WØC SOTA

On day one, Activators were battling horrible air quality with very limited visibility and most of us endured strong winds. Here a photo from Engelmann Pk. (13363 ft), the views are ‘normally’ stunning.

And here the stats from day 1 [two pages, make sure to hover over the document and click the ‘next page’ icon bottom left]:

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Til tomorrow, have fun out there.
Matt/KØMOS

10-10-10 Event :: Update

By K0MOS | June 27, 2021 - 9:01 am |July 31, 2021 SOTA News

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With summer officially in session I wanted to remind everybody of the upcoming WØC event/challenge starting on August 7th, 2021 and lasting for 10 days (http://www.w0c-sota.org/10-10-10/).

Details about ranking the challenge:

Criteria #1: # of activated summits (>=10K feet) between August 7th 0000h (MDST) and August 16th 2400h (MDST). For Chasers it is the # of contacts made with qualifying summits. In case of a tie:
Criteria #2 is the amount of SOTA points collected during this time. Still tied?
Criteria #3 is the amount of total QSO’s during the challenge. Still tied… we will flip a coin.

After each activation, Activators are encouraged to upload the results to the SOTA Website and send their .csv file (via email) to our CSO (Chief Spreadsheet Officer) Jim/NØIPA [N0IPA ‘at’ att ‘dot’ net]. He will compile all necessary data into a master spreadsheet and post the results on a daily basis. Chasers results will be extracted from these logs as well. The email address will be announced before the start of the challenge.

Qualifying summits:

There are 1000+ qualifying summits to pick from. You can checkout/download the list and pick your favorite summits for the event, or use SOTL.AS and apply an ALTITUDE FILTER (on the top left of the map ).

TH/summit access:

Some TH and/or summits are still closed due to the numerous wildfires last year. This is also true for certain areas within the Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). In addition, RMNP requires a reservation if you want to enter the park. Here a few Websites which might be helpful:

That’s all for now. Lets cross our fingers that the fire season will not get out of hand again.

Stay safe and 73

10-10-10 Event :: Happy Birthday WØC-SOTA

By K0MOS | March 16, 2021 - 5:26 pm |April 21, 2021 SOTA Events

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May 1st, 2010 – WGØAT/Steve sent a CQ from Mount Herman in Colorado and thus inaugurated the birth of SOTA in WØ land with 33 CW contacts around the world.

Fast forward to today, Steve is still sending CQs from Mount Herman (WØC/FR-Ø63), and other peaks, almost on a daily basis but he also inspired countless hams (incl. yours truly) to join a growing bunch of people who love the outdoors and combine their hiking activities with their radio hobby.

Some statistics… during the last 10+ years the Colorado Association (WØC) grew from:

219 initial (seed) summits to a total of 1797 qualifying summits
a handful of Activators to ~180
a few chasers to almost 200

These highly motivated men and women of all ages activated more than 7,400 summits, generated more than 40,000 points and 15 Mountain Goats (MG) – many of them double or even six-fold (thanks KXØR/George).

WØC Chasers worked over 90,000 stations around the world, generated almost 500,000 points and 33 Shack-Sloths.

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary¹, WØC-SOTA is organizing a 10-10-10 Event² with a challenge for Activators and Chasers alike.

Activator challenge: Activate 10 (or more) 10K (or higher) summits (in WØC) within 10 days.

Chaser challenge: Chase Activators on 10 different (or more) qualifying WØC summits (10K or higher) within the 10 days.

Event Date: We will kick-off the event in conjunction with the Colorado 14er event on August 7th, 2021 and conclude on August 16th.

Everybody is invited to participate. Plan your vacations and business-trips to Colorado accordingly. Block off these days in your calendar. Get in shape… repair your antennas and radios. It’s a once in a decade event.

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There will be a ranking of all participants who meet the challenge. Photographer and new SOTA enthusiast Dan Oldfield (NØOLD) is generously donating a personalized and autographed print from his Colorful Colorado collection to each of the top 3 in both challenges.

More details will be announced as soon as they are hashed out on the WØC-SOTA Website (you can subscribe to get the latest updates) and the NA-SOTA group.

For the org. team
KØMOS/Matt

¹ It’s actually the 11th Anniversary but the COVID-19 Pandemic and historic Wildfires in Colorado interfered in 2020.
² All SOTA rules apply

SOTA Blogs

By K0MOS | March 19, 2012 - 10:54 am |March 20, 2012 SOTA Blogs

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The following is a list with blogs dedicated to Summits on the Air (SOTA). The content of all these blogs is outside our control. Keep that in mind when you continue to explore more about SOTA.

If you are aware of a SOTA blog which is not (yet) part of the list, but you think it’s worthwhile adding… – contact Matt to add it to the list.

Author:	Title:	Content:
Matt / KØMOS	KØMOS's SOTA outings	Mainly trip-reports with photos and videos. A few other SOTA related posts
Mads / LA1TPA	LA1TPAs SOTA blog	SOTA activities in Norway
Wolfgang / OE2WNL	SOTA	SOTA adventures in Austria by Wolfgang/OE2WNL, Franz/OE2SNL, Tom/OE2ATN and Leo/OE2WNP
Jon / N7AZ	N7AZ Hikes Arizona	SOTA adventures in Arizona
PNW	Pacific NW SOTA group	Trip reports from SOTA operators in the Pacific Northwest region
Andrew / VK1NAM	Blog from Downunder	Andrews trip reports from Australia