On Saturday 1st October 2022, Atsu JQ3AJX/3, a radio amateur from Japan reached the summit of Ryuugatake and activated this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 24 contacts in total working on the 70cm, 2 metre and the 40 metre amateur radio bands.
The summit of Ryuugatake is 1725 metres (5659 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Ryuugatake is in Nara Prefecture on Honshu Island.