On Friday 1st September 2023, Marnus ZS6MSM, a radio amateur from Nelspruit, South Africa reached the summit of Mapoch and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 21 contacts in total working on the 40m and 20m amateur radio bands.
The summit of Mapoch is 2028 metres (6654 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Mountains, Misc
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as
By: Mike_bjm