CQ FLORIDA HAMS

[Larry Wissinger]

Dear Fellow FL Hams,

Hello again and thanks to so many of you for your participation in the 2025 Florida QSO Party (FQP).

 

The 2026 Florida QSO Party will be held April 25 & 26.  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 register your fixed, mobile and expedition operations; just click on the following link and use the Activation Forms there to get started – thanks!

Link:  https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/

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

 

 

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 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 a Fixed or Expedition station, *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 lo...@floridaqsoparty.org; 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:

cqde...@gmail.com

We highly encourage you to sign up to the FQP email Group f...@groups.io. Anyone wishing to subscribe to the FQP email reflector may go to this link to sign up:  https://groups.io/g/FQP