On Friday 3rd May 2024, Pi KO4TQF, a radio amateur from Hickory, NC reached the summit of Beartown Mountain and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 20 contacts in total working on the 2m, 40m, 30m and 20m amateur radio bands.
The summit of Beartown Mountain is 1429 metres (4688 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Mountains, Misc
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as, www.summitpost.org
By: Mike_bjm