1600 UTC October 3, 2015 to 2200 UTC October 4, 2015
Results - CQP 1996
Many sincere thanks to:
Al, AD6E, for the outstanding job log checking and preparing the results.
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Quick Index:
- Top Scores
- Multi-Operator
- Expedition
- Special Awards
- Wine
- Score Listings
- Soapbox Comments
California Top Three Single Operators
Call County Mult CW Phone Score AB6FO LA 58 936 977 276,196 AC6T Ventura 57 667 1,086 237,861 KG6LF Shasta 58 45 1,880 225,910 Non-California Top Three Single Operators
Call State/Province Mult CW Phone Score VE7SZ (VE7NTT op) BC 58 286 786 140,940 K5GA Texas 58 319 435 105,966 NB1B Maine 58 276 481 103,820
Multi-Operator
Category Operators County Mult CW Phone Score TOP CA Multi-Single W6GO+ NB6G, K6HHD, N6IG Sacramento 58 775 1,821 346,086 TOP CA Multi-Multi N6RO+ WM2C, K3EST, W6EMS, K2MM Contra Costa 58 1,190 1,948 433,028
Category Operators County Mult CW Phone Score TOP Single-Op Expedition WA6FGV Imperial 56 711 376 161,560 TOP Multi-Op Expedition N6ND+ N7CW, KD6QK Imperial 58 569 1,252 244,238
Special Awards
Single-Op CA with most QSOs
KG6LF Shasta, 1,925 QSOs
Single-Op NON-CA with most QSOs
VE7SZ British Columbia, 1,072 QSOs
Single-Op CA with most CW QSOs
N6NB Kern, 993 CW QSOs
Single-Op NON-CA with most CW QSOs
K5GA Texas, 319 CW QSOs
CA Mobile with most QSOs
K6MO/MM Solano/ContraCosta/Marin/Sonoma, 318 QSOs
TOP CA Single-Op running Low Power
AE6Y Santa Clara
Mult CW Phone Score 57 663 639 186,219 TOP NON-CA Single-Op running Low Power
AA8AV Michigan
Mult CW Phone Score 58 280 352 89,552 TOP CA Novice/Technician
KE6DPV Yolo
Mult CW Phone Score 2 0 24 96 TOP NON-CA Novice/Technician
no entry
TOP NON-USA/Canadian entry
KP2/AG8L Virgin Is.
Mult CW Phone Score 55 215 226 60,335 55 215 226 60,335
TOP CA CLUB entry
Mother Lode DX & Contest Club
18 logs
1,023,828 points
CQP WINE WINNERS
California
1 AB6FO LA 276,196 2 AC6T Ventura 237,861 3 KG6LF (now K6BZ) Shasta 225,910 4 NI6T Siskiyou 215,238 5 K6PU Amador 203,638 6 N6HC Orange 200,796 7 AE6Y Santa Clara 186,219 8 KC6CNV Orange 178,640 9 N6NB (N6MU op) Kern 168,728 10 WA6TKV Stanislaus 164,546 11 WA6FGV Imperial 161,560 12 AB6LJ Sacramento 161,472 13 KN6WY Tehama 156,636 14 WX6M Solano 150,104 15 KN6EL Butte 143,782 16 WA6CTA Marin 138,738 17 W6JTI Humbolt 137,144 18 WN6K San Diego 132,411 19 AD6E Santa Clara 131,892 20 KI6AN Butte 126,440 Non-California
1 VE7SZ (VE7NTT op) BC 140,940 2 K5GA Texas 105,966 3 NB1B Maine 103,820 4 AA4NC (KI4HN op) North Carolina 92,162 5 W5ASP Texas 91,884 6 WD0GVY Iowa 91,314 7 AA8AV Michigan 89,552 8 K7QQ Washington 87,858 9 N8LXS Ohio 86,826 10 KE1FO Mass. 76,444 11 W4WA Georgia 74,646 12 N1CC New York 73,360 13 K3CR (KB3AFT op) Pennsylvania 72, 856 14 K6XO/7 Utah 69,890 15 KE9I Indiana 67,488 16 WA3HAE Pennsylvania 67,480 17 N5DO Texas 62,832 18 KP2/AG8L Virgin Islands 60,335 19 KF0IA Colorado 59,223 20 VE7NKI British Columbia 58,352
Soapbox Comments
...It seemed that propagation into and out of my QTH was awful; then the Arc-Welding Academy in the neighborhood started up to show me what BAD was really like. I got lots of sleep. On Sunday morning, my computer couldn't remember where the hard drive was, or what time it was... AB6YL
Thanks for the great contest. The occasional openings on 15 made it more interesting. Too bad so few people tried local contacts on 10. .... KQ6ES
This entry is being submitted only because of a disaster: John (N6MU) set out to put in a serious effort at N6NB using his own call, but two hours into the contest the laptop computer abruptly and inexplicably shut down. All data from the first two hours was gone. John was devastated. He already had about 200 QSOs, but was stuck. He couldn't hope to turn in a top score after losing two prime hours. He couldn't really even start over under his own call, because lots of people had him in their logs. So he decided to start over using my call(N6NB). So John had fun, but he really wanted to go for a high score. Strangely, the computer never crashed again. Do you suppose that was because I never again used the power saw I was using when the crash occurred? The saw, station, and computer were all on the same gasoline generator... .... N6NB
... I enjoy old fashioned log (spiral binder) and write as fast as I can. Lots of pileups for Del Norte county and actually got a NEW DXCC country (#302) when an OD5 called! ... K6HY
I turned on the rig at 1425 - the earliest that I expected to be able to hear California on 20. At that time WB6IRC was already S8! ... An opening of some 5 hours! A real bonus for a sun spot minimum. ... G3IZJ
Getting "CCosMarinSolSon" from K6MO/MM sent me scurrying to an atlas to see where the four counties meet.... K8JLF
...bad condx on other bands were compensated by pleasure to work a number of well known "big guns" and unknown "little pistols". Biggest signal I heard from WB6IRC (S9+10) with my KT34 @ 80 ft. Now I'm waiting for next year and better propagation to "win" at least T-SHIRT. Sorry, only one mobile -N6BT/M with quite a good signal. Where where other (mobile) guys? ... Thanks a lot to everyone. See you in CQP next year. ... RA6AR
Exciting contest, good turnout. Worked every CA county I could hear on CW. Wish more CA stations had shown up for 15 meter openings {huh? there were 15 openings??? .. ed} Too few CA mobiles on CW. Why not create a separate category for CW only stations? Already looking forward to next year..... N3IXR
Why can't we submit discs using NA??? .... W8UPH [You may submit ASCII files from any computer logger...ed]
This was my 4th consecutive year to participate and like the past three years, I had a ball. Unfortunately, my score did not live up to my past contest but, what the heck, I had a good time. .... WB5RYB
...This was a QRP effort. 5 watts to the antenna. I was surprised to see the 10 QSO [rate] window stay in the 70-80 range on 20M... W6REC
Tough contest this year due to band conditions! But, as usual, enjoyed it anyway. .... K2EWA
Nice to set Shasta Co. record! .... KG6LF
...the highlight of the contest, to my delight and surprise was working 167 DX stations, literally without trying...mostly Europe... the capper and last DX QSO: OD5NJ. If only I have runs like this in CQWW! .... AB6FO
This is always a wonderful QSO Party and some day I am going to work all 58 counties! See you next year. .... K9DIY
Best of all QSO parties. Just moved to Alabama and only had a dipole up 20 feet so couldn't do much. C U guys next year with a better ant and hopefully band openings on 15 & 10 meters.... AB4HR
I enjoyed working in the California QSO Party very much this year. I didn't get a lot of operating time, but really got a 'kick' out of working 'The Golden State' on the 80m band! .... KM3D
Good conditions this year, and by far my best score ever! .... VE3TEE
Thank you all for sponsoring the CQP contest - it must be a lot of work for you all, yet it's a great contest to be in. ... WW6Z
Enjoyed your QSO Party, there's always plenty of activity! ... VE3WZ
Logged several non CA stations asking what contest I was operating. Logged a couple of VK/ZL stations with great signals. These were my corrections to the log. If 15M doesn't open on Sunday, it is not a good day. Sunday was DISMAL! Stations that I needed on 20M could hear me, but I couldn't copy the reports between the high power CA stations competing for space. Logged three stations on county lines and had to correct log. I don't know how else to do this. (Ans: Use more advanced software. Download AE6Y programs. ed.).... KO4MM
Participation seemed down somewhat from last year. But it was fun as usual. I think one way that you could make it more fun for non-CA stations is to count multipliers again on each band. This would incent CA stations to try other bands. .... Why not provide an award for working all CA counties like the Sweepstakes Clean Sweep Award? ..... KI4HN (@AA4NC)
A whale of a contest! Sitting outside in the cold really cut down the operating time. My XYL made me sit outside (no room in the condo) [outside in October in VE7? what did you say to your XYL to get that sentence?.. ed.] ... W7DRA/VE7
Please accept my logging in format its in. Its not too hard to figure out with a little study. (OUCH!... ed.) .... WL7WO/1
Many thanks to N6BT for all of the counties that I just happened to need!! .... WA3HAE
...I'm quite happy to work so many with only 150 watts... DK3GI
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