California QSO Party
Posted by af6aq on August 6th, 2009
NCCC Announces the 2009 California QSO Party
Begins: 1600 UTC - 3 October 2009 Ends: 2200 UTC - 4 October 2009
The California QSO Party (CQP) is the premier state QSO party held every year on the first weekend of October. The Northern California Contest Club (NCCC) has sponsored CQP since 1974. CQP has traditionally opened the annual contest season by providing an opportunity for contesters to prepare for the ARRL November Sweepstakes since the format is similar.
Stations outside of California , worldwide, work stations in California only. The 58 counties of CA are the multipliers. California stations work all stations in or out of CA, The 50 US states and 8 Canadian areas are the multipliers. Stations outside of Canada and the US add to one’s QSO total but do not count as multipliers. See the full set of CQP Rules http://www.cqp. org/Rules. html for more details.
More details at their website: http://www.cqp. org/
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