*** CQ FLORIDA HAMS ***

 

Dear Fellow FL Hams,

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.  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/

 

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

NEW!  EXPANDED 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 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
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:

Printable color Certificates for top participants
Plaques for top finishing entrants.

Web Site: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/
Detailed rules, mobile routes, past results, plaques, county abbreviations and 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 Dan Street, K1TO, 9933 289th St E., Myakka City, FL 34251

Any questions or feedback? Please feel free to reply to my 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 go to this link to sign up:  https://groups.io/g/FQP

 

Please forward this announcement to your club members and to other FL clubs.

 

THANK YOU in advance for making the 2025 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