1. Where YOU are the rare DX !!!

2. 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:

3. 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 !!!

4. 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

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

6. Mobile

7. Expedition – Field Day Style
N7CW - IMP

8. 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)

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

10. What Software Several contest loggers will work CQPWIN (free) N3FJP
WriteLog
N1MM+ (free, but complex for beginner)
For more information see

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