ARRL Vounteers-On-The-Air
Club Member Point Scores
Volunteers On The Air
VOTA, W1AW/2 will be operating from Southern NJ beginning April 26, 2023. The South Jersey Radio Association will be coordinating this event. Please contact Ken K2WB at the email address below to attend the planning session. He is looking for clubs or operators to help out.
There will be another activation for NJ coordinated by the Fairlawn Amateur Radio Club in August. I am hoping the Southern NJ Section will be successful in the first activation for the state.
ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Section Manager: Tom Preiser, N2XW
n2xw@arrl.org
VOTA, W1AW/2 will be operating from Southern NJ beginning April 26, 2023. The South Jersey Radio Association will be coordinating this event. Please contact Ken K2WB at the email address below to attend the planning session. He is looking for clubs or operators to help out.
There will be another activation for NJ coordinated by the Fairlawn Amateur Radio Club in August. I am hoping the Southern NJ Section will be successful in the first activation for the state.
- Message from Ken K2WB,
- All,
- Our VOTA activity will be here before we know it. Now is the time to get a plan of operations together. The first meeting will be this Thursday at 8:00 PM on WebEx
- Pass this along to other clubs who may operators that are interested.
- Thanks, Let's make New Jersey Radio Active.
- 73's
- de Ken K2WB
- ken@k2wb.com
ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Section Manager: Tom Preiser, N2XW
n2xw@arrl.org
One Amateur Radio Operator’s View of “Volunteers on the Air”
By Tom Devine, WB2ALJ, Southern NJ Section Emergency Coordinator
The ARRL 2023 “Volunteers on the Air” event coupled with solar cycle opening of HF propagation has provided increased amateur radio activity. It’s been fun to share contact with other ARRL volunteers and DX stations, almost any time of the day on HF.
“Volunteers On the Air” (VOTA) is a year long event celebrating the recognition of the ARRL’s abundant volunteers support and contributions. It has inspired and increased amateur radio activity on the air. The VOTA event can be viewed as a contest or just a fun operating activity.
Operators can accumulate points for each ARRL member and volunteer supporter they contact throughout 2023. Examples of points awarded : any ARRL member 1, Section Manager 175, W1AW ARRL HQ Station 100, and Section Emergency Coordinator 30. (Detailed list available at http://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air ). In order to acquire or grant points all operators must log contacts in ARRL Logbook of The World (LoTW) at http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world . LoTW is utilized to calculate VOTA total contacts, qualified contacts for point, and total points accumulated on a daily basis. Your current points can be viewed on the “Leaderboard” at https://vota.arrl.org .
A radio operator can have fun just by getting on the air and making contacts. VOTA operating bands include 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2, and 1.25 meters as well as 70 centimeters, VHF/UHF/SHF. Please note that Cross-band, Cross-mode, and repeater contact are not valid for points.
Each State is scheduled to be allocated to operated two W1AW/* Portable Station for a week during the year. New Jersey’s operating schedules start on April 26 and August 9 for more detail reference the “State Activity Schedule” on http://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air .
You are encouraged to get on the air and have some fun with VOTA, plus enjoy band openings throughout the world.
Tom Devine WB2ALJ
“The VOTA event has simulated me to get on the air more, almost daily. My goal is to have fun with a few contacts and by recognize other ARRL volunteers. To date, I have given more VOTA points than accumulated which is fine. I am using indoor antennas and about 40 watts output with multiple modes and bands. I encourage all to try VOTA.”
By Tom Devine, WB2ALJ, Southern NJ Section Emergency Coordinator
The ARRL 2023 “Volunteers on the Air” event coupled with solar cycle opening of HF propagation has provided increased amateur radio activity. It’s been fun to share contact with other ARRL volunteers and DX stations, almost any time of the day on HF.
“Volunteers On the Air” (VOTA) is a year long event celebrating the recognition of the ARRL’s abundant volunteers support and contributions. It has inspired and increased amateur radio activity on the air. The VOTA event can be viewed as a contest or just a fun operating activity.
Operators can accumulate points for each ARRL member and volunteer supporter they contact throughout 2023. Examples of points awarded : any ARRL member 1, Section Manager 175, W1AW ARRL HQ Station 100, and Section Emergency Coordinator 30. (Detailed list available at http://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air ). In order to acquire or grant points all operators must log contacts in ARRL Logbook of The World (LoTW) at http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world . LoTW is utilized to calculate VOTA total contacts, qualified contacts for point, and total points accumulated on a daily basis. Your current points can be viewed on the “Leaderboard” at https://vota.arrl.org .
A radio operator can have fun just by getting on the air and making contacts. VOTA operating bands include 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2, and 1.25 meters as well as 70 centimeters, VHF/UHF/SHF. Please note that Cross-band, Cross-mode, and repeater contact are not valid for points.
Each State is scheduled to be allocated to operated two W1AW/* Portable Station for a week during the year. New Jersey’s operating schedules start on April 26 and August 9 for more detail reference the “State Activity Schedule” on http://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air .
You are encouraged to get on the air and have some fun with VOTA, plus enjoy band openings throughout the world.
Tom Devine WB2ALJ
“The VOTA event has simulated me to get on the air more, almost daily. My goal is to have fun with a few contacts and by recognize other ARRL volunteers. To date, I have given more VOTA points than accumulated which is fine. I am using indoor antennas and about 40 watts output with multiple modes and bands. I encourage all to try VOTA.”
Yours truly has created this page called VOTA where I would like to list Club member’s scores during this year-long ARRL Volunteer-On-The-Air Contest.
This contest is something every ham can participate in. Even contacting our fellow ARRL members is worth 1 point.
All the information about this contest can be found on the websites below.
So send me your scores and I will add them to the list : w2mmdgcarc@gmail.com
Thanks
73 de WB2ZBN
This contest is something every ham can participate in. Even contacting our fellow ARRL members is worth 1 point.
All the information about this contest can be found on the websites below.
So send me your scores and I will add them to the list : w2mmdgcarc@gmail.com
Thanks
73 de WB2ZBN
2023 ARRL Volunteers-On-The-Air |
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| Club Member Name | Callsign | Total Points |
| To get on the list, Contact Jeff WB2ZBN at w2mmdgcarc@gmail.com |