SOTA Awards September 2018
Very quiet month for awards. Congratulations to Mountain Goats N7LP, K7MAS G0EVV and VK1DA and Shack Sloths KF7AXB, AA2CQ, DG1NPM and KE9AJ.
I still do not know when the downloadable certificates will be made available again as this is in the hands of our technical gurus. You will have to be patient, it is not an easy task producing the necessary software to replace my manual checking and production.
Trophies Issued
Mountain Goat
N7LP Lee Pemberton
K7MAS Mark Sandler
G0EVV David Stansfield
Shack Sloth
KF7AXB Andrew Peltola
AA2CQ Richard Seeger
Certificates Issued
Activator
VK1DA Andrew Davis 1000 points
F6HHK Bruno Bally 500 points
HB9GHJ Urs Gredig 500 points
G0HIK Nick Gregory 250 points
W4XEN Caleb Moose 100 points
W5RST Michael McShan 100 points
Chaser
AA1VX Dave Glow 2500 points
AA2CQ Richard Seeger 1000 points
DG1NPM Norbert Patent 1000 points
KE9AJ Joe Werth 1000 points
DG1NPM Norbert Patent 500 points
M0DHP Ray Benitez 100 points
M0KPW Chris Leviston 100 points
Chaser Unique
W0ERI Martha Auchard 5000 summits
GW4VPX Allan Jones 1000 summits
Summit to Summit
HB9GHJ Urs Gredig Red
Mountain Explorer
DD5LP Ed Durrant Tourist
Mountain Hunter
GW4VPX Allan Jones Platinum
Microwave Award
N2YTF Thomas Tumino 50 km 23 cm
This is the time of year when it is useful to remind you (in the Northern Hemisphere) of the availability of clothing and hats which provide some protection from the cold. The SOTA fleeces are a heavyweight fleece which not only provides insulation from the cold but is also smart with the SOTA logo and name embroidered on the front. Available in a range of sizes and colours, the fit is generous and features a full length zip. To complement the fleece the insulated ski hat is brilliant at keeping the brain cells warm. Sales of all merchandise provide the funds to keep the SOTA IT infrastructure running, this is not cheap and without these sales the data processing everybody relies on and can access free of charge will, eventually, grind to a halt.
I hate to bring this subject up at the beginning of October but I have to introduce the āCā word: Christmas will be here shortly and to ensure delivery in time for that date you have to order early. I will be on vacation during the middle of October so will not be able to deal with any orders between 15th to 25th October and then I will be out of the country from 20th November until Christmas (in CT3) so the very last date I can post merchandise or awards is Monday 19th November. Please order in plenty of time. I will put a reminder in my next monthly report.
Stay safe on the hills
73
Barry GM4TOE
SOTA Awards Manager