As of today we expect about 15 SOTA summits to be activated for Appalachian Trail on-the-air this Saturday, October 2, 2021. Go to www.ATontheair.com or check the latest ALERTS posted on SOTAWatch.
I will update the Planned Activations list again before Saturday. Looking forward to many s2s AT contacts. 73! Mike, WB2FUV
Iāll activate Blue Mtn (W4V/SH-030). Itās not right on the AT, but isnāt far from it. Iāll be on HF due to the radio towers on the summit (VHF is all but useless there), but will be on VHF while I hike up the AT to reach the summit (AT to within a quarter mile, then a non-AT trail the rest of the way).
BREAKING NEWS : In accordance with an opinion by AT Conservancy, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail consists of "the A.T. footpath and designated viewpoints, shelters, campsites, water sources, and spur trails linking these featuresā ā in other words, part of the white blazed main Trail, or the blue blazed side trails to shelters, campsites, summits, etc. This is especially helpful to activators also submitting a log to POTA, who need to be within 100ā of the Trail to qualify as K-4556. For SOTA activators, if your summit is NEAR the Appalachian Trail youāre meeting the spirit of the event !! Thanks and 73! Mike, WB2FUV
Mike, I will be on W4C/WM-014 - Standing Indian tomorrow. It will be an excellent position to keep an eye on the Georgia boys and ensure that they donāt try to make an incursion across the border. Not to mention that it should be line of sight to all of the W4G summits for easy S2Sing! Thanks for organizing this event!
Too late, Pat, I already āinvadedā and activated Standing Indian and Yellow Mountain earlier this year. Hope to work you on AT S2S tomorrow!
73
Scott WB8ICQ
Pete,
Weāre closiing the gap (no pun intended)! Friday morning list shows 28 SOTA summits along the Appalachian Trail with planned activations on Saturday. Admittedly weāre not all 10 pointers, but the SOTA s2s spirit is strong. Listen well and may the Morse be with you !!
Reminder to SOTA chasers: Please respect the ās2sā protocol and standby while summits are calling other summits.
Stay well & 73!
MiKe, WB2FUV