Hello,

 As you may already be aware, the ARRL is conducting a 2023 yearlong

operating event called Volunteers on the Air (VOTA). As part of this

effort, W1AW will be operating portable from all of the states and

territories. New York has 2 activations, one starting Jan 25th and one

starting May 24th These activations will run for 7 days and during that

time stations from NY will get on the air as W1AW/2. 

?Matt KB2TBS, Bob KD2QLH and I have volunteered to be coordinators for

the NY state effort and that is why I am reaching out to you. I need

your help to reach out to and get the word out to the members of your club

about this event. NY is one of the first states to activate so we

have not got a lot of time to put this together.

 Our coordination team is reaching out to the clubs in your area with the

information that we compiled from the ARRL big club list but you may

know of several other clubs or groups in your area to reach out to in

addition to what is listed at ARRL HQ. I am attaching a document that you can

share that explains what being a W1AW portable operator is all about. This is

a unique opportunity to operate from home as a W1AW portable NY station!

We have a web site that people can use to reserve time slots to operate.

We have tested it and it seems to be working just fine. It is located at

 A user requests a login and once that is

provided to them, they can log in and reserve time slots for whatever

band and mode they wish. Also, operators can use this site to see who is

scheduled or where W1AW portable operations are taking place. Of course,

operators are encouraged to self-spot once on the air. There is a great

description and rules written by the Oklahoma section located 

at:  

Activators will have to be able to export their logs to an “adif”

file and upload it to a consolidator and we will be providing

information on how to do that shortly.

 If you would like to contact us you can send an email to

vota@... to reach our entire team. You can also call me at

518-848-9028 any time after 4:00PM

Thanks and have a great day!

?

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ARRL Northern New York Section

Section Manager: Rocco J Conte, WU2M

wu2m@...

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