California QSO Party (CQP) -------------------------- Sponsored by the Northern California Contest Club DATE: First weekend in October. TIME: Saturday 16.00 - Sunday 22.00z. OBJECT: Stations outside of California work as many California stations in as many CA counties as possible. Stations in California work anyone. EXCHANGE: California stations send QSO number and county. Stations outside of California send QSO number and state, province, or country. QSO POINTS: Each complete non-duplicate Phone contact is worth 2 points. Each complete non-duplicate CW contact is worth 3 points. No partial contact credit. Duplicate contacts must be clearly identified in log. MULTIPLIERS: California stations count states (50) and Canadian provinces (VO/VE1-7 and VY1/VE8) for a possible total of 58. All others use California counties for a maximum of 58. CA stations on a county line may be claimed as a multiplier for any or all of the counties they give in their exchange. Number each multiplier as worked. SCORE: The total score is the total number of QSO points multiplied by the total number of multipliers (58 Maximum). FREQUENCIES: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, and 2 meters. WARC band contacts do not count. Suggest CW on 1805 and 40 kHz up from band edge. Phone on 1850, 3850, 7230, 14250, 21300, and 28450 kHz. Novices 10 kHz up from band edge and 28450. Try CW on the half hour. Try 160 meters at 0500 UTC, 80/75 meters at 0300 and 0700 UTC. Try 147.54 MHz at 2000, 0000, and 0400 UTC. CLASS ENTRY: Single-Operator, Multi-Single, Multi-Multi, California County Expedition, Mobile, and Novice/Tech. Single-Operator entries limited to 24 hours maximum; off times must be clearly marked in the log and be a minimum of 15 minutes. Multi-Operator entries may operate the full 30 hours. Multi-Single entries must work only one band/mode for at least 10 minutes before changing band or mode. Stations may be worked once on CW and once on Phone per band. Single-Operator and Multi-Single entries are allowed only one transmitted signal. All CW contacts must be made outside the Phone sub-bands except for 160 meters. MCW is not permitted. All contacts must be simplex. California stations that change counties are considered to be a new station and may be contacted again for point and multiplier credit. California stations operating on a county line may be counted only as one QSO. ENTRIES: Entries must be submitted no later than November 15th. Entries of 200 or more QSOs must include duplicate check lists. Logs may be submitted via postal mail to: NCCC, c/o Ken Anderson, K6PU, Box 853, Pine Grove, CA 95665. Entries may be submitted in CT Version 8 or 9 format with .BIN, .SUM, and .ALL files on 5-1/4 or 3-1/2 inch diskettes (no 2.88-MB diskettes). Label each diskette with call, entry category, and county/state/province/country. Please include a hard-copy summary sheet. Logs may also be submitted electronically by e-mail in ASCII format to cqp-1995@kb.org. A one-dollar donation to help defray costs of printing and postage is encouraged. For a CQP paperwork package containing log and summary sheets, county abbreviations, and contest records, send a business size SASE to the above address. AWARDS: Entries with 100 or more QSO's qualify for the special CQP T-shirt; please include your size (L/XL) and $8 if you qualify and would like this special award. Certificates -- To top Single-Op entry in each CA county, state, province, country, and to stations with 100 or more QSOs. Trophies -- To top three non CA Single-Op entries, top three CA Single Op, top CA Multi-Single, top CA Multi-Multi, top Single-Op and Multi-Op CA County expeditions, and to the Mobile (multi-county) Single-Op and Multi-Op with the most QSOs. Special CQP Wine Award -- The top 20 CA and top 20 non-CA Single-Op operators will receive a personalized bottle of NCCC Private Reserve California Wine. Winners under the age of 21 will receive a non-alcoholic personalized award. Special Awards -- To the CA and non-CA Single-Ops with the most CW QSOs, with the most Phone QSOs; to the top CA and non-CA Single-Op low power entries (200 watts or less output); to the top CA and non-CA Single-Op Novice/Technician entries; to the top scorer outside of the USA and Canada; and to the top club in California. (5 entries minimum. NCCC, SCCC, NCDXC, and SCDXC are ineligible.)