Rockwall On The Air (ROTA)
Welcome to Rockwall On The Air (ROTA)
Rockwall On The Air (ROTA) is an amateur radio activation activity organized by the Rockwall Amateur Radio Club. Operators activate designated parks across Rockwall County, Texas, logging contacts to earn points and compete on the quarterly leaderboard. Participants can operate on any day or anytime a Rockwall County 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.
For more information about the Rockwall Amateur Radio Club go to K5RKW.ORG
Contest 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 QSOs must be made from a portable station within any Rockwall County 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 this website.
Scoring / Points System
- Phone Mode QSOs: 3 points per QSO
- Digital Mode QSOs: 2 points per QSO
- CW Mode QSOs: 2 points per QSO
- QRP Transmit Bonus: +1 bonus point per QSO if transmit power is ≤ 5 watts
- DX Contact Bonus: +2 bonus points for non-CONUS / foreign contacts
- Unique Grid Square Bonus: +1 bonus point per unique Maidenhead grid square worked
- 100+ QSO Century Bonus: +10 bonus points for logging 100 or more QSOs in an activation session
- 7-Day Activation Bonus: +10 bonus points for operating across all 7 days of an event week
ROTA Operator Portal
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