Just ordered the Handouts, Three
different ones, 100 of each.
So we have stuff to give Visitors.
A PDF version of each is attached.
Joe WB9SBD
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Re: Forgot For FT-8/4 Folk.....
Sorry guys for the bad link to the
rules for tomorrow night here is a good link
Joe WB9SBD
On 3/26/2025 11:31 AM, Joe WB9SBD via
groups.io wrote:
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I forgot some hints to make your
FT-8/4 rates faster and more successful.
Time:
Make sure your computer clock is as dead on correct time as
possible!? Well Sorta......
It changes quickly! Last night at 10PM mine was 10 ms fast.
But just now the morning checking it's quite a bit more fast.
TOO Fast.
I try to be between 50 and 100 ms fast.
That may sound counter productive when all the paperwork says
you should try to have your time be as close to dead on as
possible. They say the further off from dead on the less chances
of being decoded happens. And yes that is true.
You get too far off from sync with everyone else and you
percentage of being decoded drops off a cliff!
I see some degradation at +100ms, but barely noticeable, and at
+150ms, it seems rates drop like 50% and it gets really bad any
higher! Of course all this timing also all depends on what the
majority of people on the air what their timings are!
If everyone else is running fast, then if you are dead on you
end up being slow and that is VERY BAD!!!!
Even just 50ms slow and you are lucky to get any answers to your
calls at all!
So watch the waterfall also. See how peoples signals are spacing
with the timing lines? Adjust as needed, so you will be
transmitting that 50 to 100 ms early.
Now why would I want to do this? If I am on purpose loosing a
small percentage of being decoded? It is all on how the software
works.? This of course mainly only applies to you answering
someone's CQ. You CQing this does not apply.
The software by default after it finishes CQing listens for
callers.
If you are the only caller and he hears ya, of course he works
ya!
But what happens if you end up being one of 20 calling him, and
yes that's not uncommon.
Who does he end up working if he is running his software in
default mode which like 90% of people do.
By default he answers to the First station he decoded. Ding Ding Ding Ding
see the reason to be just a little faster than everyone else?
If you end up being the first he decodes you will be who he
calls.
That's one way to increase your rate.
Next, is a setting in your system.? Say you are CQing, and
people call you. again One person, no problem, you work him.
But if again 20 called, Who do you answer? And remember you got
seconds to decide.? One thing I do is to activate this feature.
Here you have three choices,
Last Decoded:, where the last station you decoded is who it will
answer.
Distance: this one is great for contests that you get more
points the further the station is away!
And for Field Day or 99% of other contests or even every day to
day operation, I use
Signal Strength:
Choose this and the strongest signal is who you will answer.
Being the strongest obviously will help you make the complete
contact with as few repeats as possible.
How about when you are running S&P Search And Pounce where
you are looking for people CQing and calling them.
A cycle has ended and you are looking at this!
Who do you choose to call? Remember you got like no seconds to
waste. especially in FT-4,
And you are using FT-4 right!? he he he.? But honestly who do
you choose to call?
Remember first decoded usually wins the contact!
Take too long to decide and you will loose being not first
decoded. and have to wait for the next
Chance to call them, at least then the computer will decide when
to call, and hopefully be ahead of everyone else.
I ignore That window! I use this one!
Many things are happening in this window,
First, each cycle this is populated with what it heard. AND In
this case it is told to ONLY show me stations CQing!
AND
To ONLY show me stations I have not worked yet. do not show me
any others. Or anyone NOT CQing.
AND
To sort them in order of signal strength strongest at the top.
AND
Color Code them. All here are in BLUE
because I was using the Field Day parameters.
There are no Mults in FD so all the stations are in BLUE. And good to work.
But if this was a contest with mults, and say the station F4JRC
is a new Mult,
F4JRC, would be in RED, and you would click on him
first! Simply clicking on his call starts the calling process.
So when answering CQ's 99% of the time you would sit there with
you mouse already in the top window,
and as soon as the recv cycle loads you don't even look at who
the top call is you just "Click" and ur calling them.
No delay at all so odds are you are first to be decoded again?
The only time you'd move you mouse is if a RED New Mult showed
up. And you'd call him at the next chance.
===============
Now Thursday Night is a Great chance to try all this out and or
get practice.
Every Thursday evening is the NCCC FT-4 Sprint.
DETAILS:
The Northern California?Club is again pleased to
sponsor our weekly FT4 Sprint, aka FT4NS (NCCC?Sprint).??
This contest is held every Friday UTC between 0100Z and 0130Z
(Thursday evening in North America). Non-North American stations
are welcome to participate. No logs are necessary; please submit
your score to??using the "NCCC?FT4
Sprint" template.
Contest to use in the logger is the NCCC_FT4Sprint one.? ?
Last week, we had? posted scores, all of them with 18 Qs or
more. NOT BAD fo a 30 minute window.? From the East Coast, both
10? and 15m were open to JA- quite a change from past weeks.??
The RSGB FT International Day Contest is coming up on April
5.? Its a 12 or 24 hour contest, and a lot of fun!? Mults are
DXCC per band- hope to see some more activity from US.
FT4 NS Sprint Rules are posted at?
See you on the screen!
Frequencies 1839, 3575, 7047.5, 14080, 21140, 28180, 50318
Hope to see some of you there!? I'll be on either 15 or 40,
Probably if the band is open try 15 for 15 min and then go to 40
for the second half.
Joe WB9SBD
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Forgot For FT-8/4 Folk.....
I forgot some hints to make your
FT-8/4 rates faster and more successful.
Time:
Make sure your computer clock is as dead on correct time as
possible!? Well Sorta......
It changes quickly! Last night at 10PM mine was 10 ms fast.
But just now the morning checking it's quite a bit more fast. TOO
Fast.
I try to be between 50 and 100 ms fast.
That may sound counter productive when all the paperwork says you
should try to have your time be as close to dead on as possible.
They say the further off from dead on the less chances of being
decoded happens. And yes that is true.
You get too far off from sync with everyone else and you
percentage of being decoded drops off a cliff!
I see some degradation at +100ms, but barely noticeable, and at
+150ms, it seems rates drop like 50% and it gets really bad any
higher! Of course all this timing also all depends on what the
majority of people on the air what their timings are!
If everyone else is running fast, then if you are dead on you end
up being slow and that is VERY BAD!!!!
Even just 50ms slow and you are lucky to get any answers to your
calls at all!
So watch the waterfall also. See how peoples signals are spacing
with the timing lines? Adjust as needed, so you will be
transmitting that 50 to 100 ms early.
Now why would I want to do this? If I am on purpose loosing a
small percentage of being decoded? It is all on how the software
works.? This of course mainly only applies to you answering
someone's CQ. You CQing this does not apply.
The software by default after it finishes CQing listens for
callers.
If you are the only caller and he hears ya, of course he works ya!
But what happens if you end up being one of 20 calling him, and
yes that's not uncommon.
Who does he end up working if he is running his software in
default mode which like 90% of people do.
By default he answers to the First station he decoded. Ding Ding Ding Ding
see the reason to be just a little faster than everyone else?
If you end up being the first he decodes you will be who he calls.
That's one way to increase your rate.
Next, is a setting in your system.? Say you are CQing, and people
call you. again One person, no problem, you work him.
But if again 20 called, Who do you answer? And remember you got
seconds to decide.? One thing I do is to activate this feature.
Here you have three choices,
Last Decoded:, where the last station you decoded is who it will
answer.
Distance: this one is great for contests that you get more points
the further the station is away!
And for Field Day or 99% of other contests or even every day to
day operation, I use
Signal Strength:
Choose this and the strongest signal is who you will answer. Being
the strongest obviously will help you make the complete contact
with as few repeats as possible.
How about when you are running S&P Search And Pounce where you
are looking for people CQing and calling them.
A cycle has ended and you are looking at this!
Who do you choose to call? Remember you got like no seconds to
waste. especially in FT-4,
And you are using FT-4 right!? he he he.? But honestly who do you
choose to call?
Remember first decoded usually wins the contact!
Take too long to decide and you will loose being not first
decoded. and have to wait for the next
Chance to call them, at least then the computer will decide when
to call, and hopefully be ahead of everyone else.
I ignore That window! I use this one!
Many things are happening in this window,
First, each cycle this is populated with what it heard. AND In
this case it is told to ONLY show me stations CQing!
AND
To ONLY show me stations I have not worked yet. do not show me any
others. Or anyone NOT CQing.
AND
To sort them in order of signal strength strongest at the top.
AND
Color Code them. All here are in BLUE
because I was using the Field Day parameters.
There are no Mults in FD so all the stations are in BLUE. And good to work.
But if this was a contest with mults, and say the station F4JRC is
a new Mult,
F4JRC, would be in RED, and you would click on him
first! Simply clicking on his call starts the calling process.
So when answering CQ's 99% of the time you would sit there with
you mouse already in the top window,
and as soon as the recv cycle loads you don't even look at who the
top call is you just "Click" and ur calling them.
No delay at all so odds are you are first to be decoded again?
The only time you'd move you mouse is if a RED New Mult showed up.
And you'd call him at the next chance.
===============
Now Thursday Night is a Great chance to try all this out and or
get practice.
Every Thursday evening is the NCCC FT-4 Sprint.
DETAILS:
The Northern California?Club is again pleased to
sponsor our weekly FT4 Sprint, aka FT4NS (NCCC?Sprint).??
This contest is held every Friday UTC between 0100Z and 0130Z
(Thursday evening in North America). Non-North American stations
are welcome to participate. No logs are necessary; please submit
your score to??using the "NCCC?FT4
Sprint" template.
Contest to use in the logger is the NCCC_FT4Sprint one. ? ?
Last week, we had? posted scores, all of them with 18 Qs or
more. NOT BAD fo a 30 minute window.? From the East Coast, both
10? and 15m were open to JA- quite a change from past weeks.??
The RSGB FT International Day Contest is coming up on April 5.?
Its a 12 or 24 hour contest, and a lot of fun!? Mults are DXCC per
band- hope to see some more activity from US.
FT4 NS Sprint Rules are posted at?
See you on the screen!
Frequencies 1839, 3575, 7047.5, 14080, 21140, 28180, 50318
Hope to see some of you there!? I'll be on either 15 or 40,
Probably if the band is open try 15 for 15 min and then go to 40
for the second half.
Joe WB9SBD
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For you FT mode folk,
For Field Day, Try to use FT-4 as much as possible. Use FT-4 until
you run out of people to contact.
Then switch to FT-8. Do FT-8 for like 30 minutes and then try FT-4
again.
Reason? Really simple! You can make twice as many contacts for any
given amount of time!
BUT, BUT, BUT, FT-4 is not as sensitive as FT-8. While this is
true,
And FT-4 is about 4 db less sensitive than FT-8, and that is HUGE
in the VHF/UHF world!
Where you have quiet bands, and no interfering stations. 4 db is
gigantic!
Especially when you have a chance to get anywhere near the max
sensitivity of those programs.
But On the HF bands with a LOT of band noises, in addition Field
Day with the
kazillion of competing signals, you are not gonna get anywhere
near the program sensitivity spec's anyway.
And 4 db? it is not even 1 S unit. it is only 2/3rds of a S unit
difference.
During Field Day you are NOT gonna see this difference.
If ya wanna get some awesome FT contest type of operating
practice,
every Thursday evening is a 30 minute sprint, that it's sole
purpose is to make you a better FT contester!
Details can be found here.
Give it a try, it's kind of fun!
Joe WB9SBD
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Re: 7.3.12 site visitation by a representative of an agency
Good Deal!
On 3/24/2025 4:48 PM, Dan KD9PCD via
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Joe and the group,
I have an email out to Sauk County Emergency Management who
our ARES/RACES group works very closely with. I’ve invited them
to field day and asked that they forward the invitation to
anyone they may feel would be interested. I’ll let you know what
I hear?
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7.3.12 site visitation by a representative of an agency
Joe and the group,
I have an email out to Sauk County Emergency Management who our ARES/RACES group works very closely with. I’ve invited them to field day and asked that they forward the invitation to anyone they may feel would be interested. I’ll let you know what I hear?
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Being so involved in getting this
2025 Field Day going,
I never noticed anyone saying that the results for 2024 have been
published!
So I went and looked. YES!
I do not remember exactly why I was not with YTARC FD, I'm
thinking sick? Or something here made me stay at home?
Anyway ran a Long wire up into a 60 foot tree,
Ran 1B-Battery-QRP 5 watts.
I remember having good luck,? I guess so! I took...
1st Place In Wisconsin
1st Place in 9 Land WI, IL, IN,
and 5th Place in the whole country!
YES!
Joe WB9SBD
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Re: Field Day Stations locations.
Hi Jude,
Ok will edit the Buddypole out. No Problem.
Yeah, below the yellow line in the past where it's looks like it's
mowed is in past years very short.
not even ankle high. Only where when way down does it get taller.
Driveable, That's just one thing just like the VHF/UHF station and
NQ9D also a tent person.
If it hasnt rained I don't see any problems driving out there.?
The only thing is we will need to see what it is like if it did or
does rain,
and what the ground gets like? It being a ridgetop it could Be all
rocky.
I know pounding in stakes or masts for verticals is HARD to do,
the ground is very hard.
Just will have to check it out when we get there. Only thing is to
"Drive" out there is a roundabout way.
Right next to the official Park along the main road it looks nice
in the image
but it is a pretty nasty ditch, but the property owner said for
anyone that wants to go south
to use his driveway to get out there like this. And the Porta
Potty is where the Yellow X is.
Joe
On 3/21/2025 9:51 PM, Jude, KD9WWA
wrote:
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Joe,
To be clear. I do not own a buddy pole. I have a
32' carbon mast that will be set in a hitch mount on the rear
of my SUV (if I use that at all). If there is windy
conditions, I won't be setting that up. I will most likely use
my TDL antenna. The diagram doesn't have me in a place. All
the big trailers are along the road on the picture and you are
putting me south of the yellow line in taller grass but if
it's not drivable that won't work. Maybe I need to locate my
vehicle along the road as well. I have never been to this
park, so have no idea what to expect. Also, where will the
Porta potty be located? I may need to stumble to that at
night. Thanks!
73,
Jude, W9LMC
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Re: Field Day Stations locations.
Joe, To be clear. I do not own a buddy pole. I have a 32' carbon mast that will be set in a hitch mount on the rear of my SUV (if I use that at all). If there is windy conditions, I won't be setting that up. I will most likely use my TDL antenna. The diagram doesn't have me in a place. All the big trailers are along the road on the picture and you are putting me south of the yellow line in taller grass but if it's not drivable that won't work. Maybe I need to locate my vehicle along the road as well. I have never been to this park, so have no idea what to expect. Also, where will the Porta potty be located? I may need to stumble to that at night. Thanks! 73, Jude, W9LMC
On Mar 21, 2025 9:01 PM, "Joe WB9SBD via groups.io" <nss@...> wrote:
Evening everyone.
I have been working off list with the station owners to see what
we can do
to make the best layout locations of all the stations. Just
finished Today.
Everyone, Including the Station Owners, Please go to the web site
And navigate to the Positions Page. I have two tasks for you all.
Station Owners and the rest, look how we have the stations laid
out at the site.
If you think there might be a better layout TELL ME!!!!? Now is
when we want to make changes if any.
NOT on Field Day Weekend!!!
The other thing is OK we got Stations, locations, Now we need two
more things!
More operators other than the stations owners! They can't sit
there for more than 24 hours non-stop!
We need more Op's
And Bonus stuff.? Hardly anyone has come forward to say they will
do any bonus points.
There is a LOT of them! 100 bonus points which is the value for
most of the bonus items
is the same as making 100 phone contacts!!!! We earn say 3 of the
bonus items thats like making 300 contacts!!!
Check out the bonus things and see if you can take any of them on!
Joe WB9SBD
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Field Day Stations locations.
Evening everyone.
I have been working off list with the station owners to see what
we can do
to make the best layout locations of all the stations. Just
finished Today.
Everyone, Including the Station Owners, Please go to the web site
And navigate to the Positions Page. I have two tasks for you all.
Station Owners and the rest, look how we have the stations laid
out at the site.
If you think there might be a better layout TELL ME!!!!? Now is
when we want to make changes if any.
NOT on Field Day Weekend!!!
The other thing is OK we got Stations, locations, Now we need two
more things!
More operators other than the stations owners! They can't sit
there for more than 24 hours non-stop!
We need more Op's
And Bonus stuff.? Hardly anyone has come forward to say they will
do any bonus points.
There is a LOT of them! 100 bonus points which is the value for
most of the bonus items
is the same as making 100 phone contacts!!!! We earn say 3 of the
bonus items thats like making 300 contacts!!!
Check out the bonus things and see if you can take any of them on!
Joe WB9SBD
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Re: P.I.O. Table & Gota Station.
Put my camper in the spot circled. We have options, I will be anchoring my awning so I can leave it out the whole weekend (sand bags). Under my awning (facing the lot) both tables will fit easily with plenty of room to spare. We can then either add the banner
to the awning supports, or I can bring t-posts and we can place the banner in the grass to the north of the lot the camper is in. If other supporting clubs bring banners, we can add them easily as well.?
Also, I will have a generator out (not being used for the radios, but to power the outlets and refrigerators on the camper) (I hate to say it, but my generator is to small to add anything else).?
NO PEOPLE but me and my wife will be allowed inside the camper, but I will be happy to let people use my refrigerator inside (I will take it in and bring it out) and a flat grill and a refrigerator are available for use outside?
Ray
WX4RAY
Sent from my phone
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On Mar 15, 2025, at 10:22, Joe WB9SBD via groups.io <nss@...> wrote:
? Ok, Since this will be our GOTA Station AND the
7.3.4. Public Information Table.
We will want them to be in the most prominent location front and center. Like here.
<ray.jpg>
We can place on the side of the camper the club banner, to help the public know what's happening.
<ytarcfd.jpg>
So Ray's camper he says is 35 feet.? So ray, the add on for the public information table area you described you could set up. how much added space will that add to the 35 feet? Or how do you think we could lay this out?
Maybe keep the east west 35 of the camper as is. and put the PIO table into the grassy area south of the camper close to the GOTA station.
thoughts?
Joe WB9SBD
?
On 3/14/2025 9:18 PM, Ray WX9RAY via groups.io wrote:
Depending on where (and how) we place my camper, we can use the awning for cover, I also have a pop up tent that can be anchored to the camper. With an 18 foot awning and a 10x10 pop up, why can’t we get all three right in front of my camper?
I’m also going to have my (SUPER FRIENDLY) dog with me and he seems to help draw people!
Sent from my phone
On Mar 14, 2025, at 17:53, Joe WB9SBD via groups.io
<nss@...> wrote:
? OK Ray WX4RAY Volunteered to be the GOTA Station.
What ya think of the Public information Table the Meet & Greet Visitors Table,
Chris KC9CMD has stepped forward to run that.
What ya think of putting them side by side,
so maybe we can even get some of the visitors to Get
On
The
Air!
Thoughts?
Joe WB9SBD
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Re: P.I.O. Table & Gota Station.
Ok, Since this will be our GOTA
Station AND the 7.3.4. Public Information Table.
We will want them to be in the most prominent location front and
center. Like here.
We can place on the side of the camper the club banner, to help
the public know what's happening.
So Ray's camper he says is 35 feet.? So ray, the add on for the
public information table area you described you could set up.
how much added space will that add to the 35 feet? Or how do you
think we could lay this out?
Maybe keep the east west 35 of the camper as is. and put the PIO
table into the grassy area south of the camper close to the GOTA
station.
thoughts?
Joe WB9SBD
?
On 3/14/2025 9:18 PM, Ray WX9RAY via
groups.io wrote:
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Depending on where (and how) we place my camper, we can use the
awning for cover, I also have a pop up tent that can be anchored
to the camper. With an 18 foot awning and a 10x10 pop up, why
can’t we get all three right in front of my camper?
I’m also going to have my (SUPER FRIENDLY) dog with me and he
seems to help draw people!
Sent from my phone
On Mar 14, 2025, at 17:53, Joe WB9SBD
via groups.io <nss@...> wrote:
? OK Ray WX4RAY
Volunteered to be the GOTA Station.
What ya think of the Public information Table the Meet
& Greet Visitors Table,
Chris KC9CMD has stepped forward to run that.
What ya think of putting them side by side,
so maybe we can even get some of the visitors to Get
On
The
Air!
Thoughts?
Joe WB9SBD
|
Re: P.I.O. Table & Gota Station.
Depending on where (and how) we place my camper, we can use the awning for cover, I also have a pop up tent that can be anchored to the camper. With an 18 foot awning and a 10x10 pop up, why can’t we get all three right in front of my camper?
I’m also going to have my (SUPER FRIENDLY) dog with me and he seems to help draw people!
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Mar 14, 2025, at 17:53, Joe WB9SBD via groups.io <nss@...> wrote:
? OK Ray WX4RAY Volunteered to be the GOTA Station.
What ya think of the Public information Table the Meet & Greet Visitors Table,
Chris KC9CMD has stepped forward to run that.
What ya think of putting them side by side,
so maybe we can even get some of the visitors to Get
On
The
Air!
Thoughts?
Joe WB9SBD
|
P.I.O. Table & Gota Station.
OK Ray WX4RAY Volunteered to be the
GOTA Station.
What ya think of the Public information Table the Meet & Greet
Visitors Table,
Chris KC9CMD has stepped forward to run that.
What ya think of putting them side by side,
so maybe we can even get some of the visitors to Get On The Air!
Thoughts?
Joe WB9SBD
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Re: FDFA Status as of -3-13-2025
Well lets go through the GOTA Rules,
4.1.1.
Get On The Air (GOTA) Station.
Any Class A or F entry whose transmitter classification is two or
more transmitters may also operate one additional station without
changing its base entry category, known as the Get On The Air
(GOTA) station. This GOTA station
may operate on any Field Day band, HF or VHF, but is limited to
one GOTA station transmitted signal at any time.
(No Problems there)
4.1.1.1.
GOTA Stations Call: This station must use a
different callsign from the primary Field Day station. The GOTA
station must use the same callsign for the duration of the event
regardless if operators change. The
GOTA station uses the same exchange as its parent.
(When we get closer we can decide what
call the GOTA Station will use, so again No Problems)
4.1.1.2. The GOTA
station may be operated by any person licensed since the previous
year’s Field Day, regardless of license class. It may also be
operated by a generally inactive licensee. Non-licensed persons
may participate under the direct supervision of an appropriate
control operator. A list of operators and participants must be
included on the required summary sheet to ARRL HQ.
(That first sentence is worded kind of
strangely. Then add in the next sentence, and doesn't that
mean anyone can operate at the GOTA station?
I mean I'm an Extra class and got my License in 1975,? and I
have been licensed since last years field day, doesn't 50
years count? I wonder if that is a typo or bad grammar? Like
maybe they intended it to say, "The GOTA station
may be operated by any person who "BECAME
LICENSED" since the previous year’s Field Day.?
Thoughts gang?)
4.1.1.3. As
per FCC rules, this station must have a valid control operator
present at the control point if operating beyond the license
privileges of the participant using the station.
(No Problem)
4.1.1.4. The
maximum transmitter output power for the GOTA station shall be 100 watts. If
the primary Field Day group is claiming the QRP multiplier level
of five (5), the maximum transmitter output power of the GOTA
station may not exceed 5 watts. 4.1.1.5. There is no limit to the
number of contacts made by the GOTA station. QSOs made by this
station may be claimed for credit by its primary Field Day
operation. In addition, bonus points may be earned by this station
under rule 7.3.13.
(No
Problem)
4.1.1.6. The
GOTA station may operate on any Field Day band. Only one
transmitted signal is allowed from the GOTA station at any time.
(No
Problem)
4.1.1.7. The
GOTA station does not affect the additional VHF/UHF station
provided for under Field Day Rule 4.1.2. for Class A stations.
(No
Problem)
4.1.1.8.
Participants are reminded that non-licensed participants working
under the direction of a valid control operator may only
communicate with other W/VE stations or with stations in countries
with which the US has entered a third-party agreement. 4.1.1.9.
The GOTA station does not qualify as an additional transmitter
when determining the number of transmitters eligible for the
100-point emergency power bonus under Rule 7.3.1.
(No
Problem)
7.3.13.
GOTA Bonus: Class
A and F stations operating a GOTA station may earn the following
bonus points:
7.3.13.1. Any
successfully completed contacts made by an operator at the GOTA
station are worth five (5) bonus points, regardless of mode used.
There is no limit to the number of
contacts a single GOTA operator can make. The GOTA station bonus
points are not multiplied by the power multiplier (this is a
clarification of the rules published in 2023.) 7.3.13.2. If a GOTA
station is supervised by a GOTA Coach, a single 100-point bonus
will be earned.
(YES! This Kicks ASS! The other
stations 1 point for Phone 2 for CW or digital!? 5 points
per contact for the GOTA Gang! WOW!
Now you see why I said we MUST havea GOTA Station!)
7.3.13.2.1.
The GOTA Coach supervises the operator of the station, doing such
things as answering questions and talking them through contacts,
but may not make contacts or perform logging functions.
(See below at the next Rule)
7.3.13.2.2. To
qualify for this bonus, there must be a designated GOTA Coach
present and supervising for at least 10 contacts.
I wonder why this is made as a separate rule from 7.3.13.2.1?
(But Hey I'll take the 100 points!)
So what's everyone think especially
Ray, since he stepped forward and volunteered to be our GOTA
Station!
Joe WB9SBD
On 3/14/2025 4:29 PM, Ray WX9RAY via
groups.io wrote:
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I think I am going to set up under the awning of my camper so I
will “be outside”. It’s been a few years since I did the GOTA
station so I might be eligible as operator.?
Break time use by anyone will be allowed on my station (bring
your own key)
Ray
(WX4RAY)
Sent from my phone
On Mar 14, 2025, at 09:30, Joe WB9SBD
via groups.io <nss@...> wrote:
?
Ok here is what we have so far, as of
03/13/2025 for Stations.
Matthew KD9DZT Primary Phone, Alternates
CW, RTTY, PSK
Pat W9PCK Primary Phone, Alternates
Digitals
Greg KB9JMJ FT Only
Ray WX4RAY Primary, Phone
Jude W9LMC Primary Phone,
Spare Operators, Me WB9SBD
Of you 5, who is willing to let me do CW at their
station when they are taking a break?
CW is my specialty and is worth twice the QSO points
too!
So Far we got, three clubs,,
2 From Baraboo
2 From Watertown
1 From Richland Center
Hey Mauston! Where are ya?
Now, of you five, Who of you would be interested in
being the GOTA Station?
We REALLY NEED
a GOTA Station! The GOTA station can be worth far more
points than any of the other stations!
QSO points alone are worth per contact MORE than the
other stations!
It can be where we get young people to get on and try to
make some contacts worth a LOT of points!
read up in the rules to see what the requirements to be
the GOTA station are.
go to? and follow the
links to where you can download the official rules
packet.
The GOTA station should be at least during the daytime
and early evening when visitors may come by
it should be outside and visible. several are bringing
large campers and such, so hidden inside them would not
be good for the GOTA station, unless you can set up
outside of it during times of possible visitations.
Who wants to be GOTA!?
OPERATORS! We need MORE operators!? We have 5 stations
so far. But only 6 Operators.
The 5 station owners and ME!? We want to try to keep all
the stations running for the full 24 hours.
not too many people are capable of doing this so for
those stations that are open to letting someone else run
their
station while they take a break GREAT!
But we NEED BODIES!!!
I Guess first let me know if you are OK with someone
else running your station when you are taking a break!
Spread the word at your clubs! We Need non-owner
operators! We want to keep these stations making
contacts!
Speaking of People, How about anyone that want to help
the effort, but just do not want to get on the radios
Thats just fine! There are literally thousands of BONUS
points up to grab that have nothing to do with getting
on the radio and making contacts!? Again go to the web
page above and navigate to positions to see all the
bonus points that are up for grabs!
So far all we have that have come forward to getting
some bonus points are two Solar Stations and ME.
We need your help!? Spread the word at your clubs! tell
everyone what we are trying to do here.
And we need your help even non radio help!
Have anyone that wants to help contact me.
73
Joe WB9SBD
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Re: FDFA Status as of -3-13-2025
I think I am going to set up under the awning of my camper so I will “be outside”. It’s been a few years since I did the GOTA station so I might be eligible as operator.?
Break time use by anyone will be allowed on my station (bring your own key)
Ray
(WX4RAY)
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Show quoted text
On Mar 14, 2025, at 09:30, Joe WB9SBD via groups.io <nss@...> wrote:
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Ok here is what we have so far, as of 03/13/2025 for Stations.
Matthew KD9DZT Primary Phone, Alternates CW, RTTY, PSK
Pat W9PCK Primary Phone, Alternates Digitals
Greg KB9JMJ FT Only
Ray WX4RAY Primary, Phone
Jude W9LMC Primary Phone,
Spare Operators, Me WB9SBD
Of you 5, who is willing to let me do CW at their station when they are taking a break?
CW is my specialty and is worth twice the QSO points too!
So Far we got, three clubs,,
2 From Baraboo
2 From Watertown
1 From Richland Center
Hey Mauston! Where are ya?
Now, of you five, Who of you would be interested in being the GOTA Station?
We REALLY NEED a GOTA Station! The GOTA station can be worth far more points than any of the other stations!
QSO points alone are worth per contact MORE than the other stations!
It can be where we get young people to get on and try to make some contacts worth a LOT of points!
read up in the rules to see what the requirements to be the GOTA station are.
go to? and follow the links to where you can download the official rules packet.
The GOTA station should be at least during the daytime and early evening when visitors may come by
it should be outside and visible. several are bringing large campers and such, so hidden inside them would not be good for the GOTA station, unless you can set up outside of it during times of possible visitations.
Who wants to be GOTA!?
OPERATORS! We need MORE operators!? We have 5 stations so far. But only 6 Operators.
The 5 station owners and ME!? We want to try to keep all the stations running for the full 24 hours.
not too many people are capable of doing this so for those stations that are open to letting someone else run their
station while they take a break GREAT!
But we NEED BODIES!!!
I Guess first let me know if you are OK with someone else running your station when you are taking a break!
Spread the word at your clubs! We Need non-owner operators! We want to keep these stations making contacts!
Speaking of People, How about anyone that want to help the effort, but just do not want to get on the radios
Thats just fine! There are literally thousands of BONUS points up to grab that have nothing to do with getting on the radio and making contacts!? Again go to the web page above and navigate to positions to see all the bonus points that are up for grabs!
So far all we have that have come forward to getting some bonus points are two Solar Stations and ME.
We need your help!? Spread the word at your clubs! tell everyone what we are trying to do here.
And we need your help even non radio help!
Have anyone that wants to help contact me.
73
Joe WB9SBD
|
FDFA Status as of -3-13-2025
Ok
here is what we have so far, as of 03/13/2025 for Stations.
Matthew KD9DZT Primary Phone, Alternates CW,
RTTY, PSK
Pat W9PCK Primary Phone, Alternates Digitals
Greg KB9JMJ FT Only
Ray WX4RAY Primary, Phone
Jude W9LMC Primary Phone,
Spare Operators, Me WB9SBD
Of you 5, who is willing to let me do CW at their station when
they are taking a break?
CW is my specialty and is worth twice the QSO points too!
So Far we got, three clubs,,
2 From Baraboo
2 From Watertown
1 From Richland Center
Hey Mauston! Where are ya?
Now, of you five, Who of you would be interested in being the
GOTA Station?
We REALLY NEED a
GOTA Station! The GOTA station can be worth far more points than
any of the other stations!
QSO points alone are worth per contact MORE than the other
stations!
It can be where we get young people to get on and try to make
some contacts worth a LOT of points!
read up in the rules to see what the requirements to be the GOTA
station are.
go to?
and follow the links to where you can download the official
rules packet.
The GOTA station should be at least during the daytime and early
evening when visitors may come by
it should be outside and visible. several are bringing large
campers and such, so hidden inside them would not be good for
the GOTA station, unless you can set up outside of it during
times of possible visitations.
Who wants to be GOTA!?
OPERATORS! We need MORE operators!? We have 5 stations so far.
But only 6 Operators.
The 5 station owners and ME!? We want to try to keep all the
stations running for the full 24 hours.
not too many people are capable of doing this so for those
stations that are open to letting someone else run their
station while they take a break GREAT!
But we NEED BODIES!!!
I Guess first let me know if you are OK with someone else
running your station when you are taking a break!
Spread the word at your clubs! We Need non-owner operators! We
want to keep these stations making contacts!
Speaking of People, How about anyone that want to help the
effort, but just do not want to get on the radios
Thats just fine! There are literally thousands of BONUS points
up to grab that have nothing to do with getting on the radio and
making contacts!? Again go to the web page above and navigate to
positions to see all the bonus points that are up for grabs!
So far all we have that have come forward to getting some bonus
points are two Solar Stations and ME.
We need your help!? Spread the word at your clubs! tell everyone
what we are trying to do here.
And we need your help even non radio help!
Have anyone that wants to help contact me.
73
Joe WB9SBD
|
FDFA Status as of -3-13-2025
Ok here is what we have so far, as of
03/13/2025 for Stations.
Matthew KD9DZT Primary Phone, Alternates CW, RTTY,
PSK
Pat W9PCK Primary Phone, Alternates Digitals
Greg KB9JMJ FT Only
Ray WX4RAY Primary, Phone
Jude W9LMC Primary Phone,
Spare Operators, Me WB9SBD
Of you 5, who is willing to let me do CW at their station when
they are taking a break?
CW is my specialty and is worth twice the QSO points too!
So Far we got, three clubs,,
2 From Baraboo
2 From Watertown
1 From Richland Center
Hey Mauston! Where are ya?
Now, of you five, Who of you would be interested in being the GOTA
Station?
We REALLY NEED a GOTA
Station! The GOTA station can be worth far more points than any of
the other stations!
QSO points alone are worth per contact MORE than the other
stations!
It can be where we get young people to get on and try to make some
contacts worth a LOT of points!
read up in the rules to see what the requirements to be the GOTA
station are.
go to? and follow the
links to where you can download the official rules packet.
The GOTA station should be at least during the daytime and early
evening when visitors may come by
it should be outside and visible. several are bringing large
campers and such, so hidden inside them would not be good for the
GOTA station, unless you can set up outside of it during times of
possible visitations.
Who wants to be GOTA!?
OPERATORS! We need MORE operators!? We have 5 stations so far. But
only 6 Operators.
The 5 station owners and ME!? We want to try to keep all the
stations running for the full 24 hours.
not too many people are capable of doing this so for those
stations that are open to letting someone else run their
station while they take a break GREAT!
But we NEED BODIES!!!
I Guess first let me know if you are OK with someone else running
your station when you are taking a break!
Spread the word at your clubs! We Need non-owner operators! We
want to keep these stations making contacts!
Speaking of People, How about anyone that want to help the effort,
but just do not want to get on the radios
Thats just fine! There are literally thousands of BONUS points up
to grab that have nothing to do with getting on the radio and
making contacts!? Again go to the web page above and navigate to
positions to see all the bonus points that are up for grabs!
So far all we have that have come forward to getting some bonus
points are two Solar Stations and ME.
We need your help!? Spread the word at your clubs! tell everyone
what we are trying to do here.
And we need your help even non radio help!
Have anyone that wants to help contact me.
73
Joe WB9SBD
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I admire your “can do” attitude! ?There are others in our Club who ?would benefit from your example. ?Keep it up and continue being a role model. ?BTW Have a good time with Field Day this year,
73,
Denny WB9MSM?
Jude Wade
W9LMC
Member of WARC
Extra Class
For Field Day, I plan to use my FT-891 with FC-50 tuner, 100 watts, SSB, with a Chameleon Tactical Delta Loop (mostly 10M, 15M, 20M, 40M) and/or a 20M bipole on a 32' vertical carbon mast. Power off of a solar battery. I will SUV/ tent camp.? Let me know what else you need to know about my set-up for FD planning.
?
I took up ham radio in March 2023 and have done 2 previous summer FDs with members of WARC. I live just outside of Watertown, WI.
73
Jude, W9LMC (used to be KD9WWA)
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Official 2025 ARRL Field Day rules
The 2025 ARRL Field Day Rules have been posted. Here is the link to them.
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Mathew KD9DZT
President of YTARC
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Jude, KD9WWA
Denny WB9MSM