On Sunday 17th July 2022 Colywn OE/M0YCJ/P a radio amateur from Scotland reached the summit of Hornspitze and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 12 contacts in total working on the 2 metre VHF and the 20 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Hornspitze is 2650 metres (8694 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA groups database.