On Wednesday 24th August 2022, Geoff NR3E, Martha W0ERI and Gary W0MNA, 3 radio amateurs reached the summit of Black Mountain and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
They made 65 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 60, 40, 30, 20 and 17 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Black Mountain is 1262 metres (4140 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.