Hello Friends,

The 2026 Florida QSO Party is *this weekend*; we sure hope you'll join us.

All 67 counties will be active.

Please check out the rules, 2025 FQP results and much more 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 25 & 26, 2026
Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday, April 25 1600Z (Noon EDT) – April 26 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT)
Sunday, April 26 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
Fixed (in FL and out of state) and Expedition stations shouldn’t call CQ or run stations in the mobile window.

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- 2026 FQP Spelling Bee!

To celebrate the USA’s 250^th anniversary, we will have a total of 20 special 1x1 stations whose suffixes spell US BIRTHDAY. There will be two stations per suffix. Contact at least one station of each suffix letter spelling US BIRTHDAY 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, counties and hosts are:

CALL CTY HOST

N4U CIT WF4DX

W4U VOL N4EEB

N4S SUW N4SVC

W4S HER K2SG

N4B BRO AI4WW

W4B CAH N4II

N4I ALC N4UU

W4I VOL KQ4R

N4R IDR N1TO

W4R ORA N6AR

N4T LAK NN7CW

W4T ESC N4OX

N4H GUL WA1S

W4H HER N2NL

N4D SUM W3US

W4D PAS K4EJ

N4A BAY NF4A

W4A ORA N4WW

N4Y LEO AC4TO

W4Y LAK WO4O

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

Web Site: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/
Detailed rules, past results, plaques, county maps and much more!

Be sure to check out the links under the Counties tab for two terrific county-tracking toolsby Bob K0RC and Chuck NO5W (thanks guys!).

NEW:

There will also be a new FQP Mobile & Expedition APRS real-time tracking tool that you can find at https://mobiletracker.stateqso.com/. Sincere Thanks to the NYQP leadership team for providing this valuable tool for FQP.

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 operations (note- Spelling Bee 1x1 stations are pre-entered so no action required). Just click on one of the applicable links below. Remember to submit forms for both Saturday and Sunday as applicable. Thanks!

FLORIDA COUNTY ACTIVATION FORMS
Use these forms to enter your planned FQP Activity:
Florida Fixed Station County Activation form: Click here
Florida Expedition Station County Activation form: Click here
Florida Mobile Station County Activation form: Click here

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW YOUR ENTRY FOR ACCURACY BEFORE SUBMITTING*

For FL Mobiles & Expeditions and their Hunters:

There will also be a new FQP Mobile & Expedition APRS real-time tracking tool at https://mobiletracker.stateqso.com/. Instructions for using this tool on APRS so folks can track you is here. NOTE: FQP does *not* permit self-spotting so *do not* include your operating frequency in APRS!

Sincere thanks to the NYQP leadership team for providing this valuable tool for FQP.

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 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 2026 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

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