[TVARC] Florida QSO Party

[Dennis McKinney]

Awesome Pete and Wayne. Hope to catch you mostly Sunday...
Be safe, and GL.....
Dennis N0SMX

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 10:12 AM K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:

> As we’ve been doing for the past few years (COVID permitting), Wayne,
> N4FP, and I will be motoring around the state of Florida giving out some
> 30+ counties to the deserving, all on CW.  Stations will be able to work us
> in each county as if we were a brand new station.  While Florida stations
> are allowed to work the mobile stations in each county, multipliers are
> only awarded for states, provinces, and DX countries, so they only count
> for QSO credit.  We’ll be on 40, 20, and 15, and there’s a slight chance we
> may look at 10, if propagation and a slow QSO rate permits.  In order for
> us to get to so many counties, we’ll need to limit the time spent at each,
> so QSO rates are important.  Having 15 meters this year is significant,
> since we’ll have to weigh whether our rate on 20 has slowed down enough to
> change to 15 (or vice versa).
>
>
>
> The FQP has arranged for mobile “windows.”  In those frequency segments,
> only mobile stations are permitted to call CQ.  When you hear N4FP on a
> particular band, jot down that frequency, because we’ll keep coming back to
> that same spot every time.
>
>
>
> We’ll be starting in Lake (LAK) county, heading north up to the eastern
> edges of the panhandle, then back down to Ocala, where we’ll spend the
> night (today’s contest hours are noon until 10P).  Then at it again Sunday
> from 8A until 6P, 10 hours each day.  Sunday we’ll again go north, but try
> and cover the eastern part of the state, coming down through Orlando and
> near Tampa before ending back at The Villages.
>
>
>
> So figure out your county abbreviation (MAO=Marion, SUM=Sumter, and
> Lake=LAK), find us on the band, and work us.  Remember, propagation to the
> rest of Florida is kind of hit or miss, given skip conditions, but we’ll be
> looking for TVARCers!
>
>
>
> 73, Pete, K2PS (operating N4FP)
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