California QSO Party 2020
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 - a reason it is such a popular event.
In 2019,
running as K6C
from W7AYT's QTH in Concord WQ6X took another 1st place for Contra
Costa county, even tho
most of the OP
time was spent joining the NX6T team remotely. For 2020, the
operating hours were just the reverse.
WQ6X managed
to put in just enough operating hours to qualify for a free CQP 2020 t-Shirt.
Having studied
the results of last years operation, despite this year's continually
depressingly-LOW Solar Flux Index (SFI), it seems to me that K6C
easily surpassed K6C's Throughout 2020, the antenna system @ W7AYT has been on a continual improvement. The 8JK Sloper has been reconfigured into an 8JK Trapezoid (whatever that is).
For 2019, K6C
ran SO2V working CW using the Main-RX (Left Ear) and SSB using the
Sub-RX (Right Ear). Running each receiver thru a dedicated Autek
QF-1a unit augmented the FT-1000mp's e-DSP (for the Main-RX) and the
external JPS NIR-12 DSP unit (for the Sub-RX). For 2020, STEREO audio cabling to the FT-1000mp has been enhanced by augmenting the QF-1A filters and JPS NIR-12 with an MFJ-784 for additional main-RX Dsp processing.
What more can
be asked for? An SFI of 100 maybe? |
WQ6X's setup
prior to the |
California
stations count each of the 50 states and 8 Canadian provinces as multiplers.
There was a
practice event on Friday evening starting with 40-meters at 7:30 and
80/75 meters at 7:45pm;
WQ6X is able to run NX6T's STN-1 & STN-2 remotely For 2020 WQ6X put a not-insignificant 220 Cw+Ssb QSO's in K6A's log, running their Station #2 remotely (by way of a classic Elecraft K3/0 + RRC 1258 interface unit) during off-periods as K6C. Properly configured, the K3/0 runs virtually flawlessly. |
The Yaesu FT-1000mp
along with |
a Classic Electro
Voice EV-664 |
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EQUIPMENT Used in
CLICK HERE to read the 2020 K6C entry on the 3830 Scores Website.
CLICK HERE to read the WQ6X Contest Blog comments on CQP 2020.
W6K's 2016 QSL
card was showcased on the What will the 2020 event eventually showcase?
CQP is
Organized by |
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Click Here for a description of California Counties |
Click Here to view the CQP contest rules for 2020. |
Click Here for a list of all California Counties |
Click Here to view the K6C Band Plan for the 2020 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 all 58 California counties on the standard shortwave radio bands of 160, 80/75, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 & 2 meters - CW & SSB.
[Click Here] to view the 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019 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
09-22-2020