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Welcome to the Daytona Beach Amateur Radio Association.

Our Next Meeting

Presenter is Joe Spencer, KK5NA from CW Academy

Monday, April 15th, 2024, 7pm - 9pm
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Lehman Building
Building 618, Room LB162 (South of Elevator, First Floor)
1 Aerospace Blvd (not the ballpark)
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Click on one of the maps to the right --->

Turn in main entrance, take first left, then left again for main parking lot.

Enter the building from the North West corner, follow the hallway to the elevator at the North East end, past the elevator, turn right to room 162 on the left side.

5/20  Grounding and Bonding - Tim Duffy K3LR

ARRL Summer Field Day 2024 at Sunrise Park North!

We are planning to hold our ARRL Field Day 2024 event on June 22nd and 23rd at

Sunrise Park North

Limited parking for larger vehicles. Bathroom facilities, Handicap Parking, Good trees for long wires.

Overnight operation in the planning.

at the East end of LPGA Blvd and just to the North. Additional parking on South Side as well.

Sign-up sheet coming for over-night operations.

CQ FLORIDA HAMS

The 2024 Florida QSO Party will be held April 27 & 28.  We sure hope you'll join us by activating your FL HF stations – home, club, school, mobile and expedition all welcomed.

Let’s make all 67 counties RADIO-ACTIVE!

 

CALL TO ACTION!!!

Florida Stations of all types – please go to the FQP website and register 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 BEFORE SUBMITTING*

 

 

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 27 & 28, 2024
Two ten hour operating periods, with a ten hour break:
Saturday, April 27 1600Z (Noon EDT) – April 28 0159Z (9:59 PM EDT)
Sunday, April 28 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:
We expect that 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
SSB: 7.230-7.240, 14.265-14.275  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:  Use CW, SSB or both.

 

Prizes:

Beautiful 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!

Logs:

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

or emailed to logs@floridaqsoparty.org; Paper logs via US mail to: Florida QSO Party, c/o Ron Harps, K8NZ, 1997 Willow Glen Ln Columbus, OH 43229-1550.

Any questions or feedback? Please feel free to reply to my email:

cqdenx4n@gmail.com

We highly encourage you to sign up to the FQP email Group fqp@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.

 

Please forward this announcement to your club members and other FL clubs.

 

THANK YOU in advance for making the 2024 FQP another 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

MOBILE HAMFEST 27 APRIL 2024!

Dear OMs and YLs:

Greetings from the storied Mobile Hamfest in Mobile, Alabama! We have been holding our event for many years, at least since the end of World War II—the MARC has been active since the autumn of 1933. But there have been some big changes to this (ARRL sanctioned) event in the last few years.

Like many medium-sized and smaller hamfests, our event declined over the last couple of decades. Some of us didn’t like that and decided to do something about it. We are growing again in a larger and more appealing venue:  The indoor facilities at the Greater Gulf State Fairgrounds in Mobile. Not only is this an expansive facility with nice rooms for talks, there are RV hookups for vendors.

We would love to have you join us on Saturday, 27 April. Anyhow, if you could distribute the attached fliers to your club membership, we would very much appreciate it!

Sincerely,

Rod Mollise,

W4NNF

President, Mobile Amateur Radio Club

MARC / W4IAX

 2024 Mobile Hamfest Flier

2024 Mobile Hamfest Package Deal