British Columbia QSO Party 2022
presented by the Orca DX and Contest Club
Key Details:
Date/Time: 1600z Feb 5 to 0359z Feb 6 AND Feb 6 1600z to 2359z Feb 6
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 of entry, BC and outside BC. New photo every year!
• 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, and N3FJP state QSO party logging 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-based certificates and plaques. Different photos every year. Start — or extend — your collection!
• BCQP runs in two segments: 12 hours on Saturday and eight hours on Sunday. The segments are NOT split by mode. Operate PH and/or CW as you wish, on one day or both during the designated blocks of time. Everyone 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.
Join us! It’s always a whale of a good time.
There’s never been a better time to collect some nice wallpaper for the shack wall. Even if BCQP is not your target contest of the weekend, if you hear a BC station calling “CQ BCQP”, throw out your callsign, find more VE7/VA7s, keep track of the QSOs and send in a log.
**There are many coinciding events on the Feb 5-6 weekend. If you think you might play in several contests,
download the handy same-weekend event schedule showing required exchanges:
http://orcadxcc.org/content/pdf/2022_sked.pdf
**Also, the State QSO Party Challenge returns for another run, kicking off in February 2022, and BCQP is one of the first events in this year-long challenge. For details on the State QSO Party Challenge, please visit www.StateQSOParty.com
Have fun!
Questions? Email the contest coordinator, Rebecca VA7BEC at va7bec@rac.ca
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