SOTA

Greetings!

It is with great excitement that Paula, K9IR, and I are announcing the 1st Annual Queens of the Mountains YL SOTA Special Event Weekend!!  June 1-2 a team of USAYLs will be activating summits across the states using 1x1 Special Event Station (SES) calls foreach USA region (using the format W#Q). We encourageall of you around the world, OM and YL, to chase the Queens, and all SOTA YLs to activate. We hope this event will highlight the fabulous opportunity SOTA offers for women in radio and motivate more YLs to get involved with SOTA.

A long time ham friend of mine here in Boise, K7MK, introduced me to SOTA last fall. When he told me about it I said I was "All in -- lets do it!" As we await weather appropriate for Activations I have been doing some Chasing as well as studying the summit situation here in pnwSOTA. I am an naturally inquisitive person with an analyatic bent so this was a perfect topic to waste an afternoon on. I looked around for an existing summit data source but could not find one.

Back in early 2009 when I was working with Les Allwood/G3VQO in setting up the various state-based Associations for W7, I indicated that I would "turn over" Associations to "SOTA active and knowledgeable" individuals who are residents in those states. This was in keeping with the SOTA MT preference of resident Association Managers where feasible. 

First was Bruce/N7RR for W7W-Washington followed by Scott/W7IMC for W7I-Idaho.

In order to promote SOTA operations in North America, September 8-9 has been
designated NA-SOTA weekend. Activators should make a special effort to be
operational on SOTA summits this weekend. Be sure and post your alerts to sotawatch.org and use the opportunity to let others know about our Summits on the Air 'radiosport.'