Wainwrights on the Air scheme improved
The popular Wainwrights on the Air scheme has been improved to make it easier to get involved.
The Wainwrights are the 214 Lake District mountains described by Alfred Wainwright in his seven iconic guides.
The WOTA scheme, which runs continuously, involves making contacts from and to the Lake District summits as an Activator or Chaser.
The scheme now covers Wainwright's additional 116 Outlying Fells.
Ascending the smaller Outlying Fells generally entails relatively easier hiking, offering visiting amateurs a simple way to sample the scheme as Activators. 2m FM handheld equipment is most commonly used and a standard rubber duck antenna usually enables a number of contacts to be made from the summits. Using vertical and beam types will naturally increase success.
More Chasers will also be welcomed, fixed, mobile or operating portable themselves.
Information is available at the scheme website, www.wota.org.uk.
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