ARLA/CLUSTER: Sucesso completo no evento "VK/ZL <> Europe SOTA S2S QSO Party"

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Successful SOTA Summit to Summit EU-VK event

October 22nd saw the *Summits On The Air*, Australia to Europe Summit to
Summit event. Fifty one summits across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and
Japan were registered by their activators as intending to take part in this
2 hour 'super-activation'.

When 0630 UTC arrived with weather varying from freezing cold to pouring
with rain in Europe and not a lot better in Australia, the SOTA activators
started their calls. Between 6:30 and 8:30 UTC seventy three summits were
activated – twenty two more than expected.

Mother nature and propagation were "variable" to say the least but contacts
were made between continents as well as within each of the regions.

At times the number of active summits made it difficult to find a free
frequency on 20 metres to call CQ on!

The organisers Andrew VK1AD and Mike 2E0YYY declared the event a success
and planning is under way for future Australia to Europe SOTA events, most
likely twice a year around the dates that we change the clocks in Spring
and Autumn.

A similar event is being discussed between European and North American SOTA
activators.
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