Where YOU are the rare DX !!!

CQP is sponsored by: The Northern California Contest Club Nationally recognized as a top-tier amateur radio contest club. Devoted to the pursuit of operating and technical excellence in amateur radio contesting. Experience the fun, satisfaction, and competitive thrill of radio contesting. World class operators Sponsors CQP Monthly meetings Website: http://www.nccc.cc

2016 California QSO Party Considered to be one of the largest (and best!) State QSO Party contests >900 logs >300,000 QSOs Lots of awards including 44 Wooden Plaques 20 Bottles of Wine YL Awards Youth Award New Contester Award (California) Participation Certificates Cool T-Shirt Most legal fun on the air !!!

2016 Rules - Simplified Starts: 1600z on 1 Oct (Sat morning) Ends: 2200z on 2 Oct (Sun afternoon) 3 points for each CW QSO 2 points for each phone QSO Score = total points x multipliers (58 max) Multipliers = States/Canadian Provinces Work anyone, once per band-mode Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters Modes: CW, SSB

Multiple Ways to Play Single Op Single Op Assisted Multi-Single Multi-Multi Mobile Expedition School QRP Club competition

Mobile

Expedition – Field Day Style N7CW - IMP

How To QSO CQ CQ AD6E Know the MULT names: 4 characters for CA counties W7RN calls him 2 characters for States, VE W7RN 123 SFRA (= W7RN, serial #123, SF County) Know your phonetics for phone Use Logging software AD6E R 456 NV (= AD6E, serial #456, Nevada) - keeps track of dupes TU AD6E QRZ - keeps track of mults K3MD calls him - keeps track of score - output Cabrillo log format K3MD 124 SFRA (= K3MD, serial #124, SF County) AD6E R 96 PA (= AD6E, serial #96, Pennsylvania)

What Band / When ? 9am 4pm 8pm 7am 40 m 20 m 1am 80 m 20 m 15 m

What Software Several contest loggers will work CQPWIN (free) N3FJP WriteLog N1MM+ (free, but complex for beginner) For more information see http://www.cqp.org/software.html

The California QSO Party 2016 Starts: October 1, 2016 1600 UTC Ends: October 2, 2016 2200 UTC After The Contest, Send In Your Log! Log submission deadline: 23:59 UTC MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016 Complete Rules: http://cqp.org Have FUN in the CQP!!!