ARLA/CLUSTER: SOTA desde a Nova Zelandia

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

SOTA New Zealand

*SOTA* has landed in New Zealand and its shaping up to be big amongst the
Ham Community with a lot of interest to date.

The North Island summits have been mapped, checked, and are now active.
South Island Summits will follow in the not too distant future. They have
been mapped and are currently being checked before going live.

SOTA is a world wide activity. Hams can make contacts from hill tops and
collect points in an almost competition like activity among the Ham
community. To quote www.sota.org.uk *Summits on the Air* (SOTA) is an award
scheme for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners that encourages portable
operation in mountainous areas. SOTA has been carefully designed to make
participation possible for everyone - this is not just for mountaineers!
There are awards for activators (those who ascend to the summits) and
chasers (who either operate from home, a local hilltop or are even
Activators on other summits).

As the Association manager for SOTA New Zealand, I am keen to encourage
SOTA activity. I am available to give some branches a talk, and to provide
advice and encouragement to fellow hams. Feel free to email me
warren  zl2aj.com.

There is lots of material on the internet to research SOTA.
Many activators run blogs. There is a facebook group I manage and can be
found by searching “ zl-sota�. There are several reflectors. The New
Zealand reflector is zl-sota  zl-sota.org. Send a message with "subscribe"
in the subject line to join. The website www.zl-sota.org should also be
active soon. SOTA_Australia is a yahoo group that welcomes ZL hams. VK is
extremely active with SOTA and if you let them know they will be keen to
work you as a contact.

More info can also be found at www.sota.org.uk. Rules, FAQ and links to
sotawatch and the database are available.

Other than that - get outdoors and enjoy the wonderful scenery New Zealand
has to offer, involve your family, involve your friends - SOTA is a great
excuse to combine the outdoors and amateur radio. You may even recruit a
few new hams in the process.

I look forward to working you from your mountain or from mine or just
learning of your achievements involving SOTA.

Thanks to those that helped make ZL SOTA a reality
Andrew Ryan VK3ARR
Don McDonald ZL3DMC
Richard Smart ZL4FZ

*Warren Harris ZL2AJ*
Association Manager for ZL SOTA.
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