Congratulations to Ron @VK3AFW for recently achieving Mountain Goat status having logged 1000 activation points from 209 activations on 108 unique summits and 2468 logged QSOs.
Ron activated his first summit, VK3/VS-001 Mt William, on 16 June 2012 with his first QSO with VK3 Association Manager Wayne, @VK3WAM, who was on VK3/VC-003, Mt Ritchie.
Ron reached 1000 points when he logged a December 2024 activation of VK3/VG-148, an unnamed summit in East Gippsland, where Ron was the first activator of this summit.
Thanks Peter, and Ian,
My stats are changing daily as I load up more of my 10 m challenge activations, in reverse chronological order. The last summit I activated was a 1 point unactivated one over 400 km from home. I have with regret given up my Devil’s Number score, 999.
I and many others have appreciated your vast SOTA and radio know-how and common-sense advice over the years.
The VKs know (but others probably don’t) that you facilitated a Melbourne SOTA dinner every few months in the years just prior to Covid. These were a great chance to meet other enthusiatsts, discuss gear, roads and routes, how to get around locked gates, what to watch out for on summits, etc.
Some people are blessed with plenty of easy to reach summits with lots of points… others like you have to really graft at it over a long period. Well done!
. Of course I’ll probably get both.