ARRL Sweepstakes Contest game (simulation)

Welcome to the ARRL November 1977 Sweepstakes contest.

Take a journey in space and time. In space, journey to Silver Spring, Maryland, to a QTH 10 miles north of the White House in Washington DC. In time, journey back to November 1977, a time when there were 75 sections in Canada the USA including the Panama Canal Zone (KZ5). You can operate the station on 10-80 Meters at either a low power of 100 Watts, or blast away at 1000 Watts. Details of the internal workings of the game were contained in Software for Amateur Radio, authored by Joseph Kasser, G3ZCZ, and published by Tab Books in 1984. The program is available in three versions, Lite, Shareware and Pro.
  • Lite is free for use.
  • Shareware shows the features (disabled) in the Pro Version.
  • Pro is the full version with all features enabled.

Download Self installing Version 1.10.0 of CQ-SS here (6 MB).

Download sample game 'G8BTB.sav', look at it using ZCZ Edit


To upgrade to the Pro version, register your copy of CQSS (US$ 18) at http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?productid=300019579&language=English


High Power Section Ranking table

Date Call QSOs Sections Score Operating time (hh:mm) Dupes Lids
2018/03/18 G8BTB 359 64 45,952 06:43 4 11
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