Hello
Friends,
The 2024 Florida QSO Party will be held April 27 & 28, 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
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 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- 2024 FQP Spelling Bee!
We will have a total of 12 special 1x1 stations whose suffixes spell KEYS. There will be three stations per suffix. Contact at least one station of each suffix letter spelling KEYS 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 TBA.
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 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 me via
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.
Thank
you in advance for making the 2024 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