Rockwall On The Air (ROTA)
HF QSO Contest
Rockwall On The Air (ROTA)
HF QSO Contest
What is ROTA, the RARC Quarterly HF QSO Contest?
Rockwall On The Air (ROTA) is a RARC sponsored QSO contest that will run through the quarter to encourage local hams to get out to local parks and operate. You can operate on any day or anytime a Rockwall City park is open. Points will accumulate throughout the quarter and will be tallied, then announced at the in-person meeting following the end of the quarter.
If you have any questions, you can contact jake@w5txx.com, n5ydx@arrl.net, or wb5wrc@arrl.net. Good luck!
Rules:
The QSO contest power limit is a maximum of 20 watts.
Any portable antenna may be used as long as it is deployed by a single operator.
All QSO’s must be made from a portable station within any Rockwall City park.
There is no restriction on how many times you can operate at a given park.
Station operators may use any HF band that they are eligible for under their license including the WARC bands.
All modes that support the required exchange are permitted.
Operators may count each station once per band/mode.
The required exchange is call sign, signal report, and QTH
QSO logs will be submitted each week in .adi file format via email to Jake@w5txx.com
Please note:
Ensure your log file includes your operating power to qualify for the QRP bonus points
The subject line should include your call sign
Note the park you're operating at in the comment field.
Scoring:
Phone contacts = 3 points
Digital Contacts = 2 points
CW contacts = 2 points
DX contact bonus = +2 points (Any QSO outside the 48 contiguous US states are considered DX)
+1 bonus point per qso if entire log QRP
+1 bonus point per unique grid square worked
+10 bonus points if log has more than 100 qso's
+10 bonus points if worked 7 days in a row
Awards:
Quarterly winners will receive contest certificate and bragging rights.
Eligible City Parks:
Any Rockwall City municipal park is eligible to operate at. Here is a list of the current parks:
1 - Breezy Hill
2 - Dalton Ranch
3 - Emerald Bay
4 - Fontana
5 - Foxchase
6 - Gloria Williams
7 - Greens Lake Park
8 - Harry Myers
9 - Henry M Chandler
10 - Heroes Memorial Park
11 - Hickory Ridge
12 - Jewel Park
13 - Leon Tuttle Athletic Complex
14 - Lofland
15 - Meadow Creek 1
16 - Meadow Creek 2
17 - Northshore
18 - Phelps Lake
19 - Raymond Cameron Lake
20 - SH 66 Public Boat Ramp
21 - Shores Park
22 - Stone Creek
23 - Terracina
24 - Windmill Ridge
25 - Yellowjacket
For more information on these parks go to https://www.rockwall.com/parks_additional.asp and look under "Parks".
To see the weekly tally of scores go to the Contest Scoring Page.