On Wednesday 10th August 2022, Shin-Ichi JH3GBD/7 a radio amateur from Japan reached the summit of Bandaisan and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 56 contacts in total working on the 40, 20, 17 and 15 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit Bandaisan is 1816 metres (5958 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.