[CTSARA] Field Day Point Total

[David Parmet]

Speaking for myself and for Jeremy - we had a blast. It was a great introduction to the hobby for the boy and a great learning experience for me.

Sorry we cranked out so many QSOs in the GOTA tent - next year we'll be in the big-boy tents!

david KC2JNS



On Jun 30, 2011, at 10:33 AM, Jon Perelstein wrote:

> Sorry for the delay in getting out our Field Day point totals, but an issue
> arose about scoring.
> 
> First the good news:  Our final score is 9,816.  That's an 1800 point
> increase over last year.  The breakdown is given below.
> 
> Now the bad news:  It should have been 9,936, but the League is penalizing
> us because -- in our desire to introduce ham radio to families (and
> especially teenagers)  -- we wound up with 611 GOTA QSOs.  We certainly
> won't make the mistake of trying to use the GOTA tent to introduce ham radio
> to families (and especially teenagers) next year.
> 
> QSOs and QSO Points
> ----------------------------------
> 
> We operated all radios at under 150 watts, so we get a 2x multiplier on our
> QSOs.  In addition, there is a 2x multiplier over and above the power
> multiplier for CW and digital QSOs.  Thus, each phone QSO is worth 2 points
> and each CW or digital QSO is worth 4 points
> 
> 2504 3A QSOs, consisting of 1846 phone and 658 CW
> 500 GOTA QSOs, consisting of 419 phone and 81 digital (the rules cap us at
> 500 points for GOTA QSOs for scoring purposes, that's in the rules and is
> not an issue)
> 
> Total phone:   2265 x 2 = 4530
> Total CW:        658 x 4 = 2632
> Total DIG:          81 x 4 =  324
>                     -----------------------
> Total                              7486
>                      -----------------------
> 
> GOTA Bonuses
> -----------------------
> GOTA bonus points come from qualified candidates operating at least 20 QSOs
> in the GOTA tent.  Because of the dispute with the League, we were able to
> claim only 440 bonus points (instead of 500).
> 
> Since we had full-time GOTA Coaching, we can double that to 880
> 
> Other bonuses:
> -----------------------
> 3 stations on emergency power =                 300
> Media publicity =                                        100
> Set-up in public place =                               100
> Information booth =                                     100
> NTS message to ARRL SM/SEC =               100
> W1AW Field Day Message =                       100
> Formal NTS Messages handled (23 mgs) =   100
> Natural power QSO =                                  100
> Site Visit by elected official =                       100
> Site visit by served agency official =              100
> Educational Activity =                                  100
> Youth element achieved =                            100
> Submitted using the on-line ap =                    50
>                                        ---------------------------------
>                                                               1450
> 
> Grand Total
> 
> QSOs:                      7486
> GOTA Bonus:             880
> Other Bonuses:         1450
>                            ------------
>                                9816
>                            ------------
> 
> 73s
> Jon
> WB2RYV
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