SOTA Blog updates

Activation Reports
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Another batch of updates to the SOTA pages on http://tomread.co.uk and http://sotasummits.co.uk

Activation reports and photos, most of which have not previously appeared on this reflector, can now been viewed for:

The Cloud G/SP-015 - (multiple activations 22nd August - 2nd September 2020) - The Cloud SP-015
Shining Tor G/SP-004 - (overnight backpacking activations 1st/2nd September 2020) - Shining Tor SP-004
Gun G/SP-013 - (multiple activations 22nd August - 2nd September 2020) - Gun SP-013
Upper Park GW/MW-032 - Upper Park MW-032
Banc Llechwedd-mawr GW/MW-007 - Banc Llechwedd-mawr MW-007
Drosgol GW/MW-008 - Drosgol MW-008
Llan Ddu Far GW/MW-005 - Llan Ddu Fawr MW-005
Pen y Garn GW/MW-004 - Pen y Garn MW-004

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Another batch of 35 activation updates to the SOTA pages on http://tomread.co.uk and http://sotasummits.co.uk

Activation reports and photos, most of which have not previously appeared on this reflector, can now been viewed for:

3rd September - 2nd October 2020

The Cloud G/SP-015 - The Cloud SP-015 - 18 activations (inc. photo of Stuart @G1ZAR)
Gun G/SP-013 - Gun SP-013 - 12 activations

18th / 19th September 2020

Shining Tor G/SP-004 - Shining Tor SP-004 - European SOTA Day (inc. photo of Gary @M0XGS)

27th September 2020

Esgair Ddu GW/MW-020 - Esgair Ddu MW-020
Foel Cedig GW/NW-034 - Foel Cedig NW-034

1st October 2020

Kinder Scout G/SP-001 - Kinder Scout SP-001 - evening walk to 624m trig on Glossop side

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And here’s some more:

http://tomread.co.uk - click on “SOTA”
http://sotasummits.co.uk

The new reports / photos / webpages are:

3rd October 2020

Walton Hill G/CE-002 - Walton Hill CE-002
High Vinnalls G/WB-012 - High Vinnalls WB-012
Burrow G/WB-014 - Burrow WB-014
Callow Hill G/WB-015 - Callow Hill WB-015
Caer Caradoc Hill G/WB-006 - Caer Caradoc Hill WB-006

4th October 2020

Bishop Wilton Wold G/TW-004 - Bishop Wilton Wold TW-004

5th October 2020

Blencathra - Hallsfell Top G/LD-008 - Blencathra LD-008
High Rigg - G/LD-044 - High Rigg LD-044
Great Mell Fell G/LD-035 - Great Mell Fell LD-035
Little Mell Fell G/LD-037 - Little Mell Fell LD-037
Hallin Fell G/LD-043 - Hallin Fell LD-043

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My SOTA webpages are now fully up-to-date to the end of the year 2020.

http://tomread.co.uk - click on ‘SOTA’
http://sotasummits.co.uk

The new reports / photos / webpages are:

7th October - 31st December 2020

The Cloud G/SP-015 - The Cloud SP-015 - 58 activations, loads of activation and route photos, plus a wallaby, alpacas, emus, Christmas and Scotch eggs!

13th October - 25th December 2020

Gun G/SP-013 - Gun SP-013 - 23 activations

5th December 2020

Shobdon Hill G/WB-017 - Shobdon Hill WB-017
Hergest Ridge G/WB-008 - Hergest Ridge WB-008
Seager Hill G/WB-022 - Seager Hill WB-022

29th December 2020

Shining Tor G/SP-004 - Shining Tor SP-004 - lots of snow!

Hope the site is of some use or interest to anyone that takes a look. If so, please sign the guestbook.

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FWIW, my website is up-to-date in regards to the SOTA pages. This, for once, was not a mammoth task, with just five activations over the first four days of 2021 to write up, before the tough lockdown restrictions were imposed in England.

http://tomread.co.uk

1st - 4th January 2021

The Cloud G/SP-015 - The Cloud SP-015 - 4 activations (some nice sunrise photos)

Gun G/SP-013 - Gun SP-013 - 1 activation (unqualified)

I have also added another new route, with walk description, map and photos to my Lockdown Walks project - Lockdown Walks *

There are now 25 routes available.

[*As featured in the Macclesfield Express]

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The website is up-to-date! (Until I go out activating again later…)

http://tomread.co.uk

The updates include my SOTA activations since the resumption on 8th March. Obviously, any reports before 29th March describe activations in which I walk to the SOTA summits from my home QTH!

21st March 2021 - The Cloud G/SP-015 (walk from home)
25th March 2021 - Shining Tor G/SP-004 (walk from home)
29th March 2021 - The Cloud G/SP-015 & Gun G/SP-013 (on the way to work)
30th March 2021 - Shining Tor G/SP-004, Gun G/SP-013 & The Cloud G/SP-015 (all between 0204 and 0632 UTC)
31st March 2021 - The Cloud G/SP-015 (26km walk to work from home via The Cloud)
1st April 2021 - The Cloud G/SP-015 & Gun G/SP-013 (on the way to work)

http://tomread.co.uk/shining.htm
http://tomread.co.uk/gun.htm
http://tomread.co.uk/thecloud.htm

Also:

Now up to 43 Lockdown walk routes on the site. (Lockdown 42 is a spectacular route that takes in a SOTA summit).

http://tomread.co.uk/lockdown_walks.htm

…plus a few QSL cards added to my online QSL gallery, including an ATNO from 6W (Senegal) - worked on 15m CW from the summit of Cleeve Hill G/CE-001 back in 2011!

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The website is up-to-date. And this time, it should remain up-to-date for four or five months!!!

http://tomread.co.uk

Click on ‘SOTA’ and select the summits. Those with new photos and reports are:

Kinder Scout SP-001
Shining Tor SP-004
Gun SP-013
The Cloud SP-015
Great Orme NW-070
Hightown Hill SS-273
See Morris Hill SS-274
Bishop Forest Hill SS-228

My Lockdown Walks resource is now up to 50 routes too (although i haven’t actually done #50 yet - that was planned for this summer but will now need to wait until 2022).

http://tomread.co.uk/lockdown_walks.htm

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The website - http://tomread.co.uk - http://sotasummits.co.uk/ - is once again completely up-to-date.

(The last update was 3rd July 2021 just before I went to sea for 5 months).

So all the activation reports, data and photos from the 20 SOTA activations I’ve done since then are all on. Here’s the direct links:

Right, now to get out there and make my website out-of-date again…

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