[South Florida DX Association] Florida QSO Party this weekend!

Bill bmarx at bellsouth.net
Fri Apr 24 18:39:39 EDT 2009


Please remind the members of your club that this weekend is the Florida QSO Party.  The ARRL has deemed 2009 "The Year of the QSO Party" and there are special awards for working all states this year.  So, the activity level will be unprecedented!  Join the party!

The Florida QSO Party
                   April 25th and 26th, 2009

Object: Everyone works Florida, Florida works Everyone
    Activate and work ALL Florida counties
    Have as much FUN as possible!

When:  April 25th and  April 26th, 2009
    Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break:
    Saturday April 25th 16:00z (Noon EST ) -  01:59 (9:59pm EST)
    Sunday April 26th  12:00z (8am EST) - 21:59z (5:59pm EST)
    20 Hours total

Exchange: RST and County (Florida stations)
RST and QTH (State, Prov. or Country for Outside FL)

Where: 10, 15, 20 and 40 Meters
    CW :  28.035, 21.035, 14.035, 7.035 
    SSB:  28.485, 21.335, 14.260, 7.195
    (Approximate center frequencies, There is lots of activity spread out from there!)

At least 20 Mobile stations **(see below) will be on and most can be found here: 
(1) CW:  7.025-7.035,  14.040-14.050,  21.040-21.050,  28.040-28.050 MHZ
(2) SSB:  7.180-7.190,  14.265-14.275,  21.340-21.350,  28.480-28.490 MHz
Note the lower freqs on 40 SSB!

Categories: (Many!)
Single Op, Multi Op, Multi-Multi, Mobile, Novice/Tech, and School.
Three power categories: QRP, Low, and High Power.
Use CW, SSB or a mix of the two.

Prizes: Beautiful color Certificates for top participants
        Plaques for top finishing entrants.

Web Site: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/ 
   Detailed rules, mobile routes, past results, plaques, county maps and much more!

Logs to logs at floridaqsoparty.org

THANK YOU in advance for helping to represent Florida well on the air!  

73, Dan, K1TO 
President, Florida Contest Group, sponsors of the FQP



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