John Burton G4TQE from Shropshire, United Kingdom has achieved the coveted SOTA 'Mountain Goat Award', for achieving 1000 activator points.

He did this with activation of Waun Fach GW/SW-002 in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, earlier this year. Existing SOTA Mountain Goat Allan Jones GW4VPX was with him.

“I cannot thank SOTA enough for encouraging my return to amateur radio”

— John Burton G4TQE

John, inactive for quite a while, was tempted to get back on the air because of the SOTA - Summits on the Air scheme. He is an accomplished mountaineer, having completed all the Munros, Nuttalls and Wainwrights.

Many radio amateurs enjoy travelling to the tops of mountains for the challenge of seeing just how far their radio transmissions can be heard. Experimentation with different types of antennas from mountains is very popular. Operating with minimal transmitter power is often as much a requirement for running on portable battery power, as it is to see how far a signal will travel with minimal transmitter power.

Australia has a number of active SOTA participants.

More Infomation - http://www.wia.org.au/discover/introduction/mountaintop/