Pursuing the ARRL Semiquincentennial America250 Worked All States Award
de Joe W4TV
The ARRL Semiquincentennial America250 Worked All States Award is a year-long Worked-All-States operating event celebrating the 250th anniversary (Semiquincentennial) of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Points are conferred for QSOs confirmed via LoTW.
To pursue the operating even using DXLab's Realtime Award Tracking for WAS,
Create a copy of your current My QTH and name this copy so that you will recognize it as special for the year - like WAS 2026
Check the WAS box in your WAS 2026 myQTH
Clear the WAS box in all other My QTHs
On the Log tab of DXKeeper's Configuration window, set the Default MyQTH ID to WAS 2026
Terminate SpotCollector if it's running
In the WAS Bands & Modes panel on the Awards tab of DXKeeper's Configuration window,
- uncheck all band boxes
uncheck the QRP, SAT, FT8, and FT4 boxes
check the Mixed (Basic), Phone, CW, RTTY, and Digital boxes
if the Realtime Award Progress box is unchecked, check it and allow DXKeeper to populate its WAS Realtime Award Tracking table
if the Realtime Award Progress box is checked click the Recompute button at the bottom of the Check Progress tab of DXKeeper's Main window, and wait for this operation to complete
Start SpotCollector; on the right side of its Configuration window's Spot Database tab, click the Recompute button
Review the Schedule of State Activations
At 0Z on each Wednesday in 2026, update DXView's Override List to specify the W1AW/X stations that will be active during the next 7 days; specify each W1AW/X station's State by specifying <Pri:XX> in its Override entry's Location field, e.g. <Pri:FL>
All of DXKeeper's WAS progress reporting functionality will display your current Semiquincentennial America250 results.
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