SOTA is an award scheme for radio amateurs that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas.
Today on 31st August, 2024, on DM/BM-271 „Eschenberg“ I have finally finished a journey which – starting with my very first SOTA activation of OE/OO-247 „Almkogel“ on 31st March, 2017 – has taken me exactly 7 years and 5 months…
This year’s European SOTA Activity Day 2024 „took“ place on Saturday, 14th September 2024. It coincided with the ALL OE SOTA Activity Day 2024 as well as the OE5 SOTA Day 2024. Here are the blog articles containing the recap…
This year’s European SOTA Activity Day 2023 took place on Saturday, 16th September 2023. It coincided with the ALL OE SOTA Activity Day 2023 as well as the OE5 SOTA Day 2023. Here are the blog articles containing the recap…
My primary SOTA workhorse is a multi-band (20/30/40) inverted-vee trapped dipole. I’ve done over a hundred activations with it and it has never failed to provide me with numerous EU-continental QSOs on either 40 or 20 metres (usually on both…
I always bring my Garmin Foretrex 601 with me when I go out for a SOTA activation. The benefits of doing so are twofold: To begin with, for more complicated routes, I use Garmin BaseCamp in conjunction with Garmin OpenTopoMap…
This year’s European SOTA Activity Day 2022 took place on Saturday, 17th September 2022. It coincided with the ALL OE SOTA Activity Day 2022 as well as the OE5 SOTA Day 2022. Here’s the blog article containing the recap of…
This year’s European SOTA Activity Day 2021 took place on Saturday, 18th September 2021. It coincided with the ALL OE SOTA Activity Day 2021 as well as the OE5 SOTA Day 2021. Here’s the blog article containing the recap of…
A famous Chinese proverb says, “Every journey begins with a single step.” From getting my first ham radio license, to earning the coveted Summits on the Air (SOTA) “Mountain Goat” award with more than 1,000 SOTA activation points (not there…
The European SOTA Activity Day 2020 took place on Saturday, 19th September 2020. It developed out of the OE5 SOTA Day which usually takes place in the middle of September. OE5 SOTA Day was initially created to bring together SOTA…
As outlined in my first post I simply love to operate battery powered in the great outdoors. Therefore it’s only natural to participate in the SOTA (Summits-On-The-Air) award program which requires setting up portable ham radio stations on the top…