| California QSO Party | ||
| Status: | Active historically, but unconfirmed | |
| Geographic Focus: | United States/Canada state/province QSO party | |
| Participation: | Worldwide | |
| Mode: | CW, Phone | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op (QRP/Low/High) Single Op Assisted (QRP/Low/High) Multi-Single (QRP/Low/High) Multi-Two (QRP/Low/High) Multi-Multi (QRP/Low/High) Overlays: (County Exped/County-Line Exped/County One-Day Exped/Mobile/YL/Youth/New-Contester) | |
| Max operating hours: | 24 hours for single ops with 15 minute off times 30 hours for multi-ops | |
| Max power: | HP: >100 watts LP: 100 watts QRP: 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | CA: Serial No. + County non-CA: Serial No. + (state/VE province or territory/DX) | |
| Work stations: | Once per mode per band per county | |
| QSO Points: | 2 points per phone QSO 3 points per CW QSO | |
| Multipliers: | CA Stations: States, VE provinces/territories once non-CA Stations: CA counties once | |
| Score Calculation: | Total score = total QSO points x total mults | |
| E-mail logs to: | (see rules, web upload preferred) | |
| Upload log at: | http://robot.cqp.org/cqp/logsubmit-form.html | |
| Mail logs to: | (none) | |
| Find rules at: | https://www.cqp.org/Rules.html | |
| Cabrillo name: | CA-QSO-PARTY | |
| Cabrillo name aliases: | ||
| Future Dates | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 3 to 2200Z, Oct 4, 2026 | Logs due: 2359Z, Oct 19 | ||
| 1600Z, Oct 2 to 2159Z, Oct 3, 2027 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 7 to 2159Z, Oct 8, 2028 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 6 to 2159Z, Oct 7, 2029 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 5 to 2159Z, Oct 6, 2030 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 4 to 2159Z, Oct 5, 2031 | |||
| Historical Dates | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 4 to 2200Z, Oct 5, 2025 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 5 to 2200Z, Oct 6, 2024 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 7 to 2200Z, Oct 8, 2023 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 1 to 2200Z, Oct 2, 2022 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 2 to 2200Z, Oct 3, 2021 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 3 to 2200Z, Oct 4, 2020 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 5 to 2200Z, Oct 6, 2019 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 6 to 2200Z, Oct 7, 2018 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 7 to 2200Z, Oct 8, 2017 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 1 to 2200Z, Oct 2, 2016 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 3 to 2200Z, Oct 4, 2015 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 4 to 2200Z, Oct 5, 2014 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 5 to 2200Z, Oct 6, 2013 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 6 to 2200Z, Oct 7, 2012 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 1 to 2200Z, Oct 2, 2011 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 2 to 2200Z, Oct 3, 2010 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 3 to 2159Z, Oct 4, 2009 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 4 to 2159Z, Oct 5, 2008 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 6 to 2159Z, Oct 7, 2007 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 7 to 2159Z, Oct 8, 2006 | |||
| 1600Z, Oct 1 to 2200Z, Oct 2, 2005 | |||