Florida State POTA

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All news, event announcements, contest results, and press releases will be summarized here for you information and review.

  • Official Park List Updated!

    We have added 3 Florida state parks to the Official Park List to bring the total number of parks available for use during the contest to 177. The state just opened a new park in the panhandle recently, a park that was listed as closed is now open again, and we omitted one existing park from the original list by error. The three parks added are:

    • US-0635 St. George State Park, Franklin County
    • US-3621 Fort Foster State Historic Site, Hillsborough County
    • US-13011 Shoal River Headwaters State Park, Walton County

    The new list is marked as “Rev 2.0” in the bottom right footer. If you previously downloaded the list from the website please remember to “refresh” the page before downloading or printing to ensure you have the “Rev 2.0” version of the list with 177 parks.

    Direct link: https://fspota.org/wp-content/uploads/Florida-Start-Parks-List-with-POTA-Number.pdf

    POTA.APP shows almost 400 Florida sites on their website. Please keep in mind that only parks managed by the Florida State Park Service are valid locations for the Florida State POTA Contest. These 177 valid locations are identified on the Official Park List for the contest.

  • QST April Event Notice Sent

    A notice was submitted today to ARRL for publication in the April QST magazine well ahead of the February 1st deadline for April publication. I hope we can generate a lot of hungry hunters to be looking for us April 17 – 20, 2026.

    73
    Paul KN4BAR

  • FAQ Document Update

    The FLPOTA Committee met last week and reviewed several questions concerning how Club Station activators should keep and submit logs for the contest. We have published an updated revision of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to the website to address the answer to this question: https://fspota.org/wp-content/uploads/FAQ-FSPOTA.pdf

    We also established some marketing objectives for January and February that will help to promote this event to Florida amateurs, clubs, and POTA enthusiasts. Please help us to spread the word about this contest coming April 17-20, 2026. Lets get more amateurs interested in POTA operations and in getting out of the shack and into the fresh air at our many great state parks.

    73, de Jim N7JIM, Chairman, TARC FLPOTA Committee

  • 2025 Results

    Single Op – QRP – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    NANA

    Single Op – Low Power – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    WX8V769
    WO4O504


    Multi Op – High Power – In Park:

    CALLSCORE
    NANA


    Multi Op – Low Power – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    NANA


    Single Op – Low Power – Not in Florida:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    NU4N324
    VE2GT36
    KD2REM1


    Single Op – High Power – Not in Florida:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    NANA

  • 2024 Results

    Single Op – QRP – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    W9TCR69

    Single Op – Low Power – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    KQ4EKK399
    KN4BAR349
    N8NN175
    KQ4BFO34
    KW4G23


    Multi Op – High Power – In Park:

    CALLSCORE
    NANA


    Multi Op – Low Power – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    W4C20
    N4AUG13


    Single Op – Low Power – Not in Florida:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    N9NM12


    Single Op – High Power – Not in Florida:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    NANA

  • 2023 Results

    Single Op – QRP – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    N8NN223

    Single Op – Low Power – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    KA4EHL326
    WO4O199
    KK4LWR125
    KN4IWO112
    K04UTH75
    N4BLH55


    Multi Op – High Power – In Park:

    CALLSCORE
    W4AC393


    Multi Op – Low Power – In Park:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    WF4B38
    K2CMC22


    Single Op – Low Power – Not in Florida:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    N2MEE8
    KG5LRB8
    WB9HFK4
    KD9KNJ3
    KD2REH2
    W2BUD1
    N1ADX1


    Single Op – High Power – Not in Florida:

    CALL SIGNSCORE
    KC8QDQ1
    VE2GT1

  • Final 2026 Rules Published

    The Tamiami ARC, Florida State Parks on the Air committee is pleased to announce the publication of the final rules for the April 17-20, 2026 contest event. The rules, the “official parks list”, and FAQ for the event can be viewed on the event website:
    https://fspota.org/rules/

    Beginning in January, 2026 the committee will begin an aggressive advertising campaign to promote this event to the amateur radio community in Florida and, via ARRL resources, to the nation as well. Our hope is to attract 100’s of participating individuals and clubs, and to come close to activating all 174 eligible park entities in the State.

  • MANAGEMENT UPDATE 4

    The event committee met again on Sept 25th and continued their review of the rules. We also spent some time developing a list of possible promotional actions to take beginning early in 2026 to promote the 2026 FS POTA contest and develop interest in the Florida ham community to participate. Our next meeting is scheduled for October 9th at which time we should be able to finalize the rules and publish them. A key decision was made to not actively engage in collecting and promoting planned activations or spots for activations. The pota.app already provides this capability for all participants to use and it has nationwide access. We would still encourage posts to be made to this Groups.io reflector as well but the event management will not be actively tracking this activity on the website in 2026 as was done in past years. Please send any questions or rules suggestions to [email protected].

  • Management Update 3

    The FL State POTA committee met again this morning, 9/11/15. With some rule changes still to review and approve, the next meeting is scheduled for September 25th. Please make any suggestions ASAP to [email protected]. The contest dates and duration for 2026 remain firm for April 17-20 from 8 am to 8 pm local time on each day. Thanks to Stan, K4SBZ for his great on-point suggestion to change the FT8 QSO rule wording. The committee agrees whole-heartedly with that change.  Mark your calendars and make your plans. The draft rules and the official FL STATE POTA parks list is on the new event website.

  • Draft 2026 Rules Published

    Our rules committee has published a draft of the proposed rules for the 2026 Florida State POTA contest to be held in April of 2026. Comments and suggestions from the amateur radio community are requested. Please feel free to suggest ideas for the conduct of this event. Send your comments to:
    [email protected]

    Deadline for comments is September 10, 2025.

    Read and download the draft rules at this link:

    https://fspota.org/wp-content/uploads/2026_FL_POTA_Rules_v_1_1.pdf