Tim N7KOM
Summits on the AirActivation Report by EA3HIG: https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/pre-planing-castell-de-l-airosa-ea3-ta-020/40694
Pre-planing Castell de L’airosa EA3/TA-020
Hello, we want to share our next sota activity for This weekend. It is about the Castell de L’Airosa, a summit never activated, we assume due to its complexty when ascending. The last part requires using climbing technique. This project was started by my friend Roger EA3ISA, who is one of the adventurous Hams who has climbed almost all the summits of Tarragona, and he has kindly invited me on This adventure. We hope to head you from the summit This saturday 25-04 in the morning, Please stay tun...
Activation Report by EI3LH: https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/spota-3fer-hunds-views-pbs-stupidity-and-mi5-spies/40690
SPOTA 3fer: Hunds, Views, PB's, Stupidity and MI5 Spies.
SPOTA 3fer: Hunds, Views, PB’s, Stupidity and MI5 Spies. : A grand day out at 1 summit, 2 parks and an Aldi. Ireland has been at the behest of a rather sparse, bleak month. I’m not referring to energy-related protestations either. Rather the joy of April showers. Side note: April showers is a phenomena that doesn’t actually exist (well, it actually sort of does but it depends on where you live in the world), the term comes from a 1557 poem by Thomas Tusser titled ‘Sweet April showers do bri...
Kurt N9KWKSo apparently the current record for highest mountain operated on #SummitsOnTheAir #SOTA is Aconcagua in South America, 6967 meters elevation. So, if any of you can climb a mountain 7km or higher you could set a record! #AmateurRadio
Activation Report by WB2FUV: https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/sota-weatherbot-propagation-forecast-for-trans-atlantic-s2s/40676
SOTA Weatherbot propagation forecast for trans-Atlantic s2s
The SOTA Weatherbot hosted by Dave, N7LKL https://sotaweatherbot.wordpress.com/ also includes a summit-specific propagation forecast based on a VOACAP (Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program) model using typical QRP 5 watt CW with ground-mounted vertical transmit antenna. It looks like 17M will be my best bet looking East on Saturday for trans-Atlantic s2s, likely followed by 15M. Stay well & 73! Mike, WB2FUV
ARDCWorld Amateur Radio Day is tomorrow (April 18)! Here's a throwback to last month when some of the team got together for a SOTA Activation of Burnaby Mountain (VE7/GV-009) while in Vancouver, BC for our all-hands meeting. #ardc #amateurradio #summitsontheair #worldamateurradioday #worldamateurradioday2026
Activation Report by M3ZCB: https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/activations-to-from-norbreck-2026-rally/40664
Activations to & from Norbreck 2026 rally
I’m mostly posting this because we tried an alternative route up Bardon Hill G/CE-004, which worked for us. For the first time I tried to add a route to sotamaps, but I gave up as the height data came out haywire, but it should be obvious from the description. Bardon Hill G/CE-004: 11th April 2026 We picked Bardon Hill because the weather forecast had bands of rain crossing the country and we stood some chance of arriving after one rain band had passed and leaving before the next one arrived. ...
Activation Report by MM1ROS: https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/gm-ss-059-car-park-exit-to-hillwalk-difficulty-ratio/40661
GM/SS-059: Car Park Exit to Hillwalk Difficulty Ratio
I’d taken the week off work, thinking that surely mid-April would be a pretty safe bet for some decent weather and good opportunities to get away into the hills. Sadly, Scottish weather had different ideas: I’m all for heading out into the clag with a compass, but there’s not a lot you can do when MWIS is suggesting 40-50mph winds fairly routinely. Tuesday was looking like the best of a bad bunch, and with hills towards the east seeming to have the best odds of catching a good day, so I opted to...
Activation Report by M0RWX: https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/group-activation-of-upper-park-gw-mw-032-part-iii/40641
Group Activation of Upper Park (GW/MW-032) — Part III
As has been well documented here, the SOTA summit of Upper Park (GW/MW-032) sits within a private estate, and individual access had previously been almost impossible to obtain. A change in approach — whereby access was requested on a group basis, managed by someone local (@GW4BML), relieving the estate of any administrative burden and accompanied by a sizeable charitable donation — saw today mark the third group-organised activation of Upper Park. The summit draws not only SOTA activators but ...
Activation Report by IU0ITX: https://reflector.sota.org.uk/t/i-lz-097-monte-fogliano/40636
I/LZ-097, Monte Fogliano
Activation of the Monte Fogliano SOTA I/LZ-097 summit, within the POTA reference park “IT-1706 Monte Fogliano e Monte Venere” The summit can be reached directly via the “forest road” that starts from the SP39 and crosses a beautiful beech forest to the summit (“forest road” is very bumpy but passable by car). From the summit it is possible to admire the panorama of Lake Vico below I used the XIEGU X5105 + MicroPA 100 (100 W) with a 5.2 m vertical whip antenna and six...