[TVARC] Get Ready for the "Florida QSO Party" Contest - This Weekend (April 27th & April 28th)

[Anthony Hackenberg]

Hi Members of TVARC’s MailList (especially those interested in contesting),

It’s time to get your station ready for the upcoming 2024 "Florida QSO Party" contest.  This annual contest will be held this coming weekend (April 27 & April 28).  It will be run in two (2) sessions.  The first session will be run on Saturday April 27th.  The second one on Sunday April 28th.  The ONLY modes permited for this contest are CW and Phone; so, NO digital modes are allowed.
 
The Florida QSO Party contest is especially fun for us residing in Florida because our Florida stations will be the PREY that all the other (non-Florida) contesters (HUNTERS) will be chasing after.  Since your Florida station will be the desired target contact, it should be fun being the “fox” chased by the “hounds”.

For more information regarding this contest, see these references:

http://floridaqsoparty.org/
http://floridaqsoparty.org/rules

https://www.contestcalendar.com/index.html


Here’s an overview of this year’s Florida QSO Party from WA7BNM’s 8-day Contest Calendar (URL: https://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycont.php#16358 ):
 	 
Florida QSO Party <>: 1600Z, Apr 27 to 0159Z, Apr 28 and 1200Z-2159Z, Apr 28
 	Geographic Focus:	United States/Canada state/province QSO party
 	Participation:	Worldwide
 	Mode:	CW, Phone
 	Bands:	40, 20, 15, 10m
 	Classes:	Single Op (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Single Op Assisted (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Single (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Multi-Multi (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Mobile Single Op (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Mobile Single Op + Driver (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Mobile Multi-Single (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Mobile Multi-Multi (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Expedition (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
School (CW/Phone/Mixed)(QRP/Low/High)
Novice/Technician Low (CW/Phone/Mixed)
SWL
 	Max power:	HP: >100 watts
LP: 100 watts
QRP: 5 watts
 	Exchange:	FL: RS(T) + county
W/VE: RS(T) + (state/province)
DX: RS(T) + DXCC prefix
 	Work stations:	Once per band per mode per FL county
 	QSO Points:	1 point per phone QSO
2 points per CW QSO
 	Multipliers:	FL Stations: Each state, VE province/territory, DXCC country, maritime region once per mode
Non-FL: Each county once per mode
Power: High: x1, Low: x2, QRP: x3
 	Score Calculation:	Total score = total QSO points x total mults x power mult
 	Submit logs by:	May 12, 2024
 	E-mail logs to:	logs[at]floridaqsoparty[dot]org
 	Upload log at:	https://fqp.contesting.com/fqpsubmitlog.php
 	Mail logs to:	Florida QSO Party
c/o Ron Harps, K8NZ
1997 Willow Glen Ln
Columbus, OH 43229-1550
USA
 	Find rules at:	http://floridaqsoparty.org/rules/
 	 	 


Wishing you a lot of contacts during this contest.

73,

Tony
Callsign: K4QR

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