1600 UTC October 3, 2015 to 2200 UTC October 4, 2015
Results - CQP 1997
Many sincere thanks to:
Al, AD6E, for the outstanding job log checking and preparing the results.
The sponsors who make all these trophies and special awards possible!
Quick Index:
- Top Scores
- Multi-Operator
- Expedition
- Special Awards
- Wine
- Score Listings
- USA (Warning: 156KByte page)
- DX & Canada (57K)
- California (165K)
- Soapbox Comments
California Top Three Single Operators
Call County Mult CW Phone Score K6NA (K6LL op) San Diego 58 748 1671 323,988 W6GO (N6IG op) Sacramento 58 717 1637 314,650 K6LA Los Angeles 58 836 1342 301,136 Non-California Top Three Single Operators
Call State/Province Mult CW Phone Score VX7SZ (VE7NTT op) BC 58 346 900 164,604 All Time Record! W8MJ MI 58 356 562 127,136 W5ASP TX 58 265 563 111,418
Multi-Operator
Category Operators County Mult CW Phone Score TOP CA Multi-Single W6EEN+ K6XC, N6NC, W6ORD, KI7FX Riverside 58 446 1409 241,048 TOP CA Multi-Multi N6O: N6RO, K6AW, K2KW, K3EST, AE0M, N0BBS Contra Costa 58 1591 2626 581,450
Category Operators County Mult CW Phone Score TOP Single-Op Expedition N6NT Glenn 57 823 733 224,295 TOP Multi-Op Expedition W6KC +W6SW Mono 58 830 922 251,372
Special Awards
Single-Op CA with most QSOs
K6NA (K6LL op) San Diego, 2419 QSOs
Single-Op NON-CA with most QSOs
VX7SZ (VE7NTT op) British Columbia, 1246 QSOs
Single-Op CA with most CW QSOs
N6MU Kern, 1100 CW QSOs
Single-Op Non-CA with most CW QSOs
W8MJ Michigan, 356 CW QSOs
CA Mobile with most QSOs
K0DI/6 (+N9HZQ, KS4IS), 336 QSOs
TOP 3 CA Single-Op running Low Power
W6JTI Humboldt 58 632 455 162,748 N6NF San Mateo 58 452 555 143,028 WN6K San Diego 57 494 418 132,126 TOP 3 Non-CA Single-Op running Low Power
W8MJ Michigan 58 356 455 162,748 WD5K Texas 58 306 382 97,556 WA3HAE Pennsylvania 57 289 343 88,521
TOP CA Novice/Technician
no entry
TOP NON-CA Novice/Technician
KO7Z/4 (KF6HIN op), Virginia, 576
TOP NON-USA/Canadian entry
WP2Z (AG8L op)
Mult CW Phone Score 54 188 262 58,752 TOP CA CLUB entry
Shasta DX & Contest Club
20 logs
1,483,359 points
CQP WINE WINNERS
California
1 K6NA (K6LL op) San Diego 323,988 2 W6GO (N6IG op) Sacramento 314,650 3 K6LA Los Angeles 301,136 4 N6TV Santa Clara 289,130 5 KC6CNV Orange 270,164 6 KF6T Placer 263,900 7 AC6T Ventura 240,758 8 K6RO Los Angeles 227,824 9 N6NT Glenn 224,295 10 N6ZS Sacramento 223,590 11 N6ED Los Angeles 223,532 12 KC6X Los Angeles 222,952 13 K6BZ Shasta 220,168 14 N6HC Orange 201,202 15 K6RIM Marin 198,766 16 W0YK Santa Cruz 191,632 17 N6MU Kern 191,400 18 K6RB Santa Cruz 183,744 19 W6BJH Shasta 182,004 20 K6UT Sacramento 178,466 Non-California
1 VX7SZ (VE7NTT op) BC 164,604 All Time Record! 2 W8MJ Michigan 127,136 3 W5ASP Texas 111,418 4 WE9V Wisconsin 101,384 5 K7QQ Washington 99,586 6 WD5K Texas 97,556 7 W8GN Ohio 91,234 8 K7SV Virginia 88,692 9 WA3HAE Pennsylvania 88,521 10 N5DO Texas 86,184 11 VY1JA Yukon 85,318 12 WA4PGM Virginia 84,840 13 KE9I Indiana 84,616 14 VE7KNI British Columbia 84,564 15 W4MR North Carolina 77,064 16 KE1FO Massachusetts 67,480 17 WO4O Tennessee 66,990 18 WA8WV West Virginia 65,912 19 N5TJ Texas 64,866 20 N1CC New York 64,695
Soapbox Comments
We had fun putting "Santa Claus" county on the air again this year" .... KT6RA & KD6KKP (Stanislaus)
Kudos to you and the NCCC for a terrific contest! This is my first-ever serious participation in a contest, and it was a gas! ... K6RIM
Thanks for a *great* contest. ... WA5VGI
My best score ever - 40 mtrs almost a washout due to many stations and high local noise level. Antenna is a lowly (and low) dipole with 100watts (CW only). 6 new counties for me. ... W4TYU
Thank you for a great contest and a good time! 16 new California counties worked in my quest for USA-CA. ... N0JVR
Really funny... the guys were stumbling over each other in San Benito this year. Next year they should run a shuttle bus from San Jose to the park in San Benito to reduce the parking problem. But seriously, it was super to hear them on all the bands. Colusa came on with a *BANG* Sunday but there were lots of sweaty palms til then. ... W5ASP
Thanks for invitation for Calif QSO Party which I've received just before CQP on Friday. ...RA6AR
Only my 3rd contest! What a blast, thanks. ...KF6GUH
This was my first CQP and it was a total blast! The operators were patient and in great spirits. There were a small share of overmodulated and splattering stations driven beyond their limits. If yur not 100% sure of your signal quality, ask. The SlowScan ops were making the 20m band very exciting and there always seemed to be an alledged net taking place somewhere. Late nights were zany and having DX ops answering my CQ made me visibly excited. A barrel, a fish, and a smoking gun... what more could you ask for? ... KE6WEO
Couldn't get on the air on Saturday so I don't have much of a score - but I had to get my T-shirt ! ...KJ8J
Please overlook the mess. I had fun! By next year I'll have a logging program - I PROMISE! ...K5KRJ
I would have liked to work a little longer on Sunday, but the potential for this hams' life being terminated for TVI during a Packer game was too great. Outstanding 'test, the combination of execplary operators and fine band conditions made for a very enjoyable weekend. ...KF9VV
I tried the 2 xciever thing but just not enough of an operator here for that stuff, CW only next time. ...K7QQ
The California QSO Party is my favorite contest, and I look forward to participating every year. This was the sixth straight year in which I have submitted a score in this QSO party. ...WB5YRB (Thanks for the support! ed.)
I enjoyed your contest. It certainly lived up to what I had heard -- an outstanding, well supported event. I'll be back next year. ...K5CWR
Murphy came calling at 2AM just when 40 & 80 were loaded with CA stations. Coax connector shorted at ant. switch in attic! ...K0JPL
Sure nice to have 15M open -- after all these years! ...N6GG
How about a jug of wine for the youngest & oldest opr. with the highest score? Rules: oldest opr must be at least 77 years of age in 1998 and reside in "Plumas" county. Good idea?? (must also have alzheimers) ...KF7AM/6
I was trying to break the total CW Qs record but ten meters didn't cooperate and I fell 32 Qs short. Any decent opening and I think I would have had it. ...N6MU
Good to see conditions starting to pick up on 21MHz. ...W6NKR
Best I've ever done! I had 7 1/2 hours to get the sweep but I couldn't find Mendocino county. Next year... ...WA3HAE
I had a very enjoyable time and set personal records for the most qsos and states worked of any contest I've entered. If I didn't live here I'd have to schedule a visit every year just to take full advantage of this great contest. Thanks. See you next year. ...KQ6ES
Great contest. Wish I hadn't had to work and could have been on longer. Didn't hear too many from Utah on. Was I the only one? ...WA7ITZ
HIGHLIGHTS: Working one of my ham buddies from Jr. High School days who I hadn't talked to in over 30 years; Sweep of all 58 mults in only 7.5 hours. LOWLIGHTS: Taking down all of the antennas, packing up and not leaving Mammoth for the 300 mile drive back to Santa Monica until 7:30 pm on Sunday. Getting to bed about 1 am knowing you have to get up for work at 6 am the next morning is a true test of dedication to CQP. ...W6KC (M/M County Expedition)
The contest was very exciting and well organized. This is my first Calif. QSO contest and I enjoyed it immensely. ...KI6OG
Its always fun to junp into this contest. This time it was a great idea because I found out my ICOM 735 had a thermal TX problem & ICOM got it fixed in time for CW SS! ...N6KL/0
..I left Boston on Friday afternoon and returned Monday evening. Is there an award for the person who travels the farthest to put on a rare county (Inyo)? ... W6PH/1
I am a relatively new ham, and even newer to HF contesting. This contest yielded my first contacts into the Caribbean. I'm looking forward to next year's contest already. ...KQ6QW
A sweep of 58 mults still eludes me in 20+ years of doing this. ...WA5IYX
Weird! My first QSO was VY1JA, so one of the "tough" mults was out of the way (although Jay takes pretty good care of us!) My 10th QSO was MAR and #19 was VT.... My last mult was ME, #653. I was afraid I wouldn't get that one! It was fun running on 20CW and having LY2ZZ call; and working KH2JU off the back of the beam. Jots of JA's called in. Another good omen... 59 Qs on 10 meters. ... K6GT
Glad to be around for the Cal QSO Party after all the help CA stations gave me during the TN QSO Party last weekend. There always seemed to be a California station on the band. I thought that my radio had broken when I turned it on Sunday morning. The USB side was receiving very strangely. As it turned out, I had failed to center the IF band shift control. Among the things I tried, I reset the CPU. Oh well, I needed to reprogram the radio anyway. ... KE4OAR
This was my first time at CQP, and I enjoyed it so much I'll be back next year. The eighteen counties I missed must have been on SSB... ...W4HZD
Great contest - again. Lots more competition in CA. Nice to hear some folks back on that missed the past couple of years. ...K6BZ
What a FUN contest! An experienced team with a balance of skills, a 1x1 callsign, lots of high antennas and improving propagation overcame the hardware and software challenges and continuous line noise. We set a new record for CQP M/M thanks to our 1591 CW and 2626 SSB Qs... ...N6O
Had to work both days, but still wanted to say Hi to Calfiornia guys. ...WA1FCN
Had a lot of fun - wish I could have worked the contest longer - 6 hrs just doesn't cut it!! ...N8CN
Lots of fun as always - great tomake the sweep. Looking forward to bands getting better. I missed the Sunday morning 10 mtr opening - ugh! ...W6TKF
This was my 6th California QSO party... ...YU7SF
Where was everybody on 80!?! Thanks to all who went on county expeditions, and especially to N6BT/P for Colusa. See you all next year, and hopefully more CW q's. ...KE1FO
Excuses:
1. Started on 15 when I should have been on 20.
2. Was sleeping when 40 opened.
3. Expected many 80 - 160 Qs but 80-160 here had S9+200 QRN
...WL7WO/1Write protect$Bad unit$Not ready$Bad command $Data$Bad call format$Seek$Non-DOS disk$Sector not found$No paper$Write fault$Read fault$General Failure$Sharing Violation$Lock Violation$Invalid Disk Change$FCB unavailable$Sharing buffer exceed$Please insert disk ...KS6H (who lost 1.5 hours of log)
Trivia question: What is the largest contest without a QRP category? Answer: The California QSO Party Why ????? ...K3WWP/qrp
Used QRP rig and attic dipole, lots of activity but too close to hear CA stations on 15m! ...AE0Q
Another great contest! Did better than my winning score from 2 years ago. Band conditions were variable, 80 and 160 never panned out. 15 was wide open to the east coast but that didn't help me trying to work CA!!! ...KN7T
Great contest as usual. Missed 2 counties this year; Tehema and Yuba. Where were they?? Dont know!! I miss 10 meters! 80 could have been more productive but too noisy. Even ran a 600' beverage over the tops of the corn on Saturday morning still to noisy! See you all again next year. ...KE9I
Thanks again for hosting a wonderful CQP. As always, it was enjoyable and participation was great. ...AE2T
Great conds for a great contest. The most radio fun for the year. Most QSOs ever from this lousy QTH. ...K6XX
I really enjoyed CQP this time: Congrats to K5RC/M6 for digging out my signals from the QRM. See you all next year! ...HA1AG
This year 15m is open, solax flux increasing, it's good for HAMS. 1997 will be the best score since my first CQP 1991... ...F6IQX
This year I joined the California QSO Party for some hours and due to the good conditions on 15 and 20m I managed to make 220 contacts with W6-land and had a lot of fun. With this number of QSOs I should qualify for the special CQP T-shirt which I hope will be an honour for my shack and my body.. ...DK9IP
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