On Tuesday 9th August 2022, Thomas OE3TBU a radio amateur from Austria reached the summit of Großer Trögler and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 18 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 20 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Großer Trögler is 2902 metres (9521 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.