My colleagues in the summits team (Peter ON4UP, Simon G4TJC, Csaba YO6PIB, Rob G0HRT) have been busy along with new and existing Association Managers in updating and verifying new associations. Tom M1EYP has just updated the database and ARMs will be uploaded soon.
So we have the following updates to existing associations:
Itās interesting the ZL7,8 & 9 are in before the main part of ZL. In any case if ZL9 includes any summits on Cambell Island, I suspect we may have to wait a while for that one to be activated - it not easy to get to! (I know this as I was publicity officer for the ZL9HR DXPedition there a few years back).
Thanks, as always to everyone doing the background work.
I donāt see these new associations under the SOTAWatch Summits listing yet, but Iām sure I soon will.
Wonder how long it will be before Denali gets activated?
Thatāll be the first of the āSeven Summitsā that can be activated for SOTA. The āSeven Summitsā are the high points on each continent. The most often quoted list is.
Aconcagua, Everest, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Denali, Puncak Jaya, Vinson
(Although there is some argument about Australasia with Kosciuszko VK2/SM-001 as a possible candidate if you only pick the āmainlandā Australia for this continent. Also Europe with Mont Blanc F/AB-001).
Which then leads on to wondering when all the āSeven Summitsā will be in SOTAā¦ big job for someone to do!
I, my wife and our daughter made the ascent to the western summit of Elbrus in 2012. I took a transceiver Yaesu FT-60, but left it on the saddle between the eastern and western peaks because of poor health.
I hope to activate this beautiful mountain in case. :ŃŠ»ŃŠ±ŠŗŠ°:
ZL North & South Islands will take a little while yet - like Andy says thereās a lot to check.
9A looks really nice. As well as the inland mountain ranges I am struck by the large number of island summits. How long till somebody does an island-hoping SOTA / IOTA expedition - what better way to spend a couple of weeks in the summer than cruising the Adriatic with a SOTA station?
Itās all come through into Sotawatch and onto Robās mapping site now. Have fun!
Closer to 5,000 - North Island about 1100, South Island about 3,750.
ZL7 is readily accessible, ZL8 and ZL9 are going to need serious permit work, unless youāre unlucky enough to be on a round-the-world ocean race and get shipwrecked on either Auckland or Campbell Islands, yet lucky enough to manage to salvage your SOTA gear from your yacht
Ah, Iāve added 1100 and 3750 together to get 5000 or so then added 5000 to 1100 and 3750 to get 10000 or so. Still 5000 is enough as some will be āchallengingā.
I think we are going to have to stop adding summits. There are more fab summits in GM alone that I will probably never do without us adding more. Then thereās all the US summits and Hawaii and Australia and islands in the Pacific never mind plain old Europe. Plus some great lookiing countryside in RA9. Then thereās Japan. We havenāt even touched South America. And there are all these great looking island summits in 9A. I havenāt got enough money or time to sample a tiny fraction of them!
