On Saturday 6th August 2022 Ryan KI7QEK a radio amateur from Phoenix, AZ reached the summit of Pine Mountain and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 28 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 40, 20 and 15 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Pine Mountain is 2437 metres (7995 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.