[3] Elk Mountain is located in a public landlocked parcel which became the center of federal lawsuit against four hunters from Missouri in 2022.

In 2020 and 2021, the hunters used a step ladder and OnX, an application that maps public lands, to "corner-cross" their way over the 22,000-acre ranch (8,900 ha) owned by Fred Eshelman, an entrepreneur and resident of North Carolina.

Eshelman pressed criminal trespassing charges against the hunters for "crossing into his airspace."

The civil case could set precedent on who can legally access millions in acreage of public lands.

This allows the station to be received over a significant area with only 630 watts of effective radiated power.