[CQ-Contest] California QSO Party news

[Dean Wood]

Hi all,

You are invited to participate in the California QSO Party this
weekend.  Be sure to catch the fun!

16Z Saturday October 2  -   22Z Sunday October 3

Exchange:
If you are inside CA: Serial number and CA County
If you are outside CA: Serial number and state/province/DX

Rules:
http://cqp.org/Rules.html

Breaking news:

*All 58 counties will be on the air in force!  See a county activity map:
http://cqp.org/Counties-Plan-2010.html
This is just a short list of the loads of stations you can expect to
hear on the bands from California this weekend!

*See last year's rates graphed per band-mode for every 30 minutes in
the contest:
http://cqp.org/results/2009/CQP_2009_Claimed_Qs.pdf

*Awards
-40 bottles of wine, 37 plaques, hundreds of certificates, T-shirts
-NEW for 2010: Youth plaques for participants 18 years or younger.
Please help encourage young hams to participate in CQP!  We still have
the YL plaques too.

*Propagation
Don't forget to check 15m and 10m!  Propagation has noticeably been
getting better lately on the high bands.


Any questions?  Send us an e-mail at info at cqp.org

See you this weekend in the California QSO Party!

73...
-Dean - N6DE