{"id":13,"date":"2016-04-10T05:27:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T11:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohqpwp.ohqp.org\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:50:38","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ohqp.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><strong>Join us for the next OhQP on Sat 22 Aug 2026<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><\/center>\n\n\n\n<center><strong>2025 Results are Posted.<br>Browse online, download the writeup or generate your certificate.<\/strong><\/center>\n\n\n\n<center>&nbsp;<\/center>\n\n\n\n<center><\/center>\n\n\n\n<center><\/center>\n\n\n\n<center><strong>Congratulations to the 2025 Plaque Winners<\/strong><br><br><\/center>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div><hr>\n<p>The Ohio QSO Party is an opportunity for amateur radio operators around the world to celebrate the great state of Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a ham we invite you to use the links to the left and explore this site. You&#8217;ll find the rules, past scores, planned operations for this year&#8217;s event, scoring records and more.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not a &#8216;ham&#8217; and this sounds like a foreign language to you, please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Radio Relay League<\/a> web site. The&nbsp;ARRL site has resources that explain amateur radio and how you can become licensed and join in the fun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>How to get up to the minute info on OhQP,<br>post questions or tell everyone about your OhQP experience&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">OhQP has a mail list (reflector) on groups.io. Go to groups.io and search for Ohio QSO Party sponsored by MRRC or send an email to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:OHQP+subscribe@groups.io\">OHQP+subscribe@groups.io<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the only place on the web to get &#8220;official&#8221; information on the Ohio QSO Party. We are not on FaceBook, Twitter or anywhere else. Since 1999 the Mad River Radio Club has&nbsp;brought you the Ohio QSO Party.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><hr>\n<p>The Ohio QSO Party Committee is:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Jim, K8MR &#8211; Chairman<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Tim, K9TM &#8211; Web and log checking<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Dan, W8CAR &#8211; Activity whip<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Tim, KE8OC &#8211; Treasurer<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Gary, AF8A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><hr>\n<p>This site has been setup to adapt to different devices from smart phones to tablets to computers. &nbsp;It was also setup to efficiently convey the important information. &nbsp;As such it is not filled with all kinds of unnecessary graphics for backgrounds and such. &nbsp;While some may see this as boring or not sexy that is OK. &nbsp;The objective of the site is to provide OhQP information which is mostly textual in nature. &nbsp;There are some pages which are graphically intensive such as the soapbox pages. &nbsp;We hope you enjoy the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5ab-print-button-container\"><div class=\"h5ab-print-button h5ab-print-button-right\" style=\"cursor: pointer; color: #555\"><i class=\"fa fa-print fa-lg\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>print<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; 2025 Results are Posted.Browse online, download the writeup or generate your certificate. &nbsp; Congratulations to the 2025 Plaque Winners The Ohio QSO Party is an opportunity for amateur radio operators around the world to celebrate the great state of Ohio. 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