The 2023 Florida QSO Party will be held April 29 & 30, 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/
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
29 & 30, 2023
Two
ten hour operating
periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday,
April 29
1600Z (Noon EDT) – April 30 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT)
Sunday,
April 30 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 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,
14.255-14.275
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.
Special Event Award- 2023 FQP Spelling Bee!
We will have a total of 12 special 1x1 stations whose suffixes spell CITRUS. There will be two stations per suffix. Contact at least one station of each suffix letter spelling CITRUS 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 call signs and hosts will be:
CALL HOST CTY
K4C NF4A BAY
N4C AI4WW BRO
K4I K5KG SAR
N4I N4EEB VOL
K4T K1TO MTE
N4T N4TP HIL
K4R N4WW ORA
N4R N4OX ESC
K4U N1TO IDR
N4U N4UU ALC
K4S WO4O LAK
N4S N4SVC SUW
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! 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 [email protected];
Paper logs 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 me via email:
[email protected]
We highly encourage you to
sign up to the FQP email Group [email protected].
Anyone wishing to subscribe to the FQP email
reflector
may send an email request to George, K5KG at [email protected]. Upon
receiving your request to join,
George will send you an invitation to subscribe to the
reflector. When
you receive the invitation, simply follow the instructions,
and sign yourself
up.
Thank
you in advance for making the 2023 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