Friday, October 11, 2024

Amateur Radio Club of Alameda (ARCA) runs a CQP Training Exercise


I recently wrote a BLOG entry describing the 5 Different Ways I put callsigns on the air during the 2024 California Qso Party (CQP) - [CLICK HERE] to read that.  One of those WaYs was working with members of ARCA to learn more about what CQP is and how to log contacts using the Ssb mode. 
(Later, I operated W6R remotely, running mostly CW - GO Figure!)

We ran a portable ICOM 7300 around 75-watts into the Oakland Yacht Club's horizontal J-pole strung atop the Yacht club building.  The purpose of this exercise was 3-fold:

  1. Introduce members to what it is like to run a radiosport contest - CQP in particular.
  2. Give a thorough test of the horizontal J-Pole during a period of AWEsome Space-WX Condx.
  3. Demonstrate how N1MM logging software is used to log contacts during an event like CQP.
It didn't matter how many contacts we made using the K6QLF callsign, only that we actually DiD it,
posted our score on the 3830 Scores website and submitted a K6QLF.Log file to the CQP website.
All of those were accomplished well before the log submission deadline.


Now that the preliminary results are in, one thing stands out surprisingly Clear:
K6QLF TOOK 1ST PLACE OVERALL IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE 1-DAY EXPEDITION.

DiD YOU work the California QSO Party (CQP)?

Is K6QLF in YOUR LoG?

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