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Venice, Florida

2026 Contest is April 17-20 (yes…a 4 day event is planned)

Be sure to mark your calendar for the Florida State Parks on the Air contest! Usually held over the first weekend in April (adjusted for Easter Sunday). Whether you are a casual operator, contester, in Florida, out of Florida, or even outside the United States, this contest is for you. We urge, but do not require, contestants to also be members of the national Parks on the Air (POTA) organization.

Event Information

  • 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… Read more: Official Park List Updated!
  • 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. 73Paul 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… Read more: FAQ Document Update
  • 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… Read more: Final 2026 Rules Published
  • 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… Read more: Draft 2026 Rules Published
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Special recognition and thanks are given to Matt Stevens NJ4Y who created the first FLSPOTA event in 2016. Family and work obligations eventually did not allow Matt the time necessary in subsequent years to give his full attention to the event. In July 2025, Matt transferred control of the event to the Tamiami ARC in Venice, Fl.