On Saturday 16th July 2022 Manuel HB9DQM/P and Beni HB9HNT/P two radio amateurs from Switzerland reached the summit of Alpher Torstock and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
They made 63 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 40 and 20 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Apher Torstock is 2622 metres (8602 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA groups database.