Ya, long time since I posted something here.
The more SOTA is spreading, the more I’m dead sure cheating is also expanding.
I see more and more new callsigns activators, and when I check their QRZ page, I see big SUV with HF antennas, hamsticks or whatever on the top of those shiny trucks.
I know, not again, another who whines, but in all honesty, there are some folks who dont have a clue what the rules are.
73 all.
A lot of us have vehicles with antennas on them, but that doesn’t mean that we are going to drive up and operate off the top of the Matterhorn from them! 
Brian
Bon Jour JP! Nice to hear from you again!
Yes, there are a lot of new NPOTA folks, both chasers and activators, participating in SOTA, mostly as chasers. And, yes, a lot of the NPOTA-only activations are mobile operations from their vehicles, usually in the NPOTA parking lot.
I have posted on the NPOTA facebook site that if an NPOTA activator is also claiming a SOTA activation, that they need to be sure they are abiding by the SOTA rules. Hopefully, they are.
SOTA chasers can help by tactfully asking if the NPOTA-SOTA activator is NOT operating from their vehicle IF they are handing out a SOTA Ref number.
Thanks JP for the reminder that we all need to educate new participants as to the SOTA rules.
73, Guy/n7un