California
QSO Party
2016
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W6K
CQP Expedition to Tuolumne County
sets
a new low power county record
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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.
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Ron (WQ6X)
operated from a cabin in Twain Harte California (in Tuolumne county).
For 2016, CQP
ran from 9:00 am PDT (16:00 UTC) on Saturday October 1st to 3:00 pm
(22:00 UTC) on Sunday October 2nd.
Stations were
allowed to operate 24 of 30
hours in the
QSO Party.
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.
On CW I made 2
QSOs on 40 meters before being heckled by an idiot sending
"N-U-T-S" after every CQ call. 80/75 meters brought no QSOs.
KK6NON was my
only SSB QSO on 40 meters. |
WQ6X's
Operation as W6K
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George & his XYL
(George is on the right) |
Grid Square: CM98va
CQ-Zone 3
- ITU Zone 6
A.R.R.L. Section:
SJV
- San
Joaquin Valley |
A visitor at one of WQ6X's
previous Operations |
2016 W6K
STATION EQUIPMENT SETUP
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Equipment: |
Yaesu
FT-1000mp on the dinning room table.
Included:
MFJ-752c & NIR-12 DSP filters + a West Mountain
Plug-N-Play
keying interface unit. |
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Antennas: |
An OCF Dipole
along with a sloped 1/2 wave Cobra dipole. |
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100 ft. Cobra
Sloper 25 MH |
Tuolumne
County Line |
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An OCF Dipole 18mh
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Here is an
aerial view
of the W6K location |
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CW QSOs
361
(75.20%)
1083 Points
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Working 50 out
of 58
multipliers, I
gave out
Tuolumne county.
These are the
2016 results
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SSB QSOs
119
(24.80%)
238 Points |
CLICK
HERE to view 2016 CQP scores submitted to the 3830
Scores website.
CLICK
HERE to view the list of stations who
submitted a log for CQP 2016.
CLICK
HERE to read the 2016 W6K entry
on the 3830
Scores Website.
CLICK
HERE to read the WQ6X Contest Blog
comments on
CQP 2016.
W6K's QSL card
was showcased on the CQP
results page next to K6M.
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Waving Flags
represent where we are
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United States |
California |
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CQP is
Organized by
The
Northern California Contest Club
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Click
Here for a description of all the California Counties |
Click
Here to view the CQP contest rules for 2016. |
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Click
Here for a list of all California Counties |
Click
Here to view the W6K Band Plan for the 2016 Event. |
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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 all 58
California counties on the standard shortwave radio bands of 160,
80/75, 40, 20, 15 & 10 meters - CW & SSB.
[Click
Here] to view the 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 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
10-02-2016
(08-08-17)
