Summits On The Air (SOTA) is an amateur radio operating award program launched in Great Britain in 2002 by John Linford.
[13][14][15] In areas that are not remote or difficult to access some SOTA activations serve as community outreach events.
[25] Operators make use of a wide array of communication methods including morse code, voice (FM or SSB), and digital modes such as FT8.
[26][27] Although all parts of the amateur radio bands can be used to make contacts, setups and communication modes vary across operators based on equipment,[28] environment[29][30] and license class.
[12] Operators use both VHF and HF signals to make contacts, in both cases enjoying improved line-of-sight propagation over obstructions that would otherwise block transmissions.