Please join me in welcoming Andrea @iw0hk to his new role as SOTA Association Manager for Italy.
Andrea has assembled a team of Regional Managers to help support and promote SOTA in Italy.
Before contacting them, please refer first to the General SOTA Rules (Summits on the Air), as these are the rules that apply to SOTA worldwide.
In particular, the only criterion for a summit to be given a SOTA reference is its “prominence”, which must be at least 150 meters, or 100 meters in very flat countries. Note that “prominence” is not “elevation”, “altitude”, “touristic interest”, “nice views”, “close to where I live”, etc.).
Prominence is the difference between the elevation of a summit and the elevation of its key col. Therefore, the accurate geographical coordinates and elevation of these TWO places are required to determine the actual prominence of a summit.
Please understand what prominence is and how it is calculated before suggesting summits for addition. Any places with a prominence of 150 meters WILL be accepted. Any places with a prominence of less than 150 meters WILL NOT be accepted.
These two articles describe how prominence is calculated:
Dear Friens,
It is a pleasure and an honor to be part of the great Sota family, I hope to be useful in helping Sota to grow. I will do it as an activator and as a hunter, I will do it as a radio amateur who puts in front of everything the passion, the shared rules and the spirit of those who go to the mountains
See you soon hear from us on the air and on the trails
