[SCCC] CA Counties for CA QSO Party Abbreviations

[Art - W6KY]

Simple answer.  The NORTH can't seem to win (even tho they won last 
year) and San Diego
always places either 1st or 1st and 3rd.  I have bean wondering for 
years what they would
come up with to fix this problem.  The 'I E' jus might fix their problem 
of loosing... Also,
another top 3 finisher Los Angeles county has been changed to LANG. LANG 
makes no
sense and the NG isn't exactly a great CW string.... The CQP was a 
perfect example of
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"....I would sure like an opinion (other 
than mine) of why things
have been changed......Even on SSB, we are going to get tons of repeats 
for the county
abbreviations...
73, Art  W6KY


N6KI Dennis Vernacchia wrote:
> Print Out the CQP 2006 Rules here:
>
> http://www.cqp.org/pdf/2006_cqp_rules.pdf
>
> IMPORTANT ! PLEASE READ !
>
> The counties abbreviations for CA QSO Party have changed !
>
> They are now 4 letter abbreviations  instead of 3
>
> Ie;  What used to be SDG for San Diego is now SDIE
> ( Why they did not choose SDGO is beyond me ....
> using SDIE is not good for CW as the I and E can get lost in QRM ! )
>
> Go Figure ( Maybe the CQP committee got help from the government to help
> choose the new abbreviations ! )
>
> You can printout a copy here
>
> http://www.cqp.org/pdf/cqp_mults.pdf
>
> If you are using CT Contest Logging Program
> you can download the new DAT files from info following:
>
> The organizers of the California QSO Party recommend using new official 
> 4-character county abbreviations
> starting in 2006.
> New CQP Multiplier files have been created.
> Please download the new versions from: 
> http://www.cqp.org/software/ctcqpmult.zip -or- http://tinyurl.com/qeqmv
> I don't know when these new files will get posted to the official CT site.
> If you are in California, please use the new CQP.DAT.
> If you are outside of California, please use the new CQP1.DAT (must 
> rename it CQP.DAT).
> Note: CT Version 10 doesn't seem to be working properly in the CQP (RST 
> where QSO number belongs).
> I'd recommend using CT 9.92 or CTWin 9.92. More explanation about this 
> CQP change at http://www.cqp.org/cqp_multipliers.html. If anyone spots 
> any errors or omissions in these new files,
>  please post the info here or contact me directly.
>
> 73, Bob, N6TV 2006 CQP County Coordinator
> n6tv at kkn.net
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