On Friday 5th January 2024, ZL1RKW & ZL1KQ, two radio amateurs from North Island New Zealand, reached the summit of Hikurangi and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
They made 12 contacts in total working on the 40m amateur radio band.
The summit of Hikurangi is 1752 metres (5748 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Mountains, Misc
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as, en.wikipedia.org
By: Mike_bjm