Beaches On The Air - BOTA

Have a look at http://www.beachesontheair.com/.

A new award scheme inspired by Summits On The Air -SOTA.

Beaches on the Air (BOTA) is an award scheme for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners that encourages portable operation from beaches.

There are awards for activators (those who operate from the beaches) and chasers (those who contact activators from home or elsewhere). BOTA can be operated from any country or region across the world.

Each country or region has its own manager, who prepares the list of recognised beaches within that country or region, which is approved by the central BOTA management team.

Activators and chasers accumulate points with each QSO. Their total score is calculated by adding the square root of the number of QSOs made from each different beach (activators) or with each different beach (chasers). Activators can activate, and chasers can chase, the same beach as many times as they wish and they will always earn additional points, but there will be decreasing returns to activating the same beach due to the square-root rule, which encourages the exploration of new beaches. Certificates are available for various scores, both for activators and chasers.

 

We have added today thousands of new references of beaches in the United States.

http://www.beachesontheair.com/beaches?title=&field_code_value=k

we are looking forward to the participation of American colleagues in Beaches On The Air.

73 de Diego EC1CW

 

Does the definition of Beach include sandy strips located along the shore of lakes and rivers?

Robert, K6FNI

 

Signed up, waiting for my e-mail, have two questions. First, is activity limited to the HF bands, and two, does operating on multiple bands in one setting count as one activation or multiple?

 

I believe our list for the US includes coastal and Great Lakes beaches. Check it here http://www.beachesontheair.com/dxcc-entities/united-states.

 

WA7GWT: Operation is not limited to any band or mode, but the use of repeaters is not allowed. Operation from the same beach in the same day constitutes a single activation, irrespective of the bands or modes used. Your account is active now. Welcome to Beaches On The Air!

 

Your account is now active. Welcome to Beaches On The Air!

 

Thank you

 

We have just added 611 UK beaches. We are looking forward to the participation of our British colleagues.

http://www.beachesontheair.com/beaches?title=&field_code_value=g

 

this is a GREAT project! Since the closest mountain is 500 miles away, SOTA is not a practical thing for me.... but BOTA certainly is! AND since I live on the Gulf Coast, I won' have to wait until Spring. I'll be signing up later today, when I get back to my desk.

 

Very Interested in activating the beaches here in the North East of the UK

I am always active from many of the beaches listed

2E0HPI

 

Just signed up, maybe I can activate some Hawaii Beachs before I move next month.