[CTSARA] Field Day Point Total

[O'Connor, Tony]

Thank you for your comments, David, that is *exactly* what the GOTA
station is for. We are delighted you and Jeremy had a great time and we
are grateful for every QSO the two of you made.  Both of you have the
makings of excellent contest operators and we look forward to your
return to SARA's Field Day effort next year.  We hope to see you before
then at other SARA events.

73,
Tony 
KB1SUN
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ctsara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Parmet
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:37 PM
To: Jon Perelstein
Cc: Stamford Amateur Radio Association
Subject: Re: [CTSARA] Field Day Point Total

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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