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/
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/
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 Dan Street, K1TO, 9933 289th St
E., Myakka City, FL 34251
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 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 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