[CQ-Contest] Florida QSO Party

[James Cain]

To the sponsors: There is still time to add 80 Meters, just for this year,
to maybe compensate a little bit for no mobiles. Someone has already made
this suggestion (me), with no response. There is still time.

K1TN/Manatee County FL

Hello Friends,

The *2020 Florida QSO Party* is ****this weekend****; we sure hope you'll
join us.

Please check out the 2019 FQP results and much more at our *Web Site:*
http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/



*2020 FQP Rules Changes-*

*- Mobile and Expedition Categories suspended due to Florida stay-at-home
mandate*

*- Club Competition revised*

*- Multi-operator entries may be distributed within a QTH (FL County,
State/Province, DXCC) due to stay-at-home mandates worldwide.*

* Please see Rules page at *http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/ *for details.
There are also some examples of distributed multi-ops at the bottom of our
Home Page.*


*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, 2020*
Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday, April 25 1600Z (Noon EDT) - 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:       7.020-7.045, 14.025-14.055, 21.030-21.050, 28.030-28.050 MHz

Phone:  7.185-7.245, 14.240-14.295, 21.320-21.350, and 28.450-28.480 MHz
Contacts outside these frequency ranges are still valid; see rules for
details.


*MOBILE WINDOW: *

*SUSPENDED for 2020 FQP*


Categories:
Single Op, Multi Op, Multi-Multi, Technician and School.
Three power levels: QRP, Low, and High Power.
Use CW, SSB or both.



23rd Anniversary Special Event Award- 2020 FQP Spelling Bee!

We will have a total of 8 special 1x1 stations below whose suffixes spell
*LOVEBUGS**. *Contact all 8 of these 1x1 stations to earn this award.
These stations will be on both modes full-time and should be very
accessible. QSL these 1x1 calls active in FQP via KU9C direct or via bureau.



The call signs and hosts are:

*CALL    HOST   CTY*

*N4L      N4OX   ESC*

*N4O      WO4O  LAK*

*N4V      NF4A    BAY*

*N4E      N1TO    IDR*

*N4B      N4BP    BRO*

*N4U      N4UU    ALC*

*N4G      K5KG   SAR*

*N4S      N6AR    ORA*


Prizes: Beautiful color Certificates for top participants
Plaques for top finishing entrants.

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