For those of you who may not have seen this yet, I received the
following today:
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Volunteers on the Air is coming to Utah
Volunteers on the Air (VOTA) is an ARRL-sponsored year-long nation-wide
event in 2023. Every state will be participating and Utah is on the air
in January and July. All hams are invited to participate and we request
that all Utah clubs encourage their members to get involved. You may
operate under your own callsign and earn points or you can operate as
W1AW Portable 7 (W1AW/7) or both. Complete information about VOTA may be
found on the ARRL website here <https://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air>.
Signups are now open here <https://forms.gle/5VBGUfuuW141cfEz8> if you
wish to operate as a W1AW/7 station during Utah’s assigned week in
January. All bands (except WARC) and modes are welcome.
Utah’s 7-day week begins at 5pm Utah time Tuesday, January 17th and we
are now scheduling W1AW/7 band/mode slots around the clock during that
week. Utah is one of first states scheduled in 2023 to activate W1AW
portable. Although preference for band/mode slots will be given to
Utah’s big gun stations, stations of all sizes are encouraged and
welcome to participate and no ham will be turned away.
To sign up to operate as W1AW/7 and be assigned a band/mode shift, fill
out the survey here <https://forms.gle/5VBGUfuuW141cfEz8>. If you have
questions about VOTA rules, guidelines, and how you can earn points,
read this <https://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air> page. If you have
questions about Utah’s participation in VOTA, contact coordinator Ted
Cowan, NA7C by email at na7c@xxxxxxxx, by phone or text at 385 204-6655
or look for the VOTA page on arrlutah.org <https://arrlutah.org/?cat=33>.
Hurry! First come, first serve. To operate as W1AW/7 you must submit the
survey and receive a band/mode assignment because the rules state that
two W1AW/7 stations cannot be on the same band and mode at the same
time. All hams are welcome to participate and request a band/mode slot
with preference given to big gun stations with experienced operators. If
you participated in the ARRL Centennial event in 2014, this event is
similar in structure. I operated as W1AW/7 in the Centennial event in
2014 as well as under my own (previous) callsign, and it was a blast.
The ARRL awarded me this for my effort:
Tyler Griffiths
N7UWX
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Jan L. Peterson
https://www.jay-one.org/~jlp/
