presented by the Orca DX and Contest Club<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Key Details:<\/p>\n Date\/Time: 1600z Feb 5 to 0359z Feb 6 AND Feb 6 1600z to 2359z Feb 6<\/p>\n Objectives: Stations outside BC have to find as many VE7\/VA7s as possible in the 20 hours of the contest. Exchange: BC stations give RS(T) + three-letter code representing the federal electoral district in BC and stations outside BC give province\/state\/”DX\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Collectible, original photo certificates for top scores in all classes of entry, BC and outside BC. New photo every year!<\/p>\n \u2022<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>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 \u2022<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Follow links at\u00a0http:\/\/orcadxcc.org\/bcqp.html<\/a>\u00a0for 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 \u2014 or extend \u2014 your collection!<\/p>\n \u2022<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>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.<\/p>\n Join us! It\u2019s always a whale of a good time<\/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, throw out your callsign, find more VE7\/VA7s, keep track of the QSOs and send in a log.<\/p>\n **There are many coinciding events on the Feb 5-6 weekend. If you think you might play in several contests, **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\u00a0www.StateQSOParty.com<\/a><\/p>\n Have fun!<\/p>\n Questions?\u00a0 \u00a0Email the contest coordinator, Rebecca VA7BEC at va7bec@rac.ca<\/p>\n 73 es GL 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 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-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754","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=2754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBC stations will be taking calls from anyone, anywhere<\/p>\n
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\n\u2022<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>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.<\/p>\n
\ndownload the handy same-weekend event schedule showing required exchanges:
\nhttp:\/\/orcadxcc.org\/content\/pdf\/2022_sked.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRebecca VA7BEC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"