I was invited to share "Summits on the Air" or SOTA, an outdoor radio program where an activator radio amateur takes his or her radio gear to a mountaintop and establish radio contact with at least 4 other radio amateur stations who are outside of the summit activation zone (from a few miles to a few thousand miles). The contacts are made with "chasers". I shared the nuances of activating and chasing, what gear, and what radio modes are used, and the skill sets required to become effective as an activator or chaser

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