California
QSO Party 2011
K6S
Operations on the Sacramento River
The California
QSO Party is an event wherein Radio Amateurs activate all
California counties for the purpose of ensuring radio readiness in
the event of disasters; natural or otherwise. Of all the QSO parties,
CQP is the largest and most popular. This event is a world-wide
contest; one of the reasons it is so popular.
For 2011, CQP
will be active from 9:00 a.m. PDT on October 1 to 3:00 p.m. PDT on
October 2, 2011.
There will be
a 1 hour practice event on Friday evening starting with C.W. at 7pm
and SSB at 7:30pm - each for 30 mins.
Ron (WQ6X)
& George (N6GEO) will activate Sacramento county as K6S
from a 29-ft. boat on the Sacramento River - near Decker Island.
CQP is
Sponsored by
CQP Begins
in: |
K6S will operate from this boat
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Click Here for a description of all the California Counties |
Click Here to view the CQP contest rules for 2011. |
Click Here for a list of all California Counties |
Click Here to view the K6S proposed Band Plan for the 2011 Event. |
Click Here for a list of all CQP Multipliers |
Click Here to view WQ6X's previous CQP activities. |
In CQP, amateurs from around the world endeavor to contact California amateurs on the standard radio bands from 160-meters (1.8 mhz) to 10-meters (28 mhz) as well as 6m (50 mhz) & 2m (144 mhz). Thanks to sunspot cycle #24 on a steep incline (current Solar-Flux has been over 150 in September 2011 .vs. 90 in October 2010) this should be an active contest period this year.
For the 2010
CW event, Ron WQ6X teamed up with N6GEO to activate Modoc county in
North Eastern California.
Here are two
OP pictures along with the Score
Totals from the October 2010 event.
George - N6GEO George kept us alive on single sideband (SSB) and also on 40-m C.W. Here, George is making his presence known on 40-m sideband saturday evening before moving on down to 75-meter phone to terrorize the California & West Coast locals. The classic Kenwood TS-120 nicely held it's own against the multi-op kilowatt stations. |
Ron - WQ6X This picture was taken around 10am on Sunday morning with 5 hours to go. Despite the double Zoom Brew, with only 4 hours sleep, 15 meters seemed quite slow to activate for the final time. Luckily, operating C.W. exclusively on Sunday saved my voice after Ge'ldine did her brief stint on 75-m SSB and 160 late Saturday nite. |
WQ6X is currently in Alameda California
For more information contact Ron Fitch.
Telephone Ron at: (818) 216-5376
E-mail Ron at: Ron@WQ6X.Info