{"id":9920,"date":"2024-09-26T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/rules-for-the-anniversary-diploma-hb20sota\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T13:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:09:04","slug":"rules-for-the-anniversary-diploma-hb20sota","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/rules-for-the-anniversary-diploma-hb20sota\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules for the anniversary diploma HB20SOTA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Purpose<\/h2>\n\n<p>The anniversary diploma HB20SOTA is awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of HB9SOTA in 2025. It is aimed at radio amateurs (chasers) and summit-to-summit hunters (S2S). <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Basics<\/h2>\n\n<p>In addition to these regulations, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sota.org.uk\/Joining-In\/General-Rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">general regulations of the SOTA UK program<\/a> apply. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Duration<\/h2>\n\n<p>The anniversary diploma is valid from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Diploma levels<\/h2>\n\n<p>The anniversary diploma will be awarded to all participants who have <strong>recorded the callsign HB20SOTA at least 20 times<\/strong> in the logbook.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Diploma QSOs<\/h2>\n\n<p>Contacts made during the diploma period with activators using the callsign HB20SOTA from a mountain with a valid SOTA reference count towards the anniversary diploma. <\/p>\n\n<p>Contacts between an activator on a mountain with a valid SOTA reference and a second activator (Summit-to-Summit, S2S) are also recognized. QSOs of a foreign station with a Swiss activator are also recognized, but the callsign HB20SOTA may only be used in Switzerland. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Authorization<\/h2>\n\n<p>Only QSOs that have been uploaded to the SOTA database will be counted towards the diploma.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Application<\/h2>\n\n<p>The anniversary diploma can be applied for directly via the website of the SOTA Group Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Shipping <\/h2>\n\n<p>The diploma is sent to the applicant by e-mail in the form of a digital image.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Costs<\/h2>\n\n<p>The anniversary diploma is free of charge for all radio amateurs who meet the requirements.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Entry into force <\/h2>\n\n<p>These regulations enter into force on January 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n<p>Jens Nolte, President HB9SOTA <\/p>\n\n<p>Jean-Pierre Theiler, Diploma and Callsign Manager HB9SOTA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Purpose The anniversary diploma HB20SOTA is awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of HB9SOTA in 2025. It is aimed at radio amateurs (chasers) and summit-to-summit hunters (S2S). 2. Basics In addition to these regulations, the general regulations &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/rules-for-the-anniversary-diploma-hb20sota\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rules for the anniversary diploma HB20SOTA<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9920","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9920"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10345,"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9920\/revisions\/10345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hb9sota.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}