{"id":1657,"date":"2020-01-25T09:23:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T13:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2020-01-25T09:23:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T13:23:16","slug":"british-columbia-ve7-va7-qso-party-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/25\/british-columbia-ve7-va7-qso-party-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"British Columbia (VE7\/VA7) QSO Party 2020…."},"content":{"rendered":"

British Columbia QSO Party 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Presented by the Orca DX and Contest Club<\/p>\n

Key Details<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date\/Time:\u00a0 1600z Feb 1 to 0359z Feb 2\u00a0 AND \u00a01600z to 2359z Feb 2<\/p>\n

Objectives: \u00a0Stations outside BC have to find as many VE7\/VA7s as possible in the 20 hours of the contest.<\/p>\n

BC stations will be taking calls from anyone, anywhere<\/p>\n

Exchange:\u00a0BC stations give RS(T) +\u00a0three-letter code representing the federal electoral district in BC and stations outside BC give province\/state\/”DX\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 Collectible, original photo certificates for top scores in all classes, BC and outside BC. New photo every year! Plus,\u00a0BC-themed keepsakes.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Plaques awarded in\u00a010\u00a0<\/strong>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<\/p>\n

\u2022 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. \u00a0Any software that creates a Cabrillo log is OK but the content\u00a0\u00a0MUST show the required information<\/strong>\u00a0. See the rules for details.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Follow links at\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/orcadxcc.org\/bcqp.html<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0for rules, multiplier list,\u00a0FAQs, in-depth event analysis\/reports and scores from past years, and examples of photo certificates and plaques.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>BCQP runs in two segments: 12 hours on Saturday and eight hours on Sunday.\u00a0The segments are NOT split by mode. Operate PH, CW and\/or digital as you wish, on one day or both during the designated blocks of time.\u00a0 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\u00a0NO activity during the gap<\/strong>\u00a0between the 12-hour block on Saturday and the eight-hour block on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Join us! It\u2019s always a whale of a good time.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s 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 \u201cCQ BCQP\u201d, contact him\/her, find more VE7\/VA7s, keep track of the QSOs and\u00a0send in a log<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

**Also, there\u2019s a new challenge for people who love QSO parties. The\u00a02020 State QSO Party Challenge<\/strong>\u00a0kicks off in February, and BCQP is one of the first events in this year-long challenge. \u00a0For details on the State QSO Party Challenge, please visit\u00a0www.StateQSOParty.com<\/a>
\nHave fun!<\/p>\n

GL and 73!<\/p>\n

Questions?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email the contest coordinator,\u00a0Rebecca VA7BEC<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0va7bec@rac.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

British Columbia QSO Party 2020 Presented by the Orca DX and Contest Club Key Details Date\/Time:\u00a0 1600z Feb 1 to 0359z Feb 2\u00a0 AND \u00a01600z to 2359z Feb 2 Objectives: \u00a0Stations outside BC have to find as many VE7\/VA7s as Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}