*** CQ FLORIDA HAMS ***
The 2024 Florida QSO Party will be held April 27 & 28. 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!
CALL TO ACTION!!!
Florida Stations of all types – please go to the FQP website and register your fixed, mobile and expedition 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/
Sunday Registration Form: https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/sunday-route/
*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW YOUR ENTRY FOR ACCURACY BEFORE SUBMITTING*
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
27 & 28, 2024
Two
ten hour operating
periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday,
April 27
1600Z (Noon EDT) – April 28 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT)
Sunday,
April 28 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 a FL 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.
Modes:
Use CW, SSB or both.
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:
Logs in Cabrillo format can be uploaded (preferred) at: https://fqp.contesting.com/fqpsubmitlog.php
or emailed
to [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 my email:
We highly encourage you to sign up to the FQP email Group [email protected]. Anyone wishing to subscribe to the FQP email reflector may go to this link to sign up: https://groups.io/g/FQP - Just click on the blue "Join this group" button below and follow the directions.
Please forward this announcement to your club members and other FL clubs.
THANK
YOU in advance for making the 2024 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