Awards

Of course we participate in SOTA for fun, but it is always nice when our efforts are recognised. What better way to record an activator, chaser or SWL milestone than a SOTA award?

SOTA General Rules 3.13.2 - Association sponsored awards

In addition to Programme-wide certificates and trophies, Associations may specify their own award system, which is administered by the Association Manager. These award systems must be defined in the Association Reference Manual.

Certificates and Trophies

Certificates are available for gaining 100, 250, 500, 1000 points (Activators and Chasers). These handsome certificates are printed in colour and are personally signed by a member of the SOTA Management Team. Each certificate is individually numbered and printed with your own callsign or SWL number. The certificates are posted to you in a board-backed envelope to ensure that they arrive in good condition.

For those with boundless energy and enthusiasm there are additional certificates for 2,500, 5,000, and 10,000 points.

At 1,000 points Activators achieve "Mountain Goat" status and Chasers/SWLs are "Shack Sloths". Achieving "Mountain Goat" and "Shack Sloth" status requires considerable dedication and effort and so, trophies can be claimed to mark this significant milestone. Each 9cm x 9cm "Ice block" is made entirely by hand in the Scottish Highlands. Craftsmen create a unique "running scallop" along each edge of the raw glass so each trophy will be unique. The trophy will be individually engraved with your callsign and the year in which you reached 1,000 points.

SOTA Uniques Awards

The SOTA Uniques is a count of the number of different summits in an activator's, chaser's or SWL's record. It is purely the number of distinct summits, regardless of SOTA points scores for individual hills. The SOTA Online Database keeps track of your progress .

Certificates are available for the usual thresholds of 100, 250, 500 and 1000. There being over 8,000 summits in World associations at present, then further thresholds of 2500 and 5000 theoretically apply at least! It is felt that this award will extend the challenge particularly for our leading activators and chasers, where points scores are large and well beyond Mountain Goat/ Shack Sloth, but often with less than 200 unique summits. It also addresses something that activator and chasers have been doing since the launch of the programme - counting their unique summits worked and activated. The same awards are available in the SWL section.

Claiming ...

Awards are not sent automatically - you must claim them!

To claim a certificate or Trophy, Activators, Chasers and SWLs should state what award they are claiming for, the date this was achieved and send with a cheque in UK Pounds drawn on a UK bank, made out to "SOTA" to:

You can also pay online - see below

To support your award claim, Activators and Chasers must either:

For SWLs, your log as submitted to Tom, M1EYP must be up to date with entries to support your claim.

Costs

Certificates:

• UK - £1.50 (includes postage)
• Non-UK £2.25 (includes postage)

Please also send an Email stating award claimed and date it was achieved.

Normal turn-around time less than 10 days.

Trophies:

• UK - £23 (includes postage)
• Europe - £25 (includes postage)
• DX - £26 (includes postage)

Please also send an Email stating trophy claimed and date it was achieved.

Normal turn-around time less than 30 days (trophies are individually engraved).

Online Payments

We can also accept Credit Card payment online in other currencies via Paypal (see below). An extra charge is levied for use of this facility to cover Paypal charges.

Paying by Paypal (UK claims)

UK £1.75 per Certificate.

Please also send an Email stating award claimed and date it was achieved.

Normal turn-around time less than 10 days.

Certificates by Paypal (non-UK Claims)

Non-UK £2.50 per Certificate.

Please also send an Email stating award claimed and date it was achieved.

Normal turn-around time less than 10 days.

Trophies by Paypal (UK claims)

UK £25 per Trophy.

Please also send an Email stating trophy claimed and date it was achieved.

Normal turn-around time 30 days (trophies are individually engraved).

Trophies by Paypal (European claims)

UK £26 per Trophy.

Please also send an Email stating trophy claimed and date it was achieved.

Normal turn-around time 30 days (trophies are individually engraved).

Trophies by Paypal (DX claims)

UK £28 per Trophy.

Please also send an Email stating trophy claimed and date it was achieved.

Normal turn-around time 30 days (trophies are individually engraved).

All certificates and trophies are provided on a not-for-profit basis by the SOTA Management Team. Any surplus used as a contribution towards SOTA's running costs. Any problems or questions - please click here to contact us.