59th Running Of The CQP!
1600 UTC October 5, 2024 to 2200 UTC October 6, 2024
CQP 2024 Begins:
1600 UTC October 5, 2024 to 2200 UTC October 6, 2024
CQP 2024 Begins:
| Strategy & Tips | |
| Some real-world data to help you optimize your performance in the CQP. | |
| Operator's Guide To CQP | |
| Description | Link |
| CA Operator's Guide (29 pages) | CA_operators_guide_to_CQP_2023.pdf |
| US/VE/DX Operator's Guide (25 pages) | USVEDX_operators_guide_to_CQP_2023.pdf |
| QSO Data | |
| Description | Link |
| CQP 2022 QSOs per Band by Hour | https://cqp.org/results/2022/2022_qs.hr.band.jpg |
| CQP 2022 Total QSOs by Hour | https://cqp.org/results/2022/2022_qs.hr.jpg |
| CQP 2020 QSO Percentage by Hour for Every Band/Mode (low sunspot activity) | cqp2020_qso_percentage_by_bandmode.pdf |
| CQP 2020 Total QSOs per Hour (low sunspot activity) | cqp2020_total_qsos_by_hour.jpg |
CQP QSOs per Band by Hour
Low Sunspot Activity - Medium Sunspot Activity - High Sunspot Activity - |
cqp2020_band_qsos_by_hour.jpg https://cqp.org/images/qsograph-2017.png https://cqp.org/pdf/qsograph2.pdf |
| CQP 2009 QSO Data by Band and Mode, Every 30 minutes (low sunspot activity) | https://cqp.org/results/2009/CQP_2009_Claimed_Qs.pdf |
| Frequency Data | |
| Description | Link |
| Updated: Where to operate on 10M, 15M, 20M and 40M? | cqp_10m_through_40m_frequencies.pdf |
| Multiplier Data | |
| Description | Link |
| Rarest CA Counties | https://cqp.org/results/2022/CQP_2022_County_Rareness_Data.pdf |
| Rarest US/VE Mults | https://cqp.org/results/2022/CQP_2022_US_VE_Rareness_Data.pdf |
| County and US/VE Mult Sweeps: 2009-2021 # of CA counties contacted by all non-CA stations: 2017-2021 |
cqp_mult_analysis.pdf |
| CW Speed Data | |
| Description | Link |
| CW Speeds during first 8 hours of CQP 2020 | cqp2020_cw_speeds_rbn.pdf |
| Expeditions | |
| Description | Link |
| Keys to successful CA county expeditions | cqp_successful_expeditions.pdf |
| Building an operating trailer for county expeditions (W6GJB, K9YC) | http://k9yc.com/trailer.pdf |
| Operating trailer in action in 7QP (W6GJB, K9YC) | http://k9yc.com/7QP.pdf |
| Time lapse video of Hexbeam construction and installation on a tripod mast (N6NUL) | https://www.ebyron.com/Amateur-Radio/2019/CQP/i-fTRvvfV |
| Build a common mode choke to reduce RFI from generator (K9YC) | See page 23 of http://k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf |
| Solve RFI on a CQP expedition (K9YC); | https://www.nccc.cc/pdf/CQP-RFI2013-2.pdf |
| Mobiles | |
| Description | Link |
| Video by K8MR about mobile contesting in QSO Parties | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OisOF_UsY64 |
