Welcome!

Begins: 1600 UTC - 4 October 2008               Ends: 2200 UTC - 5 October 2008

• Before CQP:
  • 2007 Results
  • 2007 Rules
    • Please note that new official county abbreviations are in effect starting in 2006.  Status of popular contest logging software, with respect to these new multipliers, can be found on the Software web page.
  • 2008 "Register-Your-County" (county listing of active stations and form for CA stations to input their county plans)
  • CQP Operating Strategy, by K6RB
• After CQP
  • Web page for submitting your 2007 contest log
  • 2007 logs received

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 for more details.

On this site you will find lots of information, so peruse the index on the left and learn all about the California QSO Party!  Also, be sure to visit the NCCC web site for the latest scoop on a super contest club.

Contest logs

Please refer to the Rules web page for the preferred way to submit your log.

Documentation

• Rules PDF, or visit the Rules web page.
• Forms PDF
• Multipliers PDF - list of valid multipliers and common logging errors
• CQP Record PDF

Strategy

• 2005 log analysis of ~490 CQP logs (thanks WA6O)
  • 2005 rate graph
  • 2005 rate graph (2, 6, 10 & 160 only)
  • 2005 mode rate graph
• N6O, from the California side (thanks N6RO):
  • 2004 rate sheet
  • 2005 rate sheet
  • N6RO commentary on 2004 vs. 2005

Past CQP Operations

• W6ML in Mono County 1992 through 2005
• N6A in Alpine County 2001 through 2005
• N6RC in Glenn County 2004 and 2005
• K6VVA in San Benito County 2004 and 2005
• K6C/K6L in Colusa and Lake Counties 2003
• KS6U in Modoc County 2003
• W6CWM & KS6S in Del Norte, Siskiyou and Humboldt Counties 2003
• ND6E in San Benito County 2000
• N6IZ in Lassen, Shasta and Plumas Counties 2003
• KM6OH in Shasta (1991), Alpine (1992-3) and Mono (1994-1997)
• WD3P in Maryland state 1998 

WACC

The NCCC offers the WACC (Worked All California Counties) award for anyone working all 58 California counties anytime, as part of CQP or other operating.  See the WACC web page for more details and an application form.

Contact Information

Many NCCCers contribute to making the CQP a success.  Feel free to contact any of the following members for additional information or comments:

Rules, Awards, Questions & General Information: Kevin Rowett, K6TD
County Operation Plans: Bob Wilson, N6TV
Publicity: Marc Ziegler, W6ZZZ
WACC: Fred Jensen, K6DGW

NCCC web site made possible by the generous donation of server space by AD1C, KM3T, and N5KO and bandwidth by Contesting On-Line. Also be sure to visit Contesting On-Line for the latest news and features about Amateur Radio contesting.  Web design by Heidi Larson.  Webmaster is W0YK.

This page last updated 01 Mar 2008 09:21 -0800