SOTA Archives

194 summits, 7 years and 5 months, 2940 QSOs after starting my journey on 31st March 2024 I have finally obtained "Mountain Goat" status ;) .

The European SOTA Activity Day 2024 will take place on 14th September 2024. Its focus is on EU wide portable ham radio operation from a mountain.

The European SOTA Activity Day 2023 took place on 16th September 2023. Its focus is on EU wide portable ham radio operation from a mountain.

Article about my primary SOTA antenna which is a multi-band (20/30/40) inverted-vee trapped dipole with over 100 successful activations.

Learn how to export a GPX file from the OE5LXR SOTA tour database, convert it to a route, and send it to your GPS device for navigation.

The European SOTA Activity Day 2022 took place on 17th September 2022. Its focus is on EU wide portable ham radio operation from a mountain.

The European SOTA Activity Day 2021 took place on 18th September 2021. Its focus is on EU wide portable ham radio operation from a mountain.

Every journey begins with a single step. Every mountain goat starts with one single summit. This is my SOTA journey from novice to veteran.

The European SOTA Activity Day 2020 took place on 19th September 2020. Its focus is on EU wide portable ham radio operation from a mountain.

In this article I’ll be describing my portable ham radio setup for both VHF and HF in order to give beginners a reference setup to build upon.