The sotl.as programme has the wonderful function of displaying the summits with which one could reach a complete as an activator.
While browsing the map, I made the following discovery.
I was offered the summit I/TO-061 for a complete if I activated it. According to my records, I had a QSO with IZ5MYA/P on 13. 9. 2022. When I called this summit, however, no chaser data was displayed. The summit is not yet activated.
According to my records I had a qso with IZ5MYA, but he did not enter the activation data. When I searched for the callsign I only found this information and nothing else…
I believe the SOTA data for personal achievements is based on what you have submitted, not what others may/may not have done.
As long as you post a chase and activation, a Complete would be registered.
Easy way to find out, would be to temporarily load a dummy activation and see if the status indeed changes.
Alternatively, one of the devs could confirm the logic or you could actually try it by activating the summit…
As others said, SOTA awards are based entirely on what YOU log. If you have a chase and activation then you have a complete irrespective of what else is activated.
If we at the MT think something is odd about award claims we do some detailed analyses of logs to see if the logs are genuine or have use errors or if we think someone is cheating.
We have found very, very few examples of deliberate cheating in all the years SOTA has existed.
Odd it wont delete for me either. Andrew is travelling today so I will look later when I get home.
I actually remember the callsign as I did a search at the time and found nothing - a very private individual indeed with virtually zero internet footprint. I wasn’t able to make contact myself, but a quick look at the database revealed F4WBN, EA2DT, G4AFI and others were successful.
I’m currently in Lucca Tuscany to to prolong the golden autumn… and of course do some few first activations.
During the preparation I saw that a car drove quite high on Google Street View. It’s actually possible - but you should have four-wheel drive and more ground clearance. (I’ve noted all of this on sotl.as) The final hike to the summit isn’t far!
The sheepdogs are already pointed out on the way… - When we reached the summit, we noticed the many fresh sheep droppings. They had probably been grazing on the summit shortly before… and now on the slope behind the summit. We heard the bells. In any case, they were well guarded by the sheepdogs… who claimed half of the summit for themselves.
I couldn’t have activated the summit any earlier… I wouldn’t have been able to get into the AZ.
