[RSM] FW: Inviting Radiosport Manitoba to BCQP 2019

[ed_richardson at shaw.ca]

I have been asked to forward this  to the group.

 

Ed Richardson

 

From: Rebecca Kimoto <va7bec at rac.ca> 
Sent: January 12, 2019 6:52 PM
To: ed_richardson at shaw.ca
Subject: Inviting Radiosport Manitoba to BCQP 2019

 

Hi Ed, 

Happy New Year! Hope 2019 has started out well for you and yours. 

I’m writing today to invite Radiosport Manitoba members to join Orca DXCC in the next running of the British Columbia QSO Party — coming up in a couple of weeks. I realize that horrible CONDX is a major deterrent to participation and other same-weekend on-air events may offer greater QSO potential. But I encourage members to keep an ear out for BC stations calling "CQ BCQP”. Last year, we had quite a few VE4/VA4s in logs submitted by BC stations and finally a log submitted from Manitoba. Woohoo!!! I hope that was the start of a new trend. :)

Details for BCQP 2019 are below.  

 

British Columbia QSO Party 2019

sponsored by the Orca DX and Contest Club

 

Key Details

Date/Time: 1600z Feb 2 to 0359z Feb 3 AND 1600z to 2359z Feb 3

 

Objectives: Stations outside BC have to find as many VE7/VA7s as possible in the 20 hours of the contest. BC stations will be taking calls from anyone, anywhere

 

Exchange: BC stations give RS(T) + three-letter code representing the federal electoral district in BC and stations outside BC give province/state/"DX”

 

    

*  Collectible, original photo certificates for top scores in all classes, BC and outside BC. New photo every year! Plus, BC-themed keepsakes. 

*  Plaques awarded in 10 sponsored categories: Top YL, Top BC single-op, Top BC multi-op, Top US, Top Canada outside BC, Top DX, Top Mixed Mode, Top CW, Most Federal Districts Contacted and Top Club in BC

*  BCQP is fully supported by N1MM contest logging software, CQ/X GPS-enabled software for mobile contesting, N3FJP state QSO party logging programs and several other generic programs. Any software that creates a Cabrillo log is OK but the content MUST show the required information. See the rules for details. 

*  Follow links at http://orcadxcc.org/bcqp.html for rules, multiplier list, FAQs, in-depth event analysis/reports and scores from past years, and examples of photo certificates and plaques. 

* BCQP runs in two segments: 12 hours on Saturday and eight hours on Sunday. That's Saturday 10am to 10pm Feb 2 UR time — 1600z Feb 2 to 0359z Feb 3 — Sunday, 10am to 6pm UR time — 1600z to 2359z Feb 3. The segments are NOT split by mode. Operators can work PH, CW and/or digital as they wish, on one day or both during the designated blocks of time. And operators can work all 20 hours of the contest or a few hours on Saturday and a few hours on Sunday, or just Saturday or just Sunday. Completely up to each person. There is no required off-time, but there can be NO activity during the gap between the 12-hour block on Saturday and the eight-hour block on Sunday. And for people who love CW but don’t have time to play on Sunday, we have alternate suggested frequencies — see the rules — during NA Sprint CW (last four hours on Saturday) to mitigate the QSY mayhem.

 

Hope Radiosport Manitoba members can join us again this year in BCQP. It’s always a whale of a good time. 

GL and 73!  

 

Questions? 

Email me at va7bec at rac.ca <mailto:va7bec at rac.ca> 

 

Rebecca VA7BEC

BCQP Contest Coordinator, Orca DXCC