependency.
- Flex radio users can now connect to their rig via a Flex API to read and change the frequency and mode of the active slice.
- Additional API commands (0.9) as requested by users and developers.
- Additional DX Spotting filter options including blocking stations in your country and stations not in the Super Check Partial list.

10/24/2016 South Carolina In State & Out of State 1.8

- Updated bonus point calculations for latest rule changes.

10/11/2016 All Versions

- Additional API commands (0.8), as requested by Fldigi, PSK Express and other developers.
- Ability to quickly and easily switch between two rigs as configured on the rig interface form (Just press Ctrl X).
- To clear the band map, click on the band map and then press Shift C (this only affects the band map, not the DX Spots list).
- Ability to add an offset on frequency change such as clicking on a DX spot.
- To quickly display the frequency column in the QSO list in any contesting program, click Ctrl + Shift + F.

9/27/2016 Texas In State & Out of State 3.6

- Corrected bonus calculations when working the same mobile in more than 14 different counties.

8/23/2016 Pennsylvania In State 3.9

- Updated Canadian sections to mirror ARRL Field Day in accordance with a rule change.

6/27/16 All Versions

- Ability to check the entity status in your master log when you tab from the Call field in your contest log via API.
- Transfer QSO Records via API (File > Transfer via API).
- Added history file option (Settings > History File).
- Rig Interface via API (Settings > Rig Interface > N3FJP API).
- CW via API (Settings > Transmit > CW).
- DX Spots Summary Graph (View > DX Spots Summary Graph).
- Type frequency in Call field and press enter to change frequency.
- Modified frequency change form behavior so that it will optionally close on action.
- Additional API commands (API version 0.7).

4/15/16 All Versions

- Added Application Program Interface (API) functionality (Settings > Application Program Interface).
- Added CW PTT to key linear amplifiers (Settings > Transmit > CW).
- Added ability to temporarily disable band and mode updates from rig interface (press Ctrl + Shift R).
- Updated address label tags for Cabrillo output in compliance with the latest Cabrillo output specification.
- Press Ctrl + Shift + S for programs to read next serial number (for blind hams in programs where applicable).
- Press Ctrl + Shift + H to hide the Horizontal / Vertical button on the band map (click a blue area of the band map first).
- Band and mode (based on frequency) determined by band plan file.

12/18/2015 Sourth Carolina In State and Out of State 1.4

- Updated Cabrillo output to include bonus points for working the two bonus point stations.

10/11/2015 Pennsylvania In State 3.6

- Allows logging of rover if user only enters PA (WPA and EPA previously supported to log rovers).

7/11/2015 Arkansas In State and Out of State 1.3

- Changed Digital to 3 points per QSO with new rule change.

6/08/2015 New Jersey In State and Out of State 1.4

- Updated Cabrillo output for column specifications.

5/20/2015 Ohio In State 3.5 and Out of State 3.4

- Updated for new rule changes including removing serial number and adding RST to exchange.

5/18/2015 South Carolina In State and Out of State 1.3

- Updated for new rule changes.

4/21/2015 Ontario In State and Out of State 1.1

- Corrected scoring of bonus stations so that points are added before the multiplier is applied.

4/15/2015 Michigan In State 3.4

- Rule change: 1 DX multiplier per mode. Updated program accordingly.

1/12/2015 All State QSO Party Programs

- Added option to display dx spots on a separate form (Ctrl+Shift D).
- Ability to save and load CW settings for easy transfer to other N3FJP logging programs.
- Ability to save and load phone wave settings for easy transfer to other N3FJP logging programs.
- Removed Tech + from frequency privilege form.

12/02/2014 All State QSO Party Programs

- Band map DX spotting zoom scale and rig tracking features added.
- Spot last button on main form.
- Ability to adjust CW character spacing for PC generated CW.
- Addition of Super Check Partial, which can either be displayed in the Possible Duplicates window, or on a separate floating form.
- Dynamic scale resizing on band map form reflecting range of actual posted DX spots for a given band.
- Option to display band map automatically on start up.
- Resize the main form and the individual controls will reposition after you complete your mouse move.
- Your customized main form dimensions are saved on exit.
- Press Ctrl F to display a small form to quickly change your rig's frequency, band and mode. This form can optionally be set to display on start up from the rig interface form.
- Pressing Ctrl W displays the CW setup form as always, but now, you can also press Ctrl > Shift W to display a tiny version of the form showing your F key strings. This form can optionally be set to display on start up from the CW setup form.
- Press Ctrl > Shift C to display the bearing as a compass point as you type the call.

10/20/2014 Pennsylvania In State and Out of State 3.3

- Modified Cabrillo bonus calculation to ignore bonus station call sign /ABR (abbreviation) entries when searching for matches.

10/14/2014 Tennessee In State 1.1

- Modified Cabrillo output to display the prefix of the call when DX, at the request of the TN QSO party sponsors. No changes required for the out of state version.

10/11/2014 Pennsylvania Out of State 3.2

- Modified the out of state version to write the ARRL section instead of state. No change necessary for the in state version.

10/07/2014 Pennsylvania In State 3.2

- Modified the in state version to accept PA, as well as the multipliers EPA and WPA. No change necessary for out of state version.

10/04/2014 California In State and Out of State 3.2

- Added 6M and 2M bands.

9/21/2014 New Jersey In State and Out of State 1.1

- Removed 2M from the band options at the request of the NJQP folks.

9/16/2014 Maine Out of State 1.1

- Corrected scoring multipliers.

8/28/2014 Ohio In State 3.2

- Corrected DX multiplier to count one dx multiplier per mode instead of just one, regardless of mode.

8/13/2014 All State QSO Party Programs

- Ability to set DX spots filtering.
- Ability to display a DX spots band map (press Ctrl E from the main form to display).
- Ability to set have the program speak the details of a DX spot.
- Contest status web page FTP uploader
- Ability to list recent QSOs filtered by the same band and mode.
- Additional error checking to let you know if you have the clients set to TCP but forgot to also set the server to TCP.
- Ability to see the QSO rate time statistics of your specific PC (from the settings menu).
- Additional TCP error checking.
- Clients networking in TCP can now make local backups.
- Backups for both File Share and TCP are now in ADIF.
- Before downloading country file from AD1C, gets path to file from n3fjp.com.
- CW Buffer Form (Ctrl K).

2013 - 2014 All State QSO Party Programs

- Completed rewrite from VB6 to C#.NET for all the supported state QSO party programs at that time.



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