On Wednesday 20th July 2022 Paul K9PM/P a radio amateur from Box Elder, SD reached the summit of Chop Benchmark and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 31 contacts in total working on the 60, 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Chop Benchmark is 2395 metres (7858 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA groups database.
Mountains, Misc
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as, www.peakbagger.com
By: Mike_bjm