December Outing Special Date Sat. 18 December 2021

Since Christmas Day happens to fall on our normal 4th Saturday of the month outing time, we will move back a week to Sat 18, 2021.

Otherwise, it is gather as normal at Sylvan Lake Park at 0800 EST. Normally we will be near the lake in Picnic Area A where we can spread out to avoid interference as needed.

It is OK to brag, ask questions, help set up rigs, share your key or mic to a new visitor that is licensed… and share your early ham radio Christmas gift with the group!

Sylvan Lake Park – Picnic Area A

• 0800 – 1200 EST
• Bring your sandwich and snacks
• Normally we operate until noon, but feel free to stay longer if you’re having fun!
• QRP or max 15 watts requested to avoid rig damage due to proximity to other stations
• All modes welcome
• Come learn from one another and enjoy the outdoors

Tampa Bay Hamfest – Dec 10-11-2021 in Plant City, FL

72, Kelly K4UPG for the group

Outing Saturday 27 Nov 2021

Post Thanksgiving QRP — Get Over the Turkey Hangover!!

Here’s a head’s up for you! This is the CQ WW CW Contest weekend too! Woo hoo! Bands will be full of CW Ops and hopefully DX if the propagation is decent. Suggest you plan on WARC Band Ops to avoid the QRO contest pileups. You can also look to 15 and 10 meters for some action!

If you are brave you can also try the main contest frequencies on the HF bands. But as a general rule, it is tough to be heard during these major contests until early morning or the last few hours when the number of active stations declines.

Sylvan Lake Park – Picnic Area A

• 0800 – 1200 EST
• Bring your turkey sandwich and snacks
• Normally operate until noon, but stay longer if you’re having fun!
• QRP or max 15 watts requested to avoid rig damage due to proximity
• All modes welcome
• Come learn from one another and enjoy the outdoors

Tampa Bay Hamfest – Dec 10-11-2021 in Plant City, FL

72, Kelly K4UPG for the Central FL QRP Group

CFL QRP Special Outing 23 Oct 2021

Our October Outing is a special one. Please spread the word to those you think might be interested. Long time member and active antenna specialist Alex Pettit KK4VB has taken things to a new height! HOMEBREW RADIO TELESCOPE. We previewed it last month as Alex setup in the park and zoomed in to the Milky Way RF!

Some of our regular participants are active in the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) meetings and we are happy to invite you to join us for a good morning of QRP Ham Radio Portable on Saturday October 23, 2021.

We meet between 0800-12 noon local time directly at Sylvan Lake Park west of Sanford, FL just off SR 46 (at 845 Lake Markham Road, Sanford, FL). Come when it is best for you. We normally spread out and operate in Picnic Area A down by the lake. We have a variety of antenna and rig setups and modes although we do ask that you not fire up your QRO rig while you’re in the parking area to avoid possible damage to rig front-ends from overload.

Charge your batteries, load your gear and come on out and play ham radio outdoors with us! We’re mostly CW and a bit of SSB and Digital modes from time to time. We don’t mind sharing our gear if you want to try a QRP QSO and have a license, just ask us!

Hope you can join us.

72, Kelly K4UPG for the Central FL QRP Group