SPARC Station and Operators Performed Well Despite the Conditions.
The SPARC team represented Pinellas County well during the Florida QSO Party (FQP).
During the event stations throughout the US and Canada strive to work as many counties in Florida as possible. Florida stations are essentially the “DX” and call CQ. Propagation during the contest was fair to poor. Local noise on 40 and 10 meters was a constant S9.
The weather was threatening over the weekend, and 9 of the 18 operators were in training. Nevertheless, the following excellent score summary speaks for itself:
FL QSO PARTY 2023
CallSign Used: W4GAC
Operator(s) : W4GAC
Operator Category: MULTI-MULTI
Band : ALL
Power : LOW
Mode : MIXED
Default Exchange : PIN
Club/Team : SPARC (Saint Petersburg ARC)
Band Mode QSOs Pts Mult Pt/Q
7 CW 63 252 5 4.0
7 LSB 74 148 0 2.0
14 CW 324 1296 18 4.0
14 USB 611 1222 49 2.0
21 CW 330 1320 44 4.0
21 USB 171 342 14 2.0
28 CW 37 148 2 4.0
28 USB 114 228 8 2.0
Total Both 1724 4956 140 2.9
Score : 693,840
Additionally, 6 SPARC members worked from home to bring the total number of QSOs to just under 3000 during the 20-hour contest.
