California
QSO Party
2017
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K6T
CQP Portable operation from
Contra
Costa County (CCOS)
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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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In 2016, Ron (WQ6X)
operated from a cabin in Twain Harte California (in Tuolumne county)
setting a county record.
My main
operating goal was to set another county record for Contra Costa
county.
(As K6U, N6GEO
& WQ6X set a Multi-Low
record for CCOS.)
For 2017, CQP
ran from 9:00 am PDT (16:00 UTC) on Saturday October 7th to 3:00 pm
(22:00 UTC) on Sunday October 8th.
In CQP,
stations are allowed to operate up to 24 of the 30 hours.
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WQ6X's
Operation as K6T
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WQ6X ran
Single-OP from W7AYT's QTH in Concord, Ca., implementing a number of
experimental antenna configurations for this event, as well as some
new receive audio ideas. This was a fully functional SO2V operation.
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 were
practice events on Friday evening starting with 20 meters at 7:15pm,
40-meters at
7:30 and 80/75
meters at 7:45pm; each for 15 mins. I made ONE CW qso on each band
and
heard NO SSB
stations during this practice event. |
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CHA-250 Vertical |
Grid Square: CM78xx
CQ-Zone 3
ITU Zone 6
A.R.R.L. Section:
EB
- East
Bay |
3-elements on 10-Meters |
EQUIPMENT USED
in K6T's
2017 STATION SETUP
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Equipment: |
Yaesu
FT-1000mp running in
a spare
bedroom portable configuration.
Included:
Autek QF-1a & NIR-12 DSP filters &
a West
Mountain Plug-N-Play keying interface unit. |
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Antennas: |
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CHA-250
Vertical |
WQ6X
Lazy Cobra Sloper |
3-element
10-M Yagi |
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Concord California |
Contra Costa
County Line |
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The "Infamous"
WQ6X Lazy
Cobra Sloper
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Here is an
aerial view
of the K6T location
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CW QSOs
343
(83.86%)
1029 Points
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These are the
2017 Final results
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SSB QSOs
66
(16.13%)
132 Points |
CLICK
HERE to view 2017 CQP scores submitted to the 3830
Scores website.
CLICK
HERE to view the list of stations who submitted a log for CQP 2017.
CLICK
HERE to read the 2017 K6T entry on the 3830 Scores Website.
CLICK
HERE to read the WQ6X Contest Blog comments on CQP 2017.
W6K's 2016 QSL
card was showcased on the
CQP
results page next to K6M. What the 2017 event showcase?
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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 2017. |
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Click
Here for a list of all California Counties |
Click
Here to view the K6T
Band Plan for the 2017 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
09-11-2017
