On Saturday 3rd September 2022, Richard KJ7RTO, a radio amateur from Sedro Woolley, WA reached the summit of Mount Fernow and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 19 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 20 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Mount Fernow is 2819 metres (9249 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Mountains, Misc, Nature - Scenic
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as, en.wikipedia.org
By: Mike_bjm