[CTSARA] Field Day Operator Privileges

[Jonathan Solomon]

Hello-

You can sign up to operate, cook, help in anyway, or send a message to the
club regarding field day here:

http://ctsara.org/FDsignup.htm

I encourage everyone who meets the above criteria to use the web page to
inform the club what you would like to operate an when.

Also, the "GOTA" - Get On The Air - tent does not require you to be a
licensed operator, or even a club membership.  Certain other ARRL rules
apply for GOTA operation however.  For more information, please complete
the form on the sign up page noted above

'73s
Jonathan
W3EIC


On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Jon Perelstein <jon.perelstein at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I want to remind everyone that the club wants to make sure that every
> paid-up club member who wants to operate gets a chance to operate.  PLEASE
> NOTE THE FOLLOWING RULES/CAVEATS
>
> 1.  This courtesy applies to FULLY PAID members only.  If you haven't paid
> your dues this year, don't expect us to be worried about whether or not you
> get to operate.
>
> We are pleased to extent this courtesy to additional household residents of
> fully paid members (for example, spouses that live with you, kids that live
> with you, in-laws that live with you).  We will also extend this courtesy
> to OUT-OF-TOWN guests of fully paid members.  In both cases, we are
> extending the policy to those who have appropriate current ham licenses.
>  If the person is not licensed, or is not a General class or higher, they
> will operate from the GOTA tent.
>
> 2.  This courtesy only applies to people who help out at Field Day during
> setup or who have shown themselves to be reliable enough in the past that
> we can count on their promise to assist with take-down.  We will be doing
> set-up on Friday pretty much all day from 9am - 5am and then again Saturday
> morning from about 9 am until Field Day starts at 2 pm.  If you haven't put
> in a couple of hours of set-up time or promise a couple of hours at 2 pm on
> Sunday, don't expect us to be worried about whether or not you get to
> operate.
>
> 3.  If you want to operate, make it known ON THE SIGN-UP LIST.  We will
> have a sign-up list for HF (3A) and VHF operations.  Sign up and indicate
> the times you would prefer, and then we will work out something.  Note the
> "we will work something out" -- you are not guaranteed to operate at the
> time you put down on the sign-up sheet.  For example, we're probably not
> going to pull an experienced operator at the absolutely busiest/toughest
> time (Saturday afternoon/early evening) just because you've decided that's
> when you want to operate - especially if you decide at the spur of the
> moment.  You are not guaranteed an immediate seat at your whim.
>
> 4.  If you want to operate on HF, you must have a General (or higher class)
> license.  If you don't, YOU MUST ARRANGE to have a General (or higher
> class) licensee sit with you to make it legal.  YOU must arrange it.
>
> 5.  We intend to monitor the performance of any and all of our HF/VHF
> operators.  If you are operating in a way that is causing on-air problems
> for other stations (other stations within our site or any other station on
> the air from anywhere), embarrassment to the club, or rules violations, we
> will require you to operate under the direction of a mentor or we will yank
> them.  Our preference will be to go with the mentor approach, but if you
> won't cooperate with the mentor, we will yank you so fast your head will
> spin.
>
> 6.  If there are any issues - like someone refusing to give up a seat to a
> scheduled operator who is on the schedule - you must immediately contact
> one of the following people:  me, Terry Martin, Jonathan Solomon, Ernest
> Laug.
>
> If you don't want to follow the above, don't complain nine months later
> that you didn't get to operate.
>
> 73s
> Jon, WB2RYV
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