[SECC] Announcement: FL QSO Party This Weekend

[John T. Laney III]

Thanks for being a part of the 2011 Florida QSO Party by making QSOs and
sending in a log!  Please be reminded that this weekend is  the 2012 Florida
QSO Party.

This is the 15th running of the FQP under the sponsorship of the Florida
Contest Group, so we've cooked up something special.  There will be 15 1x1
fixed stations whose suffixes spell out "FLORIDA QSO PARTY".  Details of  the
special 1x1 event:
_http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/files/1x1announcement.pdf_  (http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/files/1x1announcement.pdf)

New plaques (bringing the total to 37) are added for:
Top Florida Mobile Multi-Two (tnx K9OM)
Top Poland CW (tnx K3TW/SO5TW)
Top Score Caribbean/Central/South America (tnx NX4N)
Top Florida Mobile - Most Counties Activated (tnx K3TW)
First Station To Work All Special FQP 1X1 Callsigns (CW&  SSB) (tnx  PCARS
- W4MLB)

It took us a while, but we finally added a Single Op Assisted category to
distinguish from Multi-Single.



15M should be better than it's been for at least 5 years.  Despite  rising
gas prices, all 67 counties will again be activated multiple times thanks
to many mobile efforts.  Track those mobiles using
_http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/cota.php_
(http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/cota.php)
_http://www.no5w.com/FQP2012_AnnouncedPlans.html_
(http://www.no5w.com/FQP2012_AnnouncedPlans.html)   Tnx NO5W!
and_http://tinyurl.com/d2j4kez_  (http://tinyurl.com/d2j4kez)     Tnx agn
K0RC!

Full rules at_http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/rules.html_
(http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/rules.html)
Reglas  en espanol:_http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/files/fqprulesesp.pdf_
(http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/files/fqprulesesp.pdf)

So please join the party again and help us all make 2012 an unprecedented
year and even more fun!

The Florida QSO  Party
April 28 - 29, 2012

Object: Everyone works Florida, Florida works  Everyone
Activate and work ALL Florida  counties
Have as much FUN as possible!

When:   April 28 - 29, 2012
Two ten hour operating periods, with a  ten hour break:
Saturday, April 28   1600Z  (Noon EDT) - 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT)
Sunday,   April  29   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
CW :  28.035, 21.035, 14.035, 7.035
SSB:  28.485, 21.335, 14.260,  7.195
(Approximate center frequencies; lots of  activity spreads out from there!)

Many 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
SSB:   7.180-7.190,  14.265-14.275,  21.340-21.350,  28.480-28.490  MHz
If you are not mobile, please refrain from calling CQ in these  windows.

Categories:
Single Op, Single Op Assisted (NEW), Multi Op,  Multi-Multi, Technician,
School
Fixed, Mobile
QRP, Low, High Power
CW, SSB, Mixed

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

Web Site:_http://www.floridaqsoparty.org_  (http://www.floridaqsoparty.org)

Detailed rules, mobile routes, past results, plaques, county  maps and much
more!

Please submit your Cabrillo formatted log to_logs at floridaqsoparty.org_
(mailto:logs at floridaqsoparty.org)  where  our robot will pre-process it and
give you e-mail feedback within a minute or  two.

Any questions or feedback?  Please feel free to reply to this e-mail
address.

THANK YOU in advance for making the 2012 FQP another terrific  event!

73, Dan, K1TO
President, Florida Contest Group, proud  sponsors of the FQP since  1998