On Friday 14th October 2022, Matt JG1BOK, a radio amateur from Japan reached the summit of Matsuiwayama and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 25 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 20 and 17 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Matsuiwayama is 1512 metres (4961 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Matsuiwayama is in the Gunma Prefecture on Honshu Island.