Oklahoma QSO Sprint – Official Rules
The Sooner Sprint is a user friendly, single operator contest sprint focused on keeping rules light and atmosphere comfortable. New SSB & CW operators will hopefully be more inclined to take part. CW speeds should be kept to 15-20 wpm maximum initially and adjusting as needed to make the contact. 5 wpm is allowed and encouraged. Good CW stewards will slow as needed to make the contact. Keeping a logbook is simple and clear for easy documentation and submission. Working Oklahoma counties and stations across the U.S. and beyond. All amateurs are welcome.
Clubs can take part and gather multiple operators at their site to increase activity, but the individuals will be scored separately after the club submits the logs.
Date & Time
Weekly CW times: Thursdays 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC) till 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC) will call using CQ SS. an accepted exchange will count towards quarterly rankings. SSB activity can be added as interest grows.
Date: June 20th, 2026
Time: 1300 UTC 0800 Central (UTC and local)
Duration: 12 hours
Modes & Bands
All
HF bands allowed except WARC. CW, SSB, and digital modes permitted except
FT-8/4.
Exchange
All QSOs exchange:
- Callsign
- RST
- Op NAME
- Oklahoma stations: County (see county abbr. below)
- Non-Oklahoma stations: State/Province/DX
Scoring
- 1 point per QSO
- Multipliers: QRP less than or equal to 10w: x 3
- Multipliers: LO less than equal to 100 watts: x 2
- Multipliers: HI more than 100 watts: x 1
- Multipliers: CW operators an additional 1 point per QSO
- Final Score: Total QSOs × Total Multipliers
- Example
- 10 QSO operating QRP CW
- 10X4=40
- 10 QSO operating QRP SSB
- 10X3=30
- 10 QSO operating HI SSB
- 10X1=10
- 10 QSO operating LO CW
- 10*3=30
- 10 QSO operating QRP CW
- NOTE: please submit your ideas for different scoring structure if you prefer something different.
Operating Rules
- Work each station once per band/mode.
- Spotting networks allowed unless prohibited by local rules.
Log Submission
Email
logs in ADIF format to: ki5egh@yahoo.com
Logs
due within 15 days of contest end.
Awards
Bragging rights will be listed on the page. A digital Certificate will be available for download. if applicable.
Results of weekly contest will be provided quarterly here on this page.
ALL Stations with the most Oklahoma QSO’s
Oklahoma stations with most QSO’s
DX stations (outside OK.) with most OK counties/QSO’s
Copies of certs can be found below.
Contact
For questions or updates, contact: Mike
KI5EGH ki5egh@yahoo.com
Oklahoma county code list map.
Conty code list alphabetically
| ADA Adair (32) | DEL Delaware (23) | LIN Lincoln (37) | PIT Pittsburg (59) |
| ALF Alfalfa (6) | DEW Dewey (24) | LOG Logan (27) | PON Pontotoc (57) |
| ATO Atoka (71) | ELL Ellis (14) | LOV Love (74) | POT Pottawatomie (48) |
| BEA Beaver (3) | GAR Garfield (17) | MCL McClain (46) | PUS Pushmataha (72) |
| BEC Beckham (42) | GRV Garvin (56) | MCU McCurtain (73) | RGM Roger Mills (33) |
| BLA Blaine (25) | GRA Grady (45) | MCI McIntosh (51) | ROG Rogers (21) |
| BRY Bryan (76) | GNT Grant (7) | MAJ Major (16) | SEM Seminole (49) |
| CAD Caddo (44) | GRE Greer (53) | MAR Marshall (75) | SEQ Sequoyah (41) |
| CAN Canadian (35) | HAR Harmon (62) | MAY Mayes (22) | STE Stephens (66) |
| CAR Carter (68) | HRP Harper (4) | MUR Murray (69) | TEX Texas (2) |
| CHE Cherokee (31) | HAS Haskell (52) | MUS Muskogee (40) | TIL Tillman (64) |
| CHO Choctaw (77) | HUG Hughes (50) | NOB Noble (18) | TUL Tulsa (20) |
| CIM Cimarron (1) | JAC Jackson (63) | NOW Nowata (11) | WAG Wagoner (30) |
| CLE Cleveland (47) | JEF Jefferson (67) | OKF Okfuskee (38) | WAS Washington (10) |
| COA Coal (58) | JOH Johnston (70) | OKL Oklahoma (36) | WAT Washita (43) |
| COM Comanche (55) | KAY Kay (8) | OKM Okmulgee (39) | WOO Woods (5) |
| COT Cotton (65) | KIN Kingfisher (26) | OSA Osage (9) | WDW Woodward (15) |
| CRA Craig (12) | KIO Kiowa (54) | OTT Ottawa (13) | |
| CRE Creek (29) | LAT Latimer (60) | PAW Pawnee (19) | |
| CUS Custer (34) | LEF Le Flore (61) | PAY Payne (28) |
Certificates:
All stations – Most Oklahoma contacts
Oklahoma Stations with the most QSO’s
DX stations (outside OK.) with most OK counties/QSO’s
