2026 WIQP Mobile Route Postings
Below are route-related postings from direct email, the WIQP reflector and the APRS QSO Party Tracker page.
Please forward your plans!
Bob Chudek, KØRC, has provided a detailed spreadsheet showing this year’s planned activations. He will update it up until the day before WIQP as new information becomes available.
Bob also provided a map showing the planned county activations for this year.
Check ‘em out!
KØPC/m
Here is my plan for the WI QSO Party. CW only, 40-15M during the day with 80M late. This will be a Rover operation, i.e. operating only while stopped. About 40 minutes per county. Planned route and start times:
EAU 1800Z
JAC 1840Z
TRE 1930Z
BUF 2035Z
PEP 2130Z
DUN 2230Z
PIE 2330Z
STC 0025Z
Follow KØPC-9 on APRS at:
https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FK0PC-9&timerange=3600&tail=3600
and
https://mobiletracker.stateqso.com/WI/
73, Pat KØPC/M
WØAA/m
Weather permitting, I will activate the following counties in the order shown:
Burnett
Washburn
Sawyer
Ashland
Price
Rusk
Barron
Polk
If I am driverless, I may cut some counties at the end. Either way my plan will be to finish before dark.
73 Mark WA0MHJ
WØZQ/m
Hello all. I've decided to go back to my original plan. I'll be a one-man stop & operate rover, 15m through 80m, running mixed mode. The route will be:
Rusk 1800 - 1910
Barron 1915 - 2025
Chippewa 2045 - 2155
Dunn 2200 - 2355
St. Croix 2330 - 0020
Polk 0030 - 0100
Times should be taken with a grain of salt because as long as people are calling, I'm there to work them. Of course weather could be a factor. The long range forecast is looking unfavorable at this time with the potential for a significant March storm, so something for all of us to watch.
73, Jon W0ZQ/m
WO9B/m
Greetings WIQP'rs,
Once again the WO9B team will be going mobile with our Multi-Op team of KA9FZR, AA9RK, KD9NZB and WO9B. We will be running CW working 20, 40 and 80 (late). This year the route is focused on southern WI where we hope to activate the bottom 3 tiers of counties except KEN.
COL
SAU
RIC
CRA
GRA
IOW
LAF
GRE
DAN
ROC
JEF
WAL
RAC
WAU
MIL
OZA
WAS
DOD
Given the number of counties we will be activating, some of the county activations will be very brief (10 min). These Pop-In counties include: CRA, LAF, DAN, JEF, DOD. If those are of interest to you, keep an eye on the Mobile Tracker.
APRS: WO9B-9 on the All States QSO Party Mobile Tracker Website: https://mobiletracker.stateqso.com/WI/
Note: We will not be pinging on the aprs.fi map.
Hope to put you in the log....a bunch of times!!
73,
MJ, WO9B
WØIS/m
I think we will start in Marinette and then drive home to the Twin Cities. I was originally thinking of looping north and hitting counties like Iron, Ashland, etc. But it looks like I can get a couple of rare ones by heading more or less directly home, mostly along WI-29 and I-94.
So the plan is:
MRN
OCO
MEN
LAN
SHA
MAR
CLA
CHI
EAU
DUN
STC
My wife and daughter will be driving, so I'll be in the back seat operating. I will be QRP with a mobile antenna, although it generally does very well on 15 and 20 CW. So I will probably be about 90% on 20 CW. If 15 is good, I'll also use that to work some of the DX. At stops, I might try 40 CW, but that signal is quite marginal. If this link works, it should show my full route: Google Map.
If I make any changes, I will post them here. I will plan on spotting at this link: http://qsopartyhub.com/wiqp-spots.php
But if you hear me, please spot me!
TNX & 73,
Rick W0IS
KB9S/m
I plan to be mobile in WIQP this year. CW only 20/40/80. Will be around the recommended CW frequency of 50kHz up from the bottom of the band.
APRS as KB9S-9
Counties will be:
Eau Claire
Chippewa
Clark
Marathon
Lincoln
Taylor
Rusk
Chippewa(2)
Eau Claire(2)
Dunn
Pepin
Buffalo
73, Mark KB9S
KEØTT/m
I plan to run the following counties mobile, times are approximate.
Crawford 1900 to 2030Z
Vernon 2100
La Crosse 2130 until 2200 or so.
CW mainly 40 and 20 M, will check 15M.
C U then, 73, Dan KE0TT
