|
|
|
California
QSO Party 2010
K6M
Operation in Modoc 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 and most popular.
Essentially, the CQP event is a world-wide contest - one of the reasons it is so popular.
For 2010, CQP
was active from 9:00 a.m. PDT on October 2 to 3:00 p.m. PDT on
October 3, 2010.
There was a 1
hour practice event on Friday evening starting with C.W. at 7pm and
SSB at 7:30pm - each for 30 mins.
Unfortunately,
the GPS had us lost at that time giving us no opportunity to partricipate.
Ron (WQ6X)
& George (N6GEO) operated as K6M
from a small tent trailer on a private piece of land in Modoc county.
We were one of
only 3 stations operating from Modoc.
|
|
|
|
CQP is
Sponsored by
CQP Begins in: |
K6M operated from a tent trailer on this dirt road
near Alturas
in the S.W. corner of Modoc County. |
|
Click Here for a description of all the California Counties |
Click Here to view the CQP contest rules for 2010. |
|
Click Here for a list of all California Counties |
Click Here to view the K6M proposed Band Plan for the 2010 Event. |
|
Click Here for a list of all CQP Multipliers |
Click Here to view WQ6X's previous CQP activities. |
In CQP, amateurs from around the world endeavor to contact California amateurs on the standard radio bands from 160-meters (1.8 mhz) to 10-meters (28 mhz) as well as 6m (50 mhz) & 2m (144 mhz). Unfortunately, for CQP 2010, the Solar Flux hovered near 90 - less than a year into Solar Cycle 24.
Here are two
OP pictures along with the Score
Totals from the 2010 CQP event.
[Click
Here] to view our 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 Expeditions.
|
George - N6GEO George kept us alive on single sideband (SSB) and also on 40-m C.W. Here, George is making his presence known on 15-m sideband saturday afternoon. The classic Kenwood TS-120 and Kenwood tuner did the job. |
Ron - WQ6X
This picture
was taken mid Saturday afternoon while I ran 20-Cw. |
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
.Jpg)
