Members of the Cumberland Amateur Radio Club (CARC) recently participated in their annual event called Derby Day.
The traditional date of this event aligns with the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday of May. A scheduling challenge forced our Derby Day to take place one week earlier than usual. In turn, that change provided an opportunity to include the Florida QSO Party among our on-the-air activities.
Florida QSO Party 2025 featured a Spelling Bee. Fourteen Special Event stations, with their 1×1 call signs, provided the material to spell PIRATES. CARC Members operated club station K3IEC and worked FQP stations featuring each of the seven letters. In return, we were rewarded with a custom designed QSL card and took pride for a job well done.
The QSL card front, and a representative QSL card back, appear below.
Thank you Florida QSO Party for sponsoring this wonderful event.
Florida QSO Party 2025 PIRATES Spelling Bee
