John Burton from Shropshire has achieved the coveted SOTA Mountain Goat award, for achieving 1000 activator points.

This was attained with an activation of Waun Fach GW/SW-002 in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, on 20th March 2019. He was accompanied on the expedition by existing SOTA Mountain Goat Allan Jones GW4VPX.

“I cannot thank SOTA enough for encouraging my return to amateur radio”

— John Burton (G4TQE)

John, like quite a few radio amateurs, spent a number of years inactive in the hobby before being tempted to get back on air because of the SOTA - Summits on the Air scheme. He is an accomplished mountaineer, having completed all the Munros, Nuttalls and Wainwrights.

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