On Saturday 8th October 2022, Eric N8JEP, a radio amateur from Mount Jackson, VA reached the summit of Gibson Knob and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 14 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 40 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Gibson Knob is 1359 metres (4459 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.