John GW4BVE on Aran Fawddwy GW/NW-007 in April 2008

Radio Ham activates every Welsh summit

Radio amateur
John Clifford GW4BVE from Welshpool in Wales, has completed the remarkable feat of activating every single SOTA summit in Wales. 

This was achieved on 27th March 2008, when he operated from the last three summits he needed - Fan Nedd GW/SW-007, Myarth GW/SW-035 and Craig y Llyn GW/SW-010.
 
John becomes only the 12th person to have activated an entire SOTA association.  However, the previous eleven 'association completions' had all been in either the Isle of Man GD (5 summits) or Belgium ON (8 summits). 

So John's achievement of activating all 156 summits in Wales (75 in North Wales, 40 in Mid Wales, 41 in South Wales) is not to be underestimated. 

• Summits on the Air (SOTA) is an award scheme for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas. SOTA has been carefully designed to make participation possible for everyone - this is not just for mountaineers!

There are awards for activators (those who ascend to the summits) and chasers (who either operate from home, a local hilltop or are even Activators on other summits)

More information at:
http://www.sota.org.uk/