[HamTips] Colorado 14er Event and 10 Years of SOTA in Colorado

[Bob Witte (K0NR)]

<https://i0.wp.com/www.k0nr.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Steve-WG0AT-Mt-Herman-2.jpg?ssl=1>Steve/WG0AT 
operating from the summit of Mount Herman (W0C/FR-063)

The Summits On The Air (SOTA) program originated in the United Kingdom 
but has propagated to most countries around the world. The program came 
to Colorado on May 1st, 2010 with Steve/WGØAT sending a CQ from Mount 
Herman, just west of Monument. Today, the SOTA program in Colorado 
<http://www.w0c-sota.org/> (called WØC-SOTA) is very active with roughly 
180 activators that operate from Colorado summits.

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary/, /WØC-SOTA 
<http://www.w0c-sota.org/>//is organizing a *10-10-10 Event* with a 
challenge for Activators and Chasers alike. (Activators operate from 
summits, Chasers try to contact them.)

*Activator challenge:* Activate *10* (or more) *10K* feet (or higher) 
summits (in Colorado/WØC) within *10* *days*.

*Chaser challenge:* Chase Activators on *10 different* (or more) 
qualifying WØC summits (*10K* or higher) within the *10 days*.

*Event Date:* We will kick-off the event in conjunction with the 
Colorado 14er event <https://ham14er.groups.io/g/ham14er/wiki/> on 
August 7th, 2021 and conclude on August 16th.

Everybody is invited to participate, either as an Activator or a Chaser. 
Block off these days in your calendar now and start planning for how you 
can participate. Feel free to operate as much or as little as you would 
like. It is all about having fun messing around with radios. Any HF, VHF 
or UHF band can be used for making SOTA contacts, with the most popular 
ones being 40m (CW & SSB), 20m (CW & SSB) and 2m (FM).

Note that the recommended 2m FM frequencies for the 14er event have 
changed to:

*146.580 FM   North America Adventure Frequency *
146.550 FM    Simplex Alternate
146.490 FM    Simplex Alternate
146.520 FM    National 2m FM Calling Frequency
(as needed, please don’t hog the calling frequency)

There will be a leaderboard on the W0C-SOTA 
<http://www.w0c-sota.org/10-10-10/> website showing all participants who 
meet one of the challenges. More details will be announced on the 
WØC-SOTA Website <http://www.w0c-sota.org/10-10-10-event-announcement/> 
as soon as they are hashed out.

For more information on the SOTA program in general, see the worldwide 
SOTA website <https://www.sota.org.uk/>.

/Full Disclosure: May 1 is actually the 11th Anniversary, but the 
COVID-19 Pandemic interfered in 2020, so we are catching up./

-- 
Bob Witte, K0NR
bob at k0nr.com
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