Announcing the 2026 Orlando Contest Dinner
Friday February 13th, 2026
The 2026 Florida Contest Group contest dinner will be held on Friday February 13th, 2026 at the American Legion Department of Florida building at 1912A Lee Road, Orlando, Florida 32810. The dinner will be barbeque served buffet style. Doors will open at 5:30 pm. Dinner will be served at approximately 6:30 pm. Tickets will go on sale in December 2025.
There will be many prizes offered by the contest dinner sponsors. The grand prize is an Icom 7610 HF transceiver courtesy of DX Engineering.
2026 Contest Dinner Speaker Dave Pascoe KM3T
Dave Pascoe, KM3T, is an accomplished contester with numerous top scores as a single operator and as part of winning multi-op teams. While CW is his passion, he also excels at SSB contesting. Beyond operating, Dave contributes to log checking efforts and provides software and systems administration support for CQ (WWROF) contests and the Reverse Beacon Network. He is the founder and owner of LiveATC.net, a large-scale aviation audio streaming and archival system, and holds FAA Single-Engine Land and Instrument ratings as an active pilot.
2026 Contest Dinner Prize Sponsors
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INFORMATION ON HOW TO ORDER TICKETS FOR THE 2026 DINNER
Click on this link to order tickets https://floridacontestgroup.square.site
Please include the following information with your payment
- Your callsign
- The callsign(s) of anyone for whom you’re also ordering tickets
- Your email address
- Number of banquet tickets you’re purchasing at $30/ticket
- Number of extra raffle tickets you’re purchasing at $10/ticket
Click here to see past Orlando Contest dinner speakers.