{"id":7163,"date":"2012-02-04T14:11:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T19:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2012-02-04T14:11:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T19:11:43","slug":"worked-all-states-by-my-standards-at-least","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/04\/worked-all-states-by-my-standards-at-least\/","title":{"rendered":"Worked All States – by my standards, at least"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’ve managed to talk to at least one person in every US state. This is Quite A Big Deal for a new(ish) ham. To be more specific, I’ve done this using one mode – PSK31 – which makes it slightly better nerd-tuned.<\/p>\n

But you’re going to just have to take my word for it now. In order to get a certificate, I have to get the 50-ish responds to log their details either on eQSL<\/a> or ARRL’s Logbook of the World<\/a>. And this is a bit more difficult.<\/p>\n

On eQSL, I’m at 49\/50. My lone North Dakotan QSO was from someone mobile from out of state, and eQSL doesn’t handle that well. North Dakota is very sparsely populated, and there’s very seldom anyone on the air from there. Every time I look on PSK Reporter<\/a>, the emptiness of the state glares at me …<\/p>\n

LotW is more of a problem. It says I still have ten more states to go. While it’s a very elegant system, the setup process for LotW is just a bit too complex for most people.<\/p>\n

So here are my maps:<\/p>\n

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VA3PID Worked All States<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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VA3PID Worked All States: West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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VA3PID Worked All States: Central<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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VA3PID Worked All States: East<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’d like to apologise to Vermont, whose presence is rather noted by its absence from the map. I’m actually surprised that more states ended up with all of their QSOs appearing inside, as:<\/p>\n