Thanks to the Early Morning Contact with David AE9Q in NC W4C/WM-003 Summit: Richland Balsam, I N8DEA Dean Benninger, am now an Official Shack Sloth with exactly 1000 points !!!
Guess this is also UNIQUE Shack Sloth, but I guess it Depends How you Look at it…
Have 157 Unique Contacts, but i am shooting for 100 Unique summits!!!
Presently 87/100 so when that is attained, I will order the Trophy, to be displayed Proudly in the Shack, with DXCC 100 and WAS Certificates…
Thank You! to all the many Contacts, made out in the Wilderness to make this Possible…
I thought 2 years ago, that this would take many many years to Accomplish, but learning the fine art of /qrp (listening) and CW, it was achievable, in what now seems to be a short time…
Setting a goal of Learning CW (The Code), if I had not Learned (and still am learning verrrry sloowwwwly), this Achievement was made that much faster, by not passing up the many FINE CW Ops out in the Field…
Now on to the Next Goal of Mountain Hunter Silver /Gold, then to work on the Ultimate Challenge of Mountain Goat!!!
What an incredible Journey this is and look forward to many more in the Years SOTA=Summits on the Air:
What a Great Organization, that brings together People, Technology, and the Great Outdoors around this Rock on Planet Earth…
Thanks to all, for the many Hours involved to survey the Summits and Peaks, and get them on the Map in their Associations
God Bless and 73 (72)
N8DEA (N8DEA/qrp)
Dean Benninger Official SOTA Shack Sloth