December 24, 2010

We've been asked by our Canadian friends to make a change to our Canadian Multipliers, and we have agreed to do so.

Beginning in 2011, the new Canadian Multipliers will be:

NS (VE1)
NB (VE1, VE9)
NL (VO1, VO2)
PE (VY2)
QC (VE2)
ON (VE3)
MB (VE4)
SK (VE5)
AB (VE6)
BC (VE7)
NT (VE8)
NU (VY0)
YT (VY1)

This is similar to what other QSO Parties are using and conforms to the Canadian Government's list of Provinces and Territories.

The software authors have been contacted, so we're hoping they can implement the updates by April. If not, just note the ones that don't work correctly, and make the changes to the Cabrillo file manually after the contest.

April 18, 2010

The writeup portion of the FQP results is still being worked on, but in order to get something out before next weekend, we have posted the 2009 FQP scores. The FQP records have also been updated.

February 11, 2010

The Florida QSO Party is now on Facebook. Come join us.

April 28, 2009

This is the first year we've used a contest "robot" to acknowledge logs received. We have run into some compatibility issues between the Cabrillo headers generated by certain logging programs and the robot. We will be working with the software authors to get the headers corrected. You may submit your logs. The messages you receive in the robot's reply are warnings, not fatal errors. Unless your log is rejected for other formatting problems, you can ignore these warning messages.

May 4, 2007

There appears to be a problem with our Manual Log Form. Logs submitted via the form are not being received. If you tried to submit a log via the form or were planning to, you may have to submit another way until we get the problem sesolved. We apologize for the problem and have contacted WA7BNM about it.

April 25, 2007

The 40 Meter mobile window has been expanded slightly, and is now 7025-7035. Home stations should avoid calling CQ in this window.

April 18, 2007

The FQP records (except Florida County) have been updated to reflect 2006 results.

March 11, 2007

DC will be a new multiplier in 2007. Please update your multiplier files and let your software writer know so they can update their files.

April 18, 2006

The complete 2005 FQP Results, including write-up, statistics, and Soapbox comments, are now available.

June 17, 2005

Our FQP set a record of over 700 logs received in 2004. This year's submissions are down quite a bit from that, although the decrease might all be accounted for by a bunch of mobiles not returning in 2005.

We are now caught up with all of the e-logs submitted so far for 2005. There may have been a 1-2 day period in mid May when a few logs may have slipped through the e-mail cracks. If you entered this year, please check our logs received page and if your call is not listed, please send your log(s) ASAP.

April 9, 2005

Plaque sponsorships for 2004 have been finalized. See the list of 2004 winners.

Some plaques will be mailed out in a few weeks ... others will be handed out in Dayton. We'll be opening up reservations for 2005 Plaque Sponsorships shortly.

April 5, 2005

The 2004 Florida QSO Party Certificates are in the Mail!!!

Over 300 were mailed out this week! A big thank you to all who entered and made it the most successful FQP ever! If there is a mistake or typo please e-mail Jeff, WC4E, and he'll get another out to you ASAP.

April 5, 2005

The complete 2004 FQP Results, including write-up, statistics, and Soapbox comments, are now available.

February 27, 2005

The FQP Records have been updated.

Due to the mobile category changes in 2004, new mobile records have been added for Single Operator plus Driver and Single Operator, No Driver. Single Operator Mobile records before 2004 have been left in the listings. Those are marked with ** after the callsign. Those mobile operators can let me know if they were with or without drivers, and I will make changes as needed to get the older records placed correctly.

January 3, 2005

Updated rules for 2005 have been uploaded. There is only one significant change, and that is the addition of the mobile "window". The mobile "window" frequencies are:

CW 7.025-7.030, 14.040-14.050, 21.040-21.050, 28.040-28.050 MHZ

SSB 7.265-7.275, 14.265-14.275, 21.340-21.350, 28.480-28.490 MHz

Sorry about the small window on 40 CW. This is primarily due to trying to cram home and mobile stations into 10 kHz (7.025-7.035) because there is a RTTY contest the same weekend, and they are down to 7.035. Hopefully this will work out OK.

November 14, 2004

The FQP log checking process is underway. Logs are being checked by hand, which is a time consuming process. No estimate at this time when results will be available, but of course, we're working to make them available as soon as possible. Also, our "Contact Us" e-mail address is working again.

November 9, 2004

The FQP Web site was switched to a new server. This resulted in some configuration problems, which have now been corrected. As a result, the FQP Web site is once again, up and running. There are still problems with the e-mail addresses. Hope to have those corrected soon.

August 28, 2004

We have now added an XML/RSS news feed to keep you "up to date" on FQP happenings. Simply add the XML/RSS URL (click on XML/RSS graphic) into an RSS Reader, and you'll automatically receive the latest FQP news.

April 28, 2004

Activity was definitely unprecedented - thanks to all who made the effort to get on! Tremendous number of "OJ"s exchanged. Logs are pouring in at an unprecedented rate. Our robot is not yet assembled, so it is yours truly (K1TO) receiving your e-logs again this year. **I will acknowledge each and every log as I can get to it, so please be patient, particularly with this initial backlog.** A number of folks seem to have swept all counties again this year, with several accomplishing this on the first day (for the first time ever).

April 8, 2004

The FQP records have been updated.

In order to make it easier for folks to work the mobile stations, for the upcoming FQP, we will experiment with a mobile "window". This "window" will be up to 10 kHz below the suggested CW frequencies, and up to 20 kHz below the suggested SSB frequencies. Florida "home" stations should not call CQ or "run" stations in this mobile "window". We'd like your feedback, to know if this was helpful in working the mobile stations.

April 5, 2004

The complete 2003 FQP Results, including write-up, statistics, and Soapbox comments, are now available.

February 24, 2004

The "Counties On The Air" page is now available for stations wishing to add their County operations for the 2004 FQP. Thanks to Pat, N8VW, for writing the scripts, and George, K5TR, for setting up the server, to make this an automated process.

November 6, 2003

All time Non Florida Records have been added. In addition, the all time Florida records have been broken out onto a seperate page.

October 30, 2003

Updated rules for 2004 have been uploaded. There are several changes, which include changes to the Single Operator mobile categories, dropping of the Novice/Technician category, and changing the exchange for DX stations (send DXCC prefix instead of just DX).

Other changes for 2004 include a new e-mail address for submitting logs and a web form for entering QSO information from paper logs. This form will then generate and submit a proper Cabrillo file for log checking (tnx WA7BNM).