I participated a bit in the Vermont QSO party / 2017-02-06

Vermont Counties map, from Vermont county map - Wikimedia

I still try to make radio contacts to far away places even with current radio propagation at low levels. At the moment the last hours of the afternoon before sunset seem to give options towards the west (USA and Canada).

Last week I got home early one day, fired up the radio for PSK31 on 20 meters and saw K2EQ again.

This Sunday I saw in the fldigi screen:

CQ Vermont QSO Party K1VMT K1VMT

and answered with my call without having any idea what the Vermont QSO party is about, but having Vermont in the log would mean a new US state.

The exchange was made and I dug up from the noise that the answer included LAMoille which is a county in Vermont. It all made a lot more sense when I viewed the Vermont QSO party website. I kept an eye open for CQ's from other Vermont stations but never saw any. So I entered my log with one entry for the Vermont QSO party.

Update 2017-03-23: And the results are in! 2017 Vermont QSO party results where it shows that the participation in the Vermont QSO party is growing. My one contact was logged correctly on both sides.