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The Tennessee Section of the American Radio Relay League is comprised of numerous amateur radio enthusiasts who work together to make radio communication a better, and more enjoyable pastime for everyone involved.
The Tennessee QSO Party begins at 1800z on September 3 and ends at 0300z on September 4.
The Tennessee QSO Party is an annual amateur radio event which takes place on either the first or second Sunday of September. All amateur radio operators in the great state of Tennessee are encouraged to participate as antennas around the world rotate and point to the volunteer state.
The Tennessee QSO Party is hosted by the Tennessee Contest Group. Each year tens of thousands of QSOs occur between Tennessee amateur radio operators and hams worldwide. Plaques are awarded for category winners.
HERE'S A LINK TO THE LATEST EDITION OF THE ARRL TENNESSEE SECTION NEWSLETTER
Courtesy of Dale Knight, AB4DK, our Public Information Coordinator.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q0ogGBBYOLtW2oRSsqcp-StAkgPmbM3Y/view?usp=sharing
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The Macon Area Ham Radio Society and the Stones River Amateur Radio Club will have a Parks On The Air Rally on November 4, 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM at the Cedars of Lebanon State Park (Pavilion #1). There will be a presentation on "How To POTA" that will cover several topics of interest to anyone wanting to know more about Parks On The Air. Lunch will be provided.
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2023 will be celebrated by ARRL as “The Year of the Volunteer.” More information will be available throughout the year as the details are confirmed. However, the first adventure has been announced as a project called “Volunteers On The Air (VOTA).” Here we get ‘points’ for each contact made with another ARRL volunteer. So, if two ARRL members contact each other, they will each receive a point for that QSO. No special codes, sequence numbers, or section information needs to be passed. Make contact with a fellow ARRL member, and you each receive a point. Each of you must upload the contact to the Logbook of The World (LoTW), and your points are calculated when the QSO is matched. This could be an FT8 contact, a CW contact, a simplex 2M FM contact, an RTTY contact, or an SSB rag-chew.
To add more interest to the contest and help demonstrate the ARRL volunteers’ value, each level of volunteer activity has been assigned a point level, shown in the table below.
So, get your HF gear running, make sure your LoTW connection is working, and see you on the air!!!
I’m sure these rules will be extended or revised, so please return here to check for updates.
All of the reporting for this VOTA effort will be handled automatically by the ARRL Logbook of The World (LoTD) QSO matching system. If you already log your QSOs from your favorite logging software and it uploads them to LoTW, you will automatically be enrolled in the project. Your QSOs will be verified normally, and the callsigns of the people you work will be searched to find the appropriate points (table shown below) that you receive for each QSO.
But, if you aren’t set up to use LoTW, now is the time to set it up. The LoTW quick-start page is a great place to start, and the “What is LoTW Document” explains the whole process. You must authenticate yourself with the system by receiving a postcard mailed to your FCC-registered address. You’ll run a program called TSQL that is used by your logging program, N3FJP, N1MM, DX Lab Suite, or something else to authenticate and upload to LoTW. You can start the setup process now, and you’ll be ready on January 1st! Or, hold your logs until you get LoTW set up, and you can upload them when you get it all sorted.
Note: These appointments are for current appointees unless otherwise noted. Eg: Assistant Director (AD) is only for the current Assistant Directors. Past office-holders and appointees are only eligible if the title listed includes the word “Past,” such as “Past Section Manager (PSM).”
Abbreviation | Full Position/Title Name | Point value |
PRES | ARRL President | 300 |
PE | President Emeritus | 275 |
PP | Past President | 275 |
HVP | Honorary Vice President | 250 |
VP | ARRL Vice President | 250 |
DE | Director Emeritus | 225 |
DIR | Director | 225 |
PVP | Past Vice President | 225 |
VD | Vice Director | 200 |
SM | Section Manager | 175 |
OFF | Staff Officer, Treasurer, Counsel | 150 |
PD | Past Director | 150 |
PV | Past Vice Director | 125 |
ARRL | W1AW ARRL HQ Station | 100 |
CLM | ARRL Charter Life Member | 100 |
PSM | Past Section Manager | 100 |
DM | ARRL HQ Department Manager | 75 |
HQ | ARRL HQ Staff Member/Volunteer | 50 |
MAX | Maxim Society Member | 50 |
AC | CAC/DXAC/ECAC Advisory Members | 40 |
AD | Assistant Director | 40 |
ARDF | Direction Finding Coordinator | 35 |
ASM | Assistant Section Manager | 35 |
EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility Committee | 35 |
LOTW | Logbook of the World Committee | 35 |
PRC | Public Relations Committee | 35 |
RF | RF Safety Committee | 35 |
YC | Youth Committee | 35 |
ACC | Affiliated Club Coordinator | 30 |
DEC | District Emergency Coordinator | 30 |
NCJ | NCJ Editor | 30 |
PIC | Public Information Coordinator | 30 |
QST | QST Columnist | 30 |
SEC | Section Emergency Coordinator | 30 |
SGL | State Government Liaison | 30 |
STM | Section Traffic Manager | 30 |
SYC | Section Youth Coordinator | 30 |
TC | Technical Coordinator | 30 |
DC | Diamond Club Member | 25 |
LAB | W1INF Lab Museum Operations | 25 |
LC | W1HQ HQ Operations | 25 |
CM | Contest Managers/Log Checkers | 20 |
QSM | Incoming QSL Bureau Manager | 20 |
VC | Volunteer Counsel | 15 |
VCE | Volunteer Consulting Engineer | 15 |
ADC | Area Digital Coordinators | 12 |
ADEC | Assistant District Emergency Coordinator | 12 |
ANM | Area Net Manager | 12 |
ASEC | Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator | 12 |
ASTM | Assistant Section Traffic Manager | 12 |
BM | Bulletin Manager | 12 |
EC | Emergency Coordinator | 12 |
LGL | Local Government Liaison | 12 |
OBS | Official Bulletin Station | 12 |
OES | Official Emergency Station | 12 |
ORS | Official Relay Station | 12 |
PIO | Public Information Officer | 12 |
RNM | Region Net Manager | 12 |
TCC | Transcontinental Corps Directors | 12 |
TS | Technical Specialist | 12 |
TA | Technical Advisor | 10 |
NM | Net Manager | 7 |
AM | Awards Manager | 5 |
CC | Card Checker | 5 |
INST | Registered Instructor | 5 |
State Abbrev | W1AW/x around the USA (work each state twice) | 5 |
VE | Volunteer Examiner | 5 |
QSL | Incoming QSL Bureau Sorters | 3 |
LM | ARRL Life Member | 2 |
AFF | ARRL Affiliated Club Call Sign | 1 |
MEM | ARRL Member | 1 |