On Tuesday 11th October 2022, Waka JG0AWE/O, a radio amateur from Japan reached the summit of Hakkenzan and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 46 contacts in total working on the 70cm UHF and the 40, 30, 20 and 15 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Hakkenzan is 1676 metres (5499 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Hakkenzan is in the Nagano Prefecture on Honshu Island.
Mountains, Misc
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as, www.fleemy.com
By: Mike_bjm