W6 SOTA Association

Choose Your Summit

The W6 Association has 4,286 qualifying summits to choose from. Try using Sotl.as to plan your next summit.

Plan Your Attack

You can drive up, hike a trail, or free-solo to the summit (just be careful). Use a popular mapping application to plan your route using GaiaGPS, CalTopo, AllTrails, or others. Scan our list of summit reviews for help.

Activate A Summit

Get on a summit, spot yourself, and work other ham stations around the world.

Chase Others On A Summit

Contact activators from a summit, home or any other location. It's fantastic fun to work activators on mountaintops. Look at spots on Sota Watch or SOTLAS and try to work a station sitting on a peak trying to balance radio, key, logbook using a compromised antenna.

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SOTA will take you places you would have never thought to go. You'll make new friends who enjoy radio, hiking, and the outdoors. Portable radio has never been so fun.

Be Pulled Into New Places And Adventures

RECENT EVENTS

SoCal SOTAFest

On Friday, August 4 through Sunday August 6, amateur radio operators from around Southern California camped at Tanglewood Group Campground, San Bernadino National Forest. There they exchanged information on recent radio build activities, hiked a number of summits, and otherwise visited throughout the day and into the evening.

pacificon october 10-12, 2025

Pacificon 2025 will be held at the San Ramon Marriott,
2600 Bishop Road, San Ramon, CA from October 10-12. Highlights include forum presentations on various ham topics, Seminars, vendor expos, licenses classes and testing, as well as a chance to win prizes. More importantly though -

There will be three SOTA related presentations and a LUNCH on Saturday.

W6 SotaFest 2026 - Yosemite

Join hams from all over to hike, activate, and chase other summits in and around Yosemite National Park. This is one of the most beautiful areas of California, known for its Join hams from all over to hike, activate, and chase on summits in and around Yosemite National Park. This is one of the most beautiful areas of California. The area is known for majestic peaks, for its stunning granite cliffs, giant sequoia groves, and impressive waterfalls. It's also known for its deep valleys, grand meadows, vast wilderness, and diverse wildlife. The park's iconic features include Half Dome and El Capitan, and it's a popular destination for rock climbing, hiking, and enjoying the scenery.

There will be plenty of summits to keep you busy and loads of S2S points to be had.