[South Florida DX Association] Florida QSO Party this weekend!
Bill
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Thu Apr 22 08:18:09 EDT 2010
Please remind the members of your club that *this weekend* is the
Florida QSO Party. 2009 was a record-breaking year, despite no
sunspots. Please join the party and make 2010 even better!
The Florida QSO Party
April 24 - 25, 2010
Object: Everyone works Florida, Florida works Everyone
Activate and work ALL Florida counties
Have as much FUN as possible!
When: April 24 - 25, 2010
Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday, April 24 1600Z (NOON EDT / 11 AM CDT) - 0159Z (9:59 PM
EDT / 8:59 PM CDT)
Sunday, April 25 1200Z (8 AM EDT / 7 AM CDT) - 2159Z (5:59 PM EDT
/ 4:59 PM CDT)
20 Hours total
Exchange: RST and County (Florida stations)
RST and QTH (State, Province or Country for non-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; lots of activity spreads out from
there!)
At least 20 Mobile stations 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
If you are not mobile, please refrain from calling CQ in these windows.
Categories: (Many!)
Single Op, Multi Op, Multi-Multi, Mobile, Technician 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 <mailto:logs at floridaqsoparty.org> or US
mail to WD4AHZ, please.
Any questions or feedback? Please feel free to reply to this e-mail
address.
THANK YOU in advance for helping to represent Florida well on the air in
the 2010 FQP!
73, Dan, K1TO
President, Florida Contest Group, proud sponsors of the FQP since 1998
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