It’s great to see multiple associations across Europe combining to make June 8th & 9th THE WEEKEND to be out activating a summit!
Switzerland - We have the Swiss event:
HB9SOTA Mountain Activation Day 2024 - Notices / Events - SOTA Reflector
France - The French event:
FRENCH MOUNTAINS ACTIVATION DAY 2024 - Notices / Events - SOTA Reflector
In Wales there was already an event that just happened to coincide:
Welsh Hog-Roast
In England the RSGB 2m Backpackers may have some activators on SOTA summits on the 9th 144 MHz Backpackers - thanks Tony.
Germany - we have DL/DM supporting as well:
DM/BW Group
Ireland - EI group getting together in the Wicklow / Dublin mountains - Thanks Colm.
Italy - Italian SOTA regional managers will be active on different summits - thanks Andrea.
Croatia - From the 9A1WFF hamfest on 9A/ZH-011 on June 9th. Plus some other SOTA activations in 9A on the same day - thanks Boris.
Spain - thanks to Alberto for the heads up that ANOTHER SOTA event will be happening in Spain on the 8th. The VHF-SOTA-FM event - here’s hoping for some Sporadic E or good tropo on the VHF bands!
JUN 2024 INSCRIPCION - Google Sheets
73 Ed.
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There’s an EI group getting together in the Wicklow / Dublin mountains too.
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Hello,
the June 8th and 9th also the italian sota regional managers will be active on different summit of our country to join the other associations !
73 de Andrea IW0HK
Italy Sota Manager
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We have 9A1WFF hamfest on 9A/ZH-011, June 9th !
More info: https://9aff.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/9a1wff-hamfest-2024-ravna-gora-poziv/
There will be also some other SOTA activations in 9A on the same day.
Stay tuned!
73 de Boris 9A2GA
9A SOTA Association manager
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Also on the Sunday 9th June 0900-1300 UTC is one of my Faves, RSGB 144MHz Backpackers Contest.
I always used to try to co-incide this with a SOTA Activation, as potentially more chance of getting a bigger list in the log?
73 Tony
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In EA we celebrate the SOTA VHF FM DX event on the 8th June. Operator might also activate HF but we will concentrate on VHF long distance contacts.
VHF-FM-SOTA
73!
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I hope to make the 3rd one on Sunday afternoon (7th. July, 11 - 15 utc) with 5W CW/SSB (FT817) and 3-el Yagi/3.5m pole from a modest G/LD summit near me [re-activation so no SOTA points]. Managing two strong dogs and my Yagi shoulder bag on the way up might be a hassle. Wx forecast is for rain showers so will need tarp for my non-waterproof radio gear and me. Hope to get some non-LoS contacts via tropospheric scattering like I did last time.
Would be interested to know if anyone else is planning to do the contest and SOTA.
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Hi Andy, as I said , I always used to try to combine them.
I have missed the first 2 again this year, and it doesn’t look like this weekend will happen, due to family commitments!
Good luck
Tony
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