California QSO Party 2015
W6E
CQP Expedition to Tuolumne County |
The California
QSO Party is an event wherein Radio
Amateurs activate all California counties for the purpose of ensuring
radio readiness in the event of disasters; natural or otherwise.
Of all the
state QSO parties, CQP is by far the largest, best organized and most fun.
Essentially,
the CQP event is a world-wide contest - one of the reasons it is such
a popular event.
George (N6GEO)
& Ron (WQ6X)
operated from a cabin in Twain Harte
California -
Tuolumne county.
Stations are allowed to operate 24 out of the 30 hours of the Qso Party. For 2015, CQP ran from 9:00 am PDT (16:00 UTC) on Saturday October 3 to 3:00 pm (22:00 UTC) on Sunday October 4. California stations count each of the 50 states and 8 Canadian provinces as multiplers. Non-CA stations count each of the 58 California counties as multipliers.
There was to
be a 1 hour practice event on Friday evening starting with C.W. at
7pm and SSB at 7:30pm; each for 30 mins. |
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Because this year marks CQP 50, a special GOLDRUSH bonus in the form of medallion coins are being awared to stations with 150+ QSOs in the log who also work stations spelling out GOLDRUSH.
A special page
as been created to track the
W6E worked 22
out of the 24 GOLDRUSH stations;
I wrote a Blog
entry about our W6E contest event. |
WQ6X |
Equipment: |
Elecraft K2 +
SB-200 amp (Stn#1) & a SunSDR-2 + an Elecraft |
Antennas: |
An OCF Dipole
& HF-6V Vertical for lower bands + a TH-3 Jr. yagi
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CLICK HERE to read the 2015 W6E entry on the 3830 Scores Website. CLICK HERE to read the WQ6X Contest Blog comments on CQP 2014.
CQP is
Organized by |
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Click Here for a description of all the California Counties |
Click Here to view the CQP contest rules for 2015. |
Click Here for a list of all California Counties |
Click Here to view the W6E Band Plan for the 2015 Event. |
Click Here for a list of all CQP Multipliers |
Click Here to view WQ6X's previous CQP activities. |
In CQP, radio
amateurs from around the world endeavor to contact amateurs in California
on the
standard shortwave radio bands of 160, 80/75, 40, 20, 15 & 10 meters.
The 2014 CQP
results were released in February 2015.
Our K6U
operation not only took FIRST PLACE for LP in Contra
Costa county - we set a new county record!
We made
contacts on all bands from 80-meters (3.5 mhz) to 10-meters (28 mhz).
For CQP 2015 The solar flux was in the < 110 range - bummer dewd!
[Click Here] to view our 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014 Operations.
WQ6X is currently in Alameda California
For more information contact Ron Fitch.
Telephone Ron at: (818) 216-5376
E-mail Ron at: Ron@WQ6X.Info
10-12-2015