On Monday 20th March 2023, Jamie ZL/N6JFD/P, a radio amateur from San Diego, CA reached the summit of Mount Ruapehu – Tahurangi and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 9 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 40, 30 and 20 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Mount Ruapehu – Tahurangi is 2797 metres (9177 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.