On Saturday 9th September 2023, Andrij UW8SM/P, a radio amateur from Ukraine, reached the summit of Черный Грунь (Cherny Grun) and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 53 contacts in total working on the 70cm, 2m, 40m, 30m and 20m amateur radio bands.
The summit of Черный Грунь (Cherny Grun) is 1387 metres (4551 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Mountains, Misc, Nature - Scenic
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as, ua.igotoworld.com
By: Mike_bjm