CFL QRP Outing Saturday March 25, 2023

What better way to spend a Saturday than playing radio in the park with friends! Get your batteries charged and make sure you have all your gear ready and come join us!

We’ll start with breakfast if you’re a morning type meet us a 0715 at Cracker Barrel in Sanford, FL. This is a great time to have an eyeball QSO with like-minded QRP types. Join our two group co-founders, K4AHO and K4UPG for solving world and radio problems!

About 0800 or so we’ll start heading to the park to setup our gear. Sylvan Lake Park – Picnic Area A

• 0800 – 1200 EST
• Bring your sandwich and snacks if you’d like
• Bring along some water or cold drinks
• 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
• Bring your license and rig, but we’ll share if you don’t have portable gear handy!

We will be glad to see you if you can make it! This is best time of the year for temperature and time outdoors!

72, Kelly K4UPG for the group!

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Outing Sat. Feb 25, 2023

Weather and bands seem to be waking up and we look for more favorable propagation, especially on the higher hf bands. This is a good time to try out those new goodies you bought at Hamcation!

We’ll start with breakfast if you’re a morning type meet us a 0715 at Cracker Barrel in Sanford, FL. This is a great time to have an eyeball QSO with like-minded QRP types. Hopefully our two group co-founders, K4AHO and K4UPG will be healthy and able to make it this month! If hot look for the call sign hats and gear that others brought to share in show n tell time.

About 0800 or so start heading to the park to setup our gear. Sylvan Lake Park – Picnic Area A

Hontoon Island Activation several years ago!

• 0800 – 1200 EST
• Bring your sandwich and snacks if you’d like
• Bring along some water or cold drinks
• 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
• Bring your license and rig, but we’ll share if you don’t have portable gear handy!

Hope to see ya’ll at the park!

72, Kelly K4UPG for the Central FL QRP Group

CFL QRP Outing Sat. Jan 28, 2023

Good time to practice for Winter Field Day and help others check signals while they are setting up. Here’s a link to the WFD site for info.

Start out at 0705 EST with breakfast at the Cracker Barrel in Sanford. HEADS UP – Regulars K4UPG and K4AHO will not be attending breakfast this time! Bring your latest show ‘n tell gear to brag about with our guests. About 0815 EST we’ll start heading out to the park.

Sylvan Lake Park – Picnic Area A

• 0800 – 1200 EST
• Bring your sandwich and snacks if you’d like
• Bring along some water or cold drinks
• 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
• Bring your license and rig, but we’ll share if you don’t have portable gear handy!

If Picnic Area A is reserved, check out B and C and watch for our antennas and Amateur Radio plates to find us. Our fallback is Wilson’s Landing Park which is west about 2+ miles on the south side of SR 46.

72, Kelly K4UPG for the CFL QRP Group

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