[SFDXA] CQ FL Hams - Florida QSO Party April 24-25

[Bill]

Hello Florida Amateur Radio Club Leaders,
As you may know, the *Florida QSO Party* will be held April 24-25 and 
we'd like to request that you forward the announcement below to all of 
your club members.

The FQP continues to grow in popularity and we expect even more activity 
this year; the 2020 FQP had an increase of 70% participation over the 
previous year!  Thanks in advance for helping us get the word out.

73,

Chris, NX4N, on behalf of:

Chris, W4WF and Dan, K1TO – President and Past President
Florida Contest Group, proud sponsors of the FQP since 1998

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**** CQ FLORIDA HAMS ****

The 2021 *Florida QSO Party*will be held April 24 and 25; we sure hope 
you'll join us by activating your FL HF stations – home, club, school, 
mobile and expedition all welcomed.  Let’s make all 67 counties 
RADIO-ACTIVE!

Please check out the rules and further details at our *Web 
Site:*http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/ <http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/>


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

When: *April 24 & 25, 2021*
Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday, April 24 1600Z (Noon EDT) - 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT)
Sunday, April 25 1200Z (8 AM EDT) - 2159Z (5:59 PM EDT)
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

*SUGGESTED OPERATING FREQUENCIES: *

CW:      7.020-7.045, 14.025-14.055, 21.030-21.050, 28.030-28.050 MHz

Phone: 7.185-7.245, 14.240-14.295, 21.320-21.350, and 28.450-28.480 MHz
Contacts outside these frequency ranges are still valid; see rules for 
details.


*MOBILE WINDOW:
*We expect that several Mobile stations will be on and most can be found 
here:
*CW: 7.025-7.035, 14.040-14.050, 21.040-21.050, 28.040-28.050 MHz**
**SSB: 7.230-7.240, 14.265-14.275  MHz
**/If you are not mobile, *please* refrain from calling CQ in these 
windows./**/
/*
Categories:
Single Op, Multi Op, Multi-Multi, Mobile, Expedition, Technician and School.
Three power levels: QRP, Low, and High Power.
Use CW, SSB or both.

24th Anniversary Special Event Award- 2021 FQP Spelling Bee!

We will have a total of 5 special 1x1 stations below whose suffixes 
spell *SHARK. *Contact all 5 of these 1x1 stations to earn this award.  
These stations will be on both modes full-time and should be very 
accessible. QSL these 1x1 calls active in FQP via KU9C direct or via 
LogBook of The World (LoTW).

The callsigns and hosts are TBA.

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

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

*//*

*/ACTION REQUIRED!!!/*

*_Florida Stations of all types_* – /please go to the FQP website and 
register your fixed, mobile, expedition and 1x1 Spelling Bee operations; 
just click on the “Counties" link and then the _Activation Forms_ to get 
started – thanks!/

/Direct Links:/

/Saturday Registration Form: 
/https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/saturday-route/ 
<https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/saturday-route/>//

/Sunday Registration Form: 
/https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/sunday-route/ 
<https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/sunday-route/>//

*/*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW YOUR ENTRY FOR ACCURACY BEFORE 
SUBMITTING*/***


Logs to logs at floridaqsoparty.org <mailto:logs at floridaqsoparty.org> or 
via US mail to: Florida QSO Party, c/o Ron Harps, K8NZ, 1997 Willow Glen 
Ln Columbus, OH 43229-1550.

Any questions or feedback? Please feel free to reply to my e-mail:

cqdenx4n at gmail.com <mailto:cqdenx4n at gmail.com>

*_We highly encourage_* you to sign up to the FQP email Group 
fqp at groups.io <mailto:fqp at groups.io>. Just send an email request to sign 
up to George at K5kg at k5kg.com <mailto:K5kg at k5kg.com> and George will 
help you from there.

THANK YOU in advance for making the 2021 FQP another terrific event!

73,

Chris, NX4N, on behalf of:

Chris, W4WF and Dan, K1TO – President and Past President
Florida Contest Group, proud sponsors of the FQP since 1998


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