ANNOUNCEMENT! The 2026 Florida QSO Party April 25 & 26
Chris Blake, NX4N
Dear Fellow FQP Fans,
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, 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/
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 250th 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, mobile
routes, past results, plaques, county maps and much more!
Be sure to check out the links under the Counties tab for two terrific county-tracking tools by 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 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 me via 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 -
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
