[LARC-CQ] Fw: [FCG] CQ FL Hams & Radio Clubs! Florida QSO Party April 25 & 26

[Buddy Morgan]

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: NX4N Chris via groups.io <cqdenx4n=gmail.com at groups.io>To: "n4mb at arrl.org" <n4mb at arrl.org>; "kk4ecr at arrl.org" <kk4ecr at arrl.org>; Barry Porter KB1PA <kb1pa at arrl.org>; Darrell Davis KT4WX <kt4wx2 at gmail.com>Cc: Christopher Blake <cqdenx4n at gmail.com>; Dan Street K1TO <k1to at aol.com>; Chris Plumblee <chris.plumblee at gmail.com>Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 09:41:03 AM ESTSubject: [FCG] CQ FL Hams & Radio Clubs! Florida QSO Party April 25 & 26  
 
Hello Florida Amateur RadioClubs and FL Operators,

The Florida QSO Party (FQP)will be held April 25 - 26 this year and we need you and your club’s help in creating alot of excitement and HF operating Activity on-the-air.  Please request that your members operatetheir stations or your club station during FQP – whether serious contesting,casual operating, pre-Field Day readiness or new-ham training, FQP is hugefun and a way to make Florida more Radio-Active!  Please share the announcement below with your friends and members and let us know of your club’s operating plans.

 

Vy 73,

Chris, NX4N



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*** CQ FLORIDA HAMS ***

 

Dear Fellow FL Hams,

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

 

The 2026 Florida QSO Partywill be held April 25 & 26.  We sure hope you'll joinus by activating your FL HF stations – home, club, school, mobile and expeditionall welcomed.  

Let’s makeall 67 counties RADIO-ACTIVE!

 

CALL TO ACTION!!!

Florida Stations of all types – please go to the FQP website andregister your fixed, mobile and expedition operations; just click on the“Counties" link and then the Activation Forms to get started –thanks!

Direct Links:

Saturday Registration Form:  https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/saturday-route/

Sunday Registration Form:  https://floridaqsoparty.org/counties/sunday-route/

*PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW YOUR ENTRY FOR ACCURACY BEFORESUBMITTING*

 

 

Please check out the rules and further detailsat our Web Site: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/

 


The Florida QSO Party
Object: Everyone worksFlorida, Florida works Everyone
Activate and work ALLFlorida counties
Have as much FUN aspossible!

When: April 25 & 26, 2026
Two ten hour operatingperiods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday, April 251600Z (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

SUGGESTEDOPERATING 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 arestill valid; see rules for details.


MOBILE WINDOW:
We expect that severalMobile 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 not a FL mobile,*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:  UseCW, SSB or both. 

 

Prizes: 

Printable colorCertificates for top participants
Plaques for topfinishing entrants.

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



Logs:

Logs in Cabrillo format can be uploaded (preferred) at: https://fqp.contesting.com/fqpsubmitlog.php

or emailed to logs at floridaqsoparty.org; Paper logs via US mail to: Florida QSOParty, c/o Dan Street, K1TO, 9933 289th St E., Myakka City, FL 34251

Any questions orfeedback? Please feel free to reply to my email:

cqdenx4n at gmail.com

We highly encourage you tosign up to the FQP email Group fqp at groups.io.Anyone wishing to subscribe to the FQP email reflectormay go to this link to sign up:  https://groups.io/g/FQP

 

Please forward this announcement to your clubmembers and to other FL clubs.

 

THANK YOU in advance for making the 2026 FQPanother terrific event!

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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