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Summits on the Air – General RulesDate Version Details11-Feb-07 1.11 Rules 3.2.6 and 3.15 updated to reflect implementation of theSOTAWatch system.Rule 3.2.3 amended to avoid conflict with clause 3.14 regardingresponsibility for the appointment of Association Managers.Rule 3.7.1, clause 8 amended to clarify the number of QSOsrequired for a valid activation and to claim points.Rule 3.12.4 updated to clarify precedence in the case oftranslations of the General Rules into other languagesRule 3.14 amended to normally require that the AssociationManager is a resident national of the Association.Rule 3.17.1 updated to specify web site linking rules for the SOTAlogo.Page 4 of 15 Document S0.1
Summits on the Air – General Rules2 DefinitionsThe following terms are defined and have the meanings shown below. Defined terms arecapitalised, e.g. “Activator”. Terms that are themselves used within the following definitionsare shown herein in Italics.TermActivatorASLAssociationAssociation ReferenceManualChaserClassColEntityExpeditionGeneral RulesIncorporatedInternational ReferenceNumberIOTAOperating PositionParticipantDefinitionAn individual or group of individuals that activates a Summit forthe purposes of SOTAAbove (mean) Sea Level, referring to the height of a SummitAn Entity, Subdivision of an Entity or group of Entities. TheAssociation has an agreed set of parameters and Summits,which complies with the General Rules and which has beenregistered with and agreed by the Programme ManagementTeam (The Association is said to be Incorporated)The document produced by each Association, containing theAssociation parameters and a listing of all qualifying Summitsand other such information as may be considered useful to thelocal running of the Programme.An individual who participates in SOTA by working Activatorsand submitting claimsThe forms that participation in the Programme may take. TheClasses are Activator and ChaserThe lowest point along a ridge between two Summits (alsoknown as a “saddle”)A listing on the DXCC List; a counter for DXCC awards.Previously denoted a DXCC "Country". Seehttp://www.remote.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html for moreinformationA single visit by an Activator or team of Activators to a Summit inwhich at least the minimum number of QSOs specified in theProgramme are madeThe rules of the Summits on the Air programme, with which allAssociations and Participants must comply.An Association is said to be incorporated when its AssociationReference Manual has been accepted by the ProgrammeManagement TeamA reference in the form G/LD-003 or W-VA/BR-001 whichuniquely identifies a Summit throughout the ProgrammeIslands on the Air. A programme administered by the RadioSociety of Great Britain in which contacts with islands or islandgroups throughout the world can be claimed for awardsThe precise location of the transmitter that is being used by anActivator for the purposes of activating a SummitAny individual who is active within the Programme, includingActivators, Chasers and Short Wave ListenersPage 5 of 15 Document S0.1
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