California QSO Party on October 4 and 6, 2002 (fwd)

From: Paul W. Schleck (pschleck@oasis.novia.net)
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 09:01:05 CDT

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    Darwin Piatt, W9HZC.

    73, Paul W. Schleck, K3FU

    secretary@sacmarc.org

    ----- Forwarded message from ziegler@accesscom.com -----

    From: ziegler@accesscom.com (J. Marcus Ziegler)
    Organization: Northern California Contest Club (NCCC)
    Date: Saturday, August 24, 2002 12:06 AM
    Subject: California QSO Party on October 4 and 6, 2002
    To: (Nebraska Club Presidents and Newsletter Editors)

    California QSO Party (CQP) 2002
    1600Z October 5, 2002 until 2200Z October 6, 2002

    Start your contest season with a bang and compete for our new club
    award! I'd like to personally invite you and your Nebraska clubs to
    participate in the California QSO Party (CQP). This year we have a new
    plaque for the highest scoring entry in "Top Club, non-California".
    Obviously we would appreciate it if you would advertise the CQP in your
    club newsletter and your club email reflector (even if you decide to not
    enter the CQP contest as a club). All California QSO Party rules,
    results, county abbreviations, and free logging software are available
    at:

    * http://www.cqp.org/

    Read all about the 2001 CQP contest results (only six non-CA clubs
    entered the 2001 CQP):

    * http://www.cqp.org/Results-2001.html
    * http://www.cqp.org/results/2001/01cqp.pdf

    State-by-state records (who will set their new state record in 2002?):

    * http://www.cqp.org/results/Records/rec_nca.htm

    Don't forget about all the awards available in CQP (see
    http://www.cqp.org/Awards.html):

    * 34 Plaques (wood and metal, not mere wallpaper!)

    * 40 Bottles of special vintage California wine (with commemorative CQP
      labels)

    * Certificates to the top S/O in each and every state, province,
      country, and CA county

    * Certificates to each and every ham who makes at least 100 QSOs in
      CQP

    We even have CQP T-shirts available for purchase if you make at least
    100 QSOs in the contest. This year's California QSO Party promises to
    be a lot of fun!

    California QSO Party (CQP), sponsored by the Northern California Contest
    Club (NCCC), http://www.cqp.org/.

    * 1600Z October 5, 2002 until 2200Z October 6, 2002.

    * Single op, multi-single, multi-multi, CA county expedition, mobile,
      and Novice/Tech. 160 80 40 20 15 10 6 2 meters.

    * Send QSO number and CA county. If you're outside of California, send
      the QSO number and your state/province/DXCC country.

    * Single ops are limited to 24 hours. Multi-singles have a 10-minute
      rule. Single ops and multi-single are limited to one transmitted
      signal at a time.

    * CW QSOs must be made in CW subbands, except on 160 meters.

    * Work stations once per band/mode, work CA stations again as they
      change counties. A CA station on a county line counts for 1 QSO but
      multiple counties.

    * CW - 1.805 and 40 kHz up; phone - 1.850 3.850 7.230 14.250 21.300
      28.450; Novice - 10 kHz up and 28.450.

    * Score 2 pts/QSO on phone and 3 pts/QSO on CW. Final score is QSO
      points multiplied by CA counties (max 58). CA stations multiply QSO
      points by states and VE sections (max 58).

    * Hundreds of awards, certificates, plaques and bottles of wine.

    * Free CQP logging/scoring software (DOS and Windows):
      http://www.cqp.org/Software.html

    * Send logs to Alan Maenchen, AD6E, 3330 Farthing Way, San Jose, CA
      95132 or email to cqp@contesting.com; http://www.cqp.org/

    Marc, W6ZZZ
    (sponsor of the CQP "Top Club, non-California" plaque)

    ----- End of forwarded message from ziegler@accesscom.com -----



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