Dear SOTA friends,
In 2025, we will celebrate 10 years since establishing LZ SOTA association. On this occasion there will be a special call sign LZ10SOTA from 01.01.2025 until 31.12.2025.
I also want to share with you a not very popular but interesting fact about the history of high mountain expeditions in Bulgaria.
In 1974, the radio club of the city of Plovdiv LZ1KSP organized the “First radioamateur highmountain expedition marathon”. During this marathon some of the highest peaks of the Bulgarian mountains were activated: Musala LZ/RL-001, Vihren LZ/PS-001, Cherni Vrah LZ/KV-001, Bogdan LZ/SG-001, Persenk LZ/RO-004, Ruen Z3/EM-001 on 3,5 and 144MHz with 1W transmitter.
Members of this expedition team were: LZ1CD - Radko, LZ1KC - Varuzhan, LZ1QH - Mitko, LZ1CY(SK) - Angel, LZ1ZA(SK) - Ivan.
On December 1, 2015, the Bulgarian SOTA association was established by LZ1YAG - Yosif.
Since then more than 40 activators have taken part in the SOTA program.
On this special occasion, special paper QSL cards will be sent via QSL bureau for contacts with LZ10SOTA.
73! Jany
LZ1GJ
