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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">Steve Green G1INK</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">,
from Buxton in Derbyshire, has become only the 6th person to have activated all 182* summits in the England (G) SOTA association (*182 = 176 current SOTA summits, plus 6 former, now deleted summits).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">In total, Steve has now activated over 500 summits in seven different countries
(England G, Wales GW, Scotland GM, Germany DM, Belgium ON, Luxembourg LX and Canary Islands EA8).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">His final summit to 'complete' England was Brightstone Down G/SE-012 (214m)
on the Isle of Wight, on 20th January 2013. Steve made 117 QSOs on a mixture on 40m SSB and 20m SSB from this summit.
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SOTA (Summits On The Air) is pleased to report that three UK radio amateurs have recently achieved the coveted 'Mountain Goat' award for achieving 1000 points for activating summits.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">Phil Catterall G4OBK</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">
from Pickering, North Yorkshire, started out by activating a handful of lower (1 point) Scottish hills in the summer of 2005. He has since become a prolific activator and portable operator, his achievements including activating every Wainwright summit in
the Lake District for the WOTA award, and being a member of the first ever SOTA expedition to Ailsa Craig GM/SS-246 (338m), off the Ayrshire coast. Phil became a Mountain Goat on the summit of Great Sugar Loaf EI/IE-022 (501m) in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. He
used 30m CW, 20m SSB & CW, and 2m FM to make 71 contacts on this activation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:PT">Karen and her antenna on Glyder Fawr on a beautiful winter's day</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">Karen Richardson 2E0XYL</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">
from Ness in Cheshire, became a SOTA 'Mountain Goat' on 9th January 2013. She activated the summit of Glyder Fawr GW/NW-003 (1001m) in Snowdonia, making 59 QSOs on 2m FM and 23cm FM. Karen has achieved the 1000 points in a remakably rapid 2 and a half years,
having only started SOTA in June 2010! <br>
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Even quicker was <b>Barry Vile MW0IML</b>, who commenced SOTA activating in January 2011 with his Foundation call of MW6BDV. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">He has concentrated all his SOTA efforts so far in the North Wales (GW/NW)
and Lake District (G/LD) regions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">Barry also made quick progress through the licensing structure, also recording
activations as 2W0LYD and his current Full call MW0IML. Barry is a fully qualified International Mountain Leader, and hence his choice of suffix! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">Barry's Mountain Goat activation took place on 21st January 2013 on the summit
of Carnedd Llewelyn GW/NW-002 (1064m). Barry made 29 QSOs using 2m FM and 23cm FM. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">In 2012, new SOTA associations started in USA-Tennessee (W4T), USA-West Virginia
(W8V), Estonia (ES), Slovakia (OM), Spain-South (EA7), Australia-Victoria (VK3), Madeira (CT3), USA-Georgia (W4G), Australia-South (VK5) and Canada-Alberta (VE6).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">Joining these recent recruits are USA-Mississippi (W5M), USA-Missouri (W0M)
and Australia-Capital Territories (VK1), which all launched on 1st February 2013. This takes the number of SOTA associations around the world to 78, with many more in all continents in development.<br>
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For more information, data and live activation spots for Summits on the Air (SOTA), please visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT"><a href="http://www.sota.org.uk" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none">http://www.sota.org.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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