I just read about the new Worked All Britain WAB trig point award being introduced in 2015.
They have awards for activators and chasers and as there are 6000 trig points in the UK it offers another incentive to get out /p, especially for those like me who live in vertically challenged areas
I can imagine for activators thereās quite the potential for doubling up, where the Trigpoint is in the SOTA activation area
The WAB Trig point award is a really good idea. My earliest book number is 4445 and I used to go out and about for giving out WAB squares and so the trig award may tempt me to go to a few secondary trig points near me. There is one about 5 miles from here next to a disused windmill. It will be interesting There are also a few SOTA summits near me so perhaps a double upā¦
Just got back from the afternoon walk in the forest - nippy.
Not sure about WAB āexpertsā ( a back hand remark?) but certainly 100% better operating behaviour judging from my listening of SOTA chasers.
There are some some SOTA chasers who, when they pop up, I almost pray they will be worked just to get rid of them - rather than listen to their callsign bleating.
You have adequately described the WAB net this afternoon Mike. Same old issues. Chasers calling when not called. Stations doubling with each other. Stations assuming they were in QSO when they werenāt. Stations assuming a good contact had been made when it hadnāt. Stations relaying the report onto chasers if the chaser couldnāt hear the other station. If thatās 100% better operating than SOTA, then I dread to think what SOTA SSB is like.
Then again, I do HF SSB on my SOTA and it isnāt bad at all.
I read/scanned through it this morning. Excellent information and I did not realise there was so many trig points around me!
I have been out today but just turned on the radio and listening to the chasers for Fred F6IPR on F/VL-080. Just heard one chaser tell another to fā off - great. I think I will go back to reading my bookā¦
Suggested Frequencies:
On the following frequencies, W.A.B. activity can generally be found. Remember these frequencies may be occupied by other QSOās already in progress. If that is the case please be prepared to move either up or down the band before forming a net. If no activity is heard then try calling yourself, you may be surprised at the response.
Yes the NET is mostly on SSBā¦ 7.160 or 3.760 aroundā¦ Not lot of station on CWā¦ Trying for some times this year to complete Saphire award on CW butā¦ ;-(
So does someone have made a list with the Trigpoint on SOTA ??? (Iām interesting mostly in G/SEās oneā¦006 010 011 014 but the other alsoā¦ Some help ???)
Itās for the springs days ! Hiii !
HNY
Thanks all Chasers and Activatosr for this new good year enjoying SOTAā¦
Best Wishes
Tof F5UBH
Yes, I was surprised just looking at the Trigpoint website, loads to activate which is good if you live in a relatively flat area, as we do! Itās just another reason to get out /p and enjoy this hobby we share.
Sad to hear about the behaviour on that activation, Iāve yet to encounter anything that bad, but if I did as an activator I wouldnāt be having a QSO with them thatās for sure!
First pass for those who want to contemplate which SOTA summits have a trig point. This is very rough and needs a format and sort but here 693 SOTA summits that have a trigpoint within 100m.