MY SOTA CERTIFICATES

SOTA certificates are applied for on-line and cost 1.00 GBP per certificate which is sent as a PDF file.

My activator certificates

Activator certificates are issued at:
  • 100 points
  • 250 points
  • 500 points
  • 1,000 points (Mountain Goat)
  • 1,500 points
  • 2,500 points
  • 5,000 points
  • 10,000 points
  • 15,000 points
  • 20,000 points
  • etc

I have received the Activator 100 and 250 point certificates.

My 100 point certificate is endorsed for QRP as I used my Yaesu FT-817nd at 5 watts or less for each of those activations.

I am currently sitting on 397 Activator points (as of 27th January 2020), so I have quite a long way to go before getting my next certificate - 500 points required.
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Summit to Summit certificates

Points are awarded to Activators for making contact with other Activators on SOTA peaks.  These contacts are called Summit to Summit (S2S) contacts.

S2S certificates are issued upon reaching the following point levels:
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  • 250 points
  • 500 points
  • 1,000 points
  • 2,500 points
  • 5,000 points

I currently have 1,673 Summit to Summit points (as of 27th January 2020).  I have a long way to get to the next level at 2,500 points.

My chaser certificates

Chaser certificates are issued at the following levels:
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  • 100 points
  • 250 points
  • 500 points
  • 1,000 points (Shack Sloth)
  • 1,500 points
  • 2,500 points
  • 5,000 points
  • 10,000 points (Super Sloth)
  • 15,000 points
  • 20,000 points
  • 25,000 points
  • 30,000 points
  • etc

I have reached Super Sloth level, and I am currently on 13,950 chaser points (as of 27th January 2020). ​

Shack sloth

The Shack Sloth certificate is issued for reaching 1,000 points in the SOTA Chaser section.

​This was achieved on 29th June 2013.

Super Sloth

The Super Sloth certificate is issued for reaching 10,000 points in the SOTA Chaser section.

​This was achieved on 1st July 2016.

Mountain Explorer certificate

Mountain Hunter certificates

The Mountain Hunter certificate is issued for working at least 2 different summits in each of 5 Associations.

There are 5 levels.....
  • Bronze - 5 
  • Silver - 10
  • Gold - 15
  • Platinum - 20
  • Worked All Associations

I have obtained the Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum Mountain Hunter certificates.  
I have worked summits in the following SOTA Associations (as of 27th January 2020):-

  • DL - Germany (Alpine)
  • DM - Germany (Low Mountains)
  • EA1 - Spain (North West)
  • EA2 - Spain (North)
  • F - France
  • G - England
  • GW - Wales
  • HA - Hungary
  • HB - Switzerland
  • I - Italy
  • JA - Japan - Honshu
  • OE - Austria
  • OK - Czechia
  • OM - Slovakia
  • S5 - Slovenia
  • SP - Poland
  • SV - Greece
  • VK1 - Australia - Capital Territory
  • VK2 - Australia - NSW
  • VK3 - Australia - Victoria
  • VK4 - Australia - Queensland
  • VK5 - Australia - South Australia
  • VK6 - Australia - WA
  • VK7 - Tasmania
  • VK8 - Australia - Northern Territory
  • W6 - USA
  • YO - Romania
  • ZL1 - New Zealand - North Island
  • ZL3 - New Zealand - South Island

Certificates for Unique Summits as an Activator

The SOTA Activator Uniques is a count of the number of different summits in an Activator's record.  It is purely the number of distinct summits activated, regardless of SOTA points.

I have activated a total of 77 unique SOTA summits (as of 10th October 2018), so I still have a further 23 unique summits to activate before reaching the first threshold of 100 uniques.

The Uniques Activator certificate is issued at the following levels:
  • 100
  • 250
  • 500
  • 1,000
  • 1,500
  • 2,000
  • 2,500
  • 3,000
  • 4,000
  • 5,000
  • 6,000
  • 7,000
  • 8,000
  • 9,000
  • 10,000

Certificates for Unique Summits as a Chaser

The SOTA Chaser Uniques is a count of the number of different summits in an chaser's record.  It is purely the number of distinct summits chased regardless of SOTA points.

The Uniques Hunter certificate is issued at the following levels:
  • 100 summits
  • 250 summits
  • 500 summits
  • 1,000 summits
  • 1,500 summits
  • 2,000 summits
  • 2,500 summits
  • 3,000 summits
  • 4,000 summits
  • 5,000 summits
  • 6,000 summits
  • 7,000 summits
  • 8,000 summits
  • 9,000 summits
  • 10,000 summits

I have received the Chaser Uniques 100, 250, and 500.  I have worked a total of 771 unique summits (as of 4th July 2017).

VK5 SOTA certificates

In 2013, as a self initiative, I started issuing certificates for VK5 SOTA activators and chasers, in an attempt to promote SOTA in South Australia and to stimulate some interest in the program.

These certificates are no longer issued.