[SFDXA] ANNOUNCEMENT!!! The 2025 Florida QSO Party April 26 & 27

Sun Mar 30 10:51:49 EDT 2025

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Dear Fellow FQP Fans,

Hello again and thanks to so many of you for your participation in the 
2024 Florida QSO Party (FQP).

*/The 2025 Florida QSO Party will be held April 26 & 27/*/, and we sure 
hope you'll join us /

/All 67 counties will be active/.

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

*Rules Changes:*

-*Expanded Suggested Frequencies*

-*Log submissions required within **_10 days_**after the end of FQP*

*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 26 & 27, 2025*
Two ten-hour operating periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday, April 26 1600Z (Noon EDT) – April 27 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT)
Sunday, April 27 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: 7.025-7.055, 14.025-14.055, 21.025-21.055, 28.025-28.055 MHz

Phone: 7.185-7.285, 14.225-14.325, 21.300-21.400, 28.400-28.500 MHz

Contacts outside these frequency ranges are still valid; see rules for 
details.

*MOBILE WINDOW:
*We expect 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**
**/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.

Special Event Award- 2025 FQP Spelling Bee!

We will have a total of 14 special 1x1 stations whose suffixes 
spell*PIRATES. *There will be two stations per suffix. Contact at least 
one station of each suffix letter spelling PIRATES to earn this award. 
These stations will be on both modes and should be very accessible. QSL 
these 1x1 calls active in FQP via KU9C direct or via Logbook of The 
World (LoTW).

The call signs and hosts are:

*_CALL HOST    CTY _*

*K4P W4GAC  PIN*

*N4P K4NMR  GIL*

*K4I AI4WW  BRO*

*N4I WF4DX  CIT*

*K4R N4WW   ORA*

*N4R N6AR     ORA*

*K4A WO4O    LAK*

*N4A NF4A     BAY*

*K4T N4OX     ESC*

*N4T N4UU     ALC*

*K4E K4EJ      PAS*

*N4E NN7CW  LAK*

*K4S K2SG     HER*

*N4S N4SVC   SUW*

*PRIZES:*Printable 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!

Be sure to check out the links under the Counties tab to two terrific 
county-tracking tools by *Bob K0RC and Chuck NO5W* (thanks guys!).

In addition, Chip N3IW runs a FQP spotting website at 
http://qsopartyhub.com/fqp-spots.php. Please remember that self-spotting 
or requesting to be spotted is not allowed (exception for spelling bee 
1x1 stations only).

*//*

*/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!/

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

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

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

Logs in Cabrillo format can be uploaded (*preferred*) at: 
https://fqp.contesting.com/fqpsubmitlog.php

or emailedto logs at floridaqsoparty.org <mailto:logs at floridaqsoparty.org>; 
Paper logs via US mail to: Florida QSO Party, c/o Dan Street, K1TO, 9933 
289th St E., Myakka City, FL 34251
Any questions or feedback? Please feel free to reply to me via email:

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>. Anyone wishing to subscribe to the 
FQP email reflector may go to this link to sign up: 
https://groups.io/g/FQP <https://groupsio/g/FQP> - Just click on the 
*blue* "Join this group" button below and follow the directions.

Thank you in advance for making the 2025 FQP another terrific event – 
see you then!
*/FQP - So Bright, you gotta wear Shades!/*//

/😎/

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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