California QSO Party
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sponsored by the Northern California Contest Club

Object:
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stations outside of California work as many California stations in as many
CA counties as possible. Stations in California work anyone

Categories:
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- single-operator
- multi-single
- multi-multi
- California county expedition
- mobile
- Novice/Tech. 
Single-Operator entries limited to 24 hours maximum; off times must be
clearly marked in the log and be a minimum of 15 minutes.

Multi-Operator entries may operate the full 30 hours. Multi-Single entries
must work only one band/mode for at least 10 minutes before changing band or
mode. 
Stations may be worked once on CW and once on Phone per band.
Single-Operator and Multi-Single entries are allowed only one transmitted
signal. All CW contacts must be madeoutside the Phone sub-bands except for
160 meters. MCW is not permitted. All contacts must be simplex. California
stations that change counties are considered to be a new station and may be
contacted again for point and multiplier credit. California stations
operating on a county line may be counted only as one QSO.

Date:
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second full weekend in October, from 16.00z saturday to 22.00z Sunday
{02SAT10:1600:1800}

Bands:
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160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 6m, 2m
Suggest CW on 1805 and 40 kHz up from band edge.
Phone on 1850, 3850, 7230, 14250, 21300, and 28450 kHz
Novices 10 kHz up from band edge and 28450
Try CW on the half hour. Try 160 meters at 0500 UTC, 80/75 meters at 0300
and 0700 UTC. Try 147.54 MHz at 2000, 0000, and 0400 UTC.

Exchange:
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California stations send QSO number and county. Stations outside of
California send QSO number and state, province, or country

Points:
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each complete non-duplicate Phone contact is worth 2 points. Each complete
non-duplicate CW contact is worth 3 points. No partial contact credit.
Duplicate contacts must be clearly identified in log.

Multipliers:
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California stations count states (50) and Canadian provinces (VO/VE1-7 and
VY1/VE8) for a possible total of 58. All others use California counties for
a maximum of 58. CA stations on a county line may be claimed as a multiplier
for any or all of the counties they give in their exchange. Number each
multiplier as worked

Final Score:
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The total score is the total number of QSO points multiplied by the total
number of multipliers (58 Maximum)

Deadline:
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entries must be submitted no later than November 15

Log:
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Entries of 200 or more QSOs must include duplicate check lists. Entries may
be submitted in CT Version 8 or 9 format with .BIN, .SUM, and .ALL files on
5-1/4 or 3-1/2 inch diskettes (no 2.88-MB diskettes). Label each diskette
with call, entry category, and county/state/province/country. Please include
a hard-copy summary sheet. Logs may also be submitted electronically by
e-mail in ASCII format to cqp-1995@kb.org. A one-dollar donation to help
defray costs of printing and postage is encouraged. For a CQP paperwork
package containing log and summary sheets, county abbreviations, and contest
records, send a business size SASE to the above address.

Address:
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NCCC
c/o Ken Anderson
K6PU
P.O.Box 853
Pine Grove
CA 95665
U.S.A.

Awards:
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entries with 100 or more QSO's qualify for the special CQP T-shirt; please
include your size (L/XL) and $8 if you qualify and would like this special
award

Certificates
to top Single-Op entry in each CA county, state, province, country, and top
stations with 100 or more QSOs

Trophies
to top three non CA Single-Op entries, top three CA Single Op, top CA
Multi-Single, top CA Multi-Multi, top Single-Op and Multi-Op CA County
expeditions, and to the Mobile (multi-county) Single-Op and Multi-Op with
the most QSOs

Special CQP Wine Award
the top 20 CA and top 20 non-CA Single-Op operators will receive a
personalized bottle of NCCC Private Reserve California Wine. Winners under
the age of 21 will receive a non-alcoholic personalized award.    

Special Awards
to the CA and non-CA Single-Ops with the most CW QSOs, with the most Phone
QSOs; to the top CA and non-CA Single-Op low power entries (200 watts or
less output); to the top CA and non-CA Single-Op Novice/Technician entries;
to the top scorer outside of the USA and Canada; and to the top club in
California.  (5 entries minimum.  NCCC, SCCC, NCDXC, and SCDXC are
ineligible.)

<E-Mail 10/95>
