The fourth and present AZQP incarnation traces its roots to 2008 when the ARRL Headquarters asked then Arizona Section Manager Tom Fagan K7DF to organize an Arizona QSO Party to be held in 2009, which the ARRL had designated as the “Year of the State QSO Party”. Tom asked the Catalina Radio Club to host the party. Tom also instigated the revival of the AZ-Worked All Counties award sponsored by the Yavapai Amateur Radio Club. Gary KE7DX took the lead on the Arizona QSO Party for the Catalina Radio Club and launched the fourth and present incarnation of the AZQP in 2009. Gary remained the prime driver of the AZQP until 2018 when Bill K6WSC took the reins of what he also thought was the first AZQP. The Radio Society of Tucson sponsored the AZQP in 2018 & 19. The AZQP is now sponsored by the Amateur Radio Council of Arizona.

Therefore, the caveat that goes with the Xth Running of the AZQP in the header is the following: This is the Xth continuous year of the Running of the AZQP in its fourth known incarnation.