On Thursday 26th January 2023, Joel VK3LE, a radio amateur from the state of Victoria, Australia reached the summit of Mt Howitt and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 7 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 40 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Mt Howitt is 1746 metres (5728 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.