Feature Request: Generell OTA concept

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Hello WRL Team

You have already integrated POTA (Parks), IOTA (Islands), SOTA (Summits), WWFF (Flora & Fauna). Thanks a lot! :two_hearts:

And new requests for activation-and-hunting-programs are pending:

And more will follow. Sooner or later someone will ask for integration for the other BOTA (Beaches), COTA/WCA (Castles), LHOTA (Light Houses), MOTA (Mines), etc.

I understand every user who wants to have their loved OTA program integrated. And they have my full sympathy. :100:

Therefore, I recommend not to integrate each OTA program individually, but rather developing a general concept for all minor OTA programs, so that every WRL user can activate and hunt for whatever they like.

Because basically, it’s always the same thing:

  • Short name for the program: BOTA, COTA, DOTA, …
  • Number of the location that I activate
  • Number of the location that I hunted (if both fields are filled in, then it is location-to-location-contact)

And somewhere in the general section I have to declare once:

  • Short and long name of the OTA program
  • An Icon for this OTA program
  • Which fields do I have to add to the header of the ADIF file, when exporting a logbook for this OTA program.
  • Name of the ADIF field for “Number of location that I activate”.
  • Name of the ADIF field for “Number of location that I hunted”.

This is just my humble opinion.
73 Pepe

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Museum Ships is another one that might fall into this group.

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Museum ships?
MSOTA?

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Absolutely agree, however it may serve well to have to register and WRL moderate somehow the program short and long names of OTA programs (just to guard against ‘tongue in cheek’ OTAs such as ‘kitchen on the air’ and ‘porta loo on the air’ ).

This would help with keeping filtering under control as well.

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There was a wrong answer in a Ham Radio Prep quiz on OTA stuff that was something like “WalMart on the Air”.
I want to make that happen someday :grin:

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@KC1WOX DOOOOOOO it!!! HAHAHAAH this would be absolutely hilarious if this became a thing! :joy:

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I just need a battery and antenna or whatever, then I can try to!

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Here we go!
I found the original question:

I hope this isn't some kind of copyright violation, but if it is, sorry!

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We have a little fun with it. No worries on copyright.

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I love the ships and history part. I know we have islands and fauna and such covered is there one for us water types who love marinas and such?

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Ships on the air, SOTA?
Dang it, that’s already taken.
Boats on the air, BOTA?
Dang it, that’s already taken.
Pontoons on the air, POTA?
Dang it, that’s already taken.
Water-craft on the air, WOTA??
???

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Buahahaha how about sotw?

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You can make ANYTHING an OTA apparently… While getting things ready with my local club for the ARRL Digital Contest, I was introduced to…

TOTA - Toilets on the Air

You can read all about this year’s upcoming, AND PAST YEARS going back to like 2016 from my very short research:

So with that, I look forward to hunting… WOTA…? WMOTA…? – Walmart on the Air stations soon. :rofl:

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Yeah wmota and sotw definitely needs to become a thing

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This was the thread I needed today :joy::joy: but actually good ideas too!

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@N0WRL i’ve laughed WAY to hard at some of these myself. hahahahaha

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One day I have to do this. I can’t wait for all the strange looks from people :rofl: :rofl:

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Meh we’re all a wee bit mad here.

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