{"id":5285,"date":"2026-04-21T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:37:58","slug":"uk-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/uk-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Awards&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The British Overseas Territories Award (BOTA) is a new program by GMFF for licensed amateur radio operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 526w, http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-270x270.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The program offers two award tracks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explorer Series: For operators activating from qualifying islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter Series: For operators making confirmed contacts with these islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awards are issued in increments from 10 up to 100 different islands. You can review the official island reference list, program rules, and application procedures here: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmff.uk\/bota?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbmU0cnREUjJEc1RCWDBaV3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5GFj7Padt04nOJisy78OVbLB5L9zRN5hy_cgzZ3aseZ4MSHq2h937xzBEUgA_aem_OzTOCPo8nalNqjXe0fOxog\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gmff.uk\/bota<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other UK Awards: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmff.uk\/\">https:\/\/gmff.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Overseas Territories Award (BOTA) is a new program by GMFF for licensed amateur radio operators. The program offers two award tracks: Explorer Series: For operators activating from qualifying islands. Hunter Series: For operators making confirmed contacts with these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/uk-awards\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5285\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}