Please read Scotts comments regarding the importance of the GOTA station. Please volunteer if you are interested – even part-time.
From: Scott Straw [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 9:09 AM To: Nizar Mullani Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [tdxs-list] FD Issues to be finalized As a kibitzer with some expertise, let me echo and amplify Nizar’s comments regarding GOTA. I hold our GOTA station efforts up as the primary reason my club placed 1st in 3A for 2018. There is a 500 QSO cap on the GOTA station. We hit that cap. That’s 500 PH Qs added to the total count w/o changing class. Additionally, for every operator who makes 20 QSOs, a 20 point bonus is awarded. This is matched in 20 QSO increments up to 100. If you can have a dedicated GOTA “Coach” on-site the entire time the station is operated, those bonus points are doubled. Last year we had three operators make 20 Qs, two operators make 60(+) Qs, and two operators make 100(+) Qs each. That resulted in 380 BONUS points. These were doubled because we had a full-time GOTA coach, so in addition to to the 500 PH QSO points, we added 760 bonus points to our submitted score. The net contribution was 1260 points to our final tally. Our PH station made 1531 Qs in 24 hours, so our GOTA station was equivalent to another PH station without changing our class to 4A. Someone please step up and “own” the GOTA station. We had 5 or 6 Coaches over the 24 hour period so it doesn’t require you to be there the entire contest, just recruit coaches and operators. (Our two “iron men” were a mother and son team who worked from 11P-4A and again from 11A-2P with son logging 149 Qs and mom logging 154 Qs (just to have bragging rights). Good luck guys! Scott, KB4KBS (ex-/5) Roswell, Georgia USA (EM74) Sent from my iPhone6 On May 20, 2019, at 09:24, Nizar Mullani <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: We are about one month away from our Mega FD event. We have a couple of issues that need to be decided as we move forward with the planning. 1. GOTA station operation, management and promotion. 2. Finalization of Antenna placement that includes location of GOTA station 3. 6 meter antenna, location and operation. GOTA station is very important during FD because it can account for many points besides the QSO scores. We need someone to take on the task of organizing the setup, operation and marketing of the station to the local schools, Boy Scouts, ARRL officials, and other organizations. All of these activities can add a lot of points to the total score. DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS?? We also need to finalize the exact location of the GOTA station at the FD site, including filters and antennas, so we can finalize the layout of the antennas for minimum interference between different stations. Finally, due to the low number of sunspots, a lot of our QSOs are going to come from operating 40 and 80 meters. As you all know, the noise level on these two bands will make it very difficult to hear stations calling us without special listening antennas. Dave, K5GN, has a beverage antenna for 40 meters that he is willing to bring and install. However, it needs to be installed away from the other antennas, including the GOTA station. The 6 meter antenna location needs to be decided and the rig needs to be manned. Do we have a person responsible for the antenna erection and operation of the station? Will this rig be operated on FT8 or just SSB? If you are involved with any of these three issues, please let everyone know the plan. Nizar _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.tdxs.net/mailman/options/tdxs-list/kb4kbs%40gmail.com
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