What is the ROTA Quarterly HF QSO Contest?
This 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 any day or anytime a park is open. Points 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, 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
When submitting your logs to Jake@w5txx.com use the following format for your email subject line
Subject:: (CALLSIGN)-(PARK NAME)-(TRANSMIT POWER)
Example: W5TXX – Hickory Ridge – 20W
Log accuracy is your responsibility.
Please ensure all information is accurate and complete before submitting your log.
Logs must be submitted weekly by Sunday @ 9pm CST
Online Scores will be updated on the website by EOD Monday each week.
Scoring:
- Phone contacts = 3 points
- Digital Contacts = 2 points
- CW contacts = 2 points
- DX contact bonus = +2 points
- +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.