Yes! The Telephone Pioneer QSO welcomes all Amateur Radio operators: Pioneers, former Pioneers, and Non-Pioneers to participate on the air.
Announcing the 56th Annual TPQSO Party — October 19, 2020
Monday, October 19th, 2020
Telephone Pioneer Radio Amateurs,
Telephone Pioneer QSO Party Chapter Coordinators, and
Telecom Pioneer Chapter Administrators:
The George S Ladd Radio Club (Golden Gate Chapter) invites all Telephone Pioneers, including former and current employees of the telephone related companies, and all other licensed amateur radio operators to participate in the 56th Annual Telephone Pioneer QSO Party.
We welcome contacts from non-pioneers as well!
The Telephone Pioneer QSO party combines Pioneering and Amateur Radio. It is a great chance to renew old friendships. Help us celebrate the Annual Telephone Pioneer QSO Party.
For the latest information and results go to: https://tpqso.com/
If you are a chapter coordinator, please make every effort to contact all the Telephone Pioneer operators in your chapter.
Included with this letter are the rules, log sheets and a summary sheet. Please use the summary sheet!
The Telephone Pioneer QSO Party is scheduled for Monday October 19, 2020.
One complaint about weekend operating is the QRM with the various state QSO parties. The event will run eight hours with all modes running concurrently but scored separately.
There will be a special digital only session from 18:00 to 19:00 UTC. The increasing use of the digital modes, especially FT-8, will give all of us a chance to test its popularity.
Please give our announcement the widest possible distribution to all the known Amateur Radio Operators both pioneers and non-pioneers.. Thanks to all the previous coordinators who have made the TPQSO party a great success over the past 55 years.
For more information please call, email or write:
Jim Muiter N6TP 4233 Wooster Ave. San Mateo, CA 94403 650-345-6973 N6TPjim@gmail.com
73
Jim — N6TP
Here’s what you need for the 2020 TPQSO PartyHere’s everything you need to participate. Download the Announcement,
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Results of the 2019 Telephone Pioneer QSO Party
“A Real Pioneering Radio”
We persisted in making many enjoyable contacts with other Telephone Pioneers plus non-pioneers as well. The bonus points for working non-pioneers and spreading the word about pioneering showed up
in the scores.
The final score equaled the QSO and chapter totals — i.e., Digital, CW and Phone QSOs added together,
multiplied by the Digital, CW and Phone Chapters added together.
Then we tightened up the spread in the suggested frequencies.
The general consensus was the changes continue to be better particulaly getting away from the weekend QRM.
73 Jim N6TP
INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR SCORES
| CALL | NAME | CHAPTER | Final Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG7KO | SCOTT SLATER | WASHINGTON | 2862 |
| K0OHB | WAYNE ASHWELL | MISSOURI | 138 |
| KB0BH | LARRY WHITE | SOUTH | 170 |
| KB4LWT | LARRY ANDRUS | SOUTHERN STATES NEW OUTLOOK | 108 |
| N6TP | JIM MUITER | GOLDEN GATE | 161 |
| VE5AAD | CHAS ZSOKA | SASKATCHEWAN | 35 |
| W4AXO | JIM ROEBUCK | ALABAMA | 99 |
| W4BXI | JOHN DRUM | SOUTH | 548 |
| WA5MLF | JOHN KRUPSKY | LOUISIANA | 30 |
| Totals | 3981 |
Results of the 2018 Telephone Pioneer QSO Party
“A Real Pioneering Radio”
The 2018 Telephone Pioneer QSO Party reflected our new schedule and mode of operation. In 2016 we moved off the weekend schedule to avoid other operating events such as he various state QSO parties. The third Monday in October presented us with a unique opportunity to operate in relatively quiet bands. Conditions were only fair considering that we were on the downward slope of the Sunspot Cycle 24.
However as always we persisted in making many enjoyable contacts with other Telephone Pioneers plus non pioneers as well. The bonus points for working non-pioneers and spreading the word about Pioneering showed up in the scores.
The final score equaled the QSO and chapter totals — i.e. Digital, CW and Phone QSOs added together, multiplied by the Digital, CW and Phone Chapters added together. Then we tightened up the spread in the suggested frequencies.
The general consensus was the changes continue to be better particulaly getting away from the weekend QRM.
73 Jim N6TP
| CALL | NAMES | CHAPTER | Bonus | Final Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG7KO | SCOTT SLATER | WASHINGTON | 0 | 1463 |
| W4BXI | JOHN DRUM | SOUTH | 100 | 900 |
| N6TP | JIM MUITER | GOLDEN GATE | 0 | 432 |
| KB0BH | LARRY WHITE | SOUTH | 20 | 200 |
| KB0LWT | LARRY ANDRUS | SOUTHERN STATES NEW OUTLOOK | 0 | 152 |
| K0OHB | WAYNE ASHWELL | MISSOURI | 10 | 122 |
| W4AXO | JIM ROEBUCK | ALABAMA | 98 | |
| K0HQW | TORT ISSACSON | THEODORE GARY | 10 | 40 |
| WA5MLF | JOHN KRUPSKY | LOUISIANA | 0 | 30 |
| KB0JIT | PAUL SIPES | IOWA | 0 | 20 |
| W7DEB | DENNIS BRADFORD | VERIZON WEST | 0 | 6 |
| VA6SJA | JOHN ALLEN | SASKATCHEWAN | 0 | 4 |
| AC0WZ | DAN SCHAPER | MISSOURI | 0 | 1 |
| K0SFV | LARRY CANNON | KANSAS | 0 | 1 |
Results of the 2017 Telephone Pioneer QSO Party
“A Real Pioneering Radio”
The 2017 Telephone Pioneer QSO Party continued the new schedule and mode of operation. We had moved off the December weekend schedule to avoid other operating events such as the various state QSO parties. The third Monday in October again presented us with a unique opportunity to operate in relatively quiet bands.
Conditions were only fair, considering that we were on the downward slope of the Sunspot Cycle 24.
However as always we made many great contacts with other Telephone Pioneers plus non-Pioneers as well. The bonus points for working non-pioneers and spreading the word about pioneering showed up in the scores. The final score equaled the QSO and chapter totals— i.e. CW and Phones QSOs added together multiplied by the CW and Phone Chapters added together. Then we tightened up the spread in the suggested frequencies.
Participation was up this year to 25, which shows continued interest in our event! Thanks to all who enjoyed making those old friendships live again.
73 and see you on the air,
Jim N6TP
| CALL | NAMES | CHAPTER | CW Total | PH Total | Bonus | Final Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W4BXI | JOHN DRUM | SOUTH | 198 | 1804 | 100 | 3400 |
| N6TP | JIM MUITER | GOLDEN GATE | 121 | 1122 | 30 | 2076 |
| KI7CKE | SCOTT SLATER | WASHINGTON | 0 | 1035 | 10 | 1045 |
| W0NFL | JIM GRAHAM | IOWA | 9 | 20 | 20 | 395 |
| K0OHB | WAYNE ASHWELL | MISSOURI | 0 | 286 | 60 | 346 |
| WA4PTZ | TIM SAVAGE | TENNESSEE | 15 | 187 | 30 | 338 |
| CG5AAD | CHAS ZSOKA | SASKATCHEWAN | 20 | 88 | 10 | 202 |
| W4AXO | JIM ROEBUCK | ALABAMA | 80 | 25 | 0 | 195 |
| VE4BG | BORIS KUJOT | MANITOBA | 9 | 100 | 0 | 169 |
| W8KGI | JAMES HANLON | CROSS ROAD NEW OUTLOOK | 36 | 36 | 0 | 144 |
| K0CCU | LEE WEITZEL | IOWA | 0 | 88 | 10 | 98 |
| AF6F | DICK SCHEPLER | DE ANZA | 0 | 80 | 10 | 90 |
| WA5MLF | JOHN KRUPSKY | LOUISIANA | 0 | 80 | 0 | 80 |
| KK7IB | GEORGE WHITE | ARIZONA | 0 | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| VE1IN | LORNE TITUS | NEW BRUNSWICK | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| KB4LWT | LARRY ANDRUS | SO. STATES NEW OUTLOOK | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| N5BFD | JIM HOPKINS | OKLAHOMA | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| KB0JIT | PAUL SIPES | IOWA | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| W3LIA | BOB LAWSON | LIBERTY BELL | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| WF9V | BOB MARCHESCHI | ILLNOIS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| K0SFV | LARRY CANNON | KANSAS | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| N9XU | DAVE HOLDEMAN | ILLNOIS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| AC8AV | KEN JENNINGS | OHIO | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K0HQW | TORT ISAACSON | THEODORE GARRY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K4HF | CHUCK KITTLEWOOD | NORTH CAROLINA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 519 | 5039 | 280 | 8712 |
Past Years’ Results
An archive of past years’ results is available for the Telephone Pioneer QSO Party.
2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 —
And for those who are curious — here is a table of all the individual results of the TPQSO Party from 2010–2013. You can see how you and other operators fared over time! [Updated 5/6/14]