"N2EY" wrote in message
om...

I agree 100% on the purpose of GOTA but I think you guys both
misunderstand this rule:

NOPE UNDERSTAND THE RULES

"4.1.1.5. A maximum of 400 QSOs made by this station may be claimed
for
credit by its primary Field Day operation. A 100-point bonus may be
claimed
by the primary Field Day operation if the GOTA station reaches the 100
QSO
level."

ROGER

The GOTA station is limited to a *maximum* of 400 QSOs. You cannot
count GOTA QSOs for credit beyond 400.

ROGER

I think the reason for this rule, and the very loose definition of who
can run the GOTA station, is to keep the GOTA stations busy yet
focused on the truly inexperienced.

If you work *at least* 100 GOTA QSOs, you get 100 additional points
beyond the QSO points themselves.

ROGER

So the strategy is to work exactly 400 GOTA QSOs. That's less than 17
per hour if you go straight through. 17 per hour is more than 3
minutes per QSO.

NO PROBLEM FOR AN EXPERIENCED OP -- FOR NEWBIES TIS A SLOW GO
WE HAD A SHEET TO TUTOR HOW TO CALL CQ AND SEARCH AND POUNCE
WE HAD A LIST OF THE ARRL SECTION ABBREVIATIONS __ THESE HELPED
WE HAD 287 QSO's LAST YEAR OVER THE 24 HOUR PERIOD
BANDS MAY BE POOR AT 10M and 15M.

The big problem with the GOTA station in a 5F group is interference.
It's bad enough when two stations of different modes try to use the
same band at the same time, but when the GOTA folks show up on the
same band....

INDEED WE HAD THAT PROBLEM BUT USED FILTERS WHICH HELPED

Of course there are rigs and techniques that can handle all that RF.
But that's another subject...

73 es GL de Jim, N2EY

Lamont Cranston

The Shadow Knows