On Tuesday 13th September 2022, Manuel HB9DQM/P, a radio amateur from Switzerland reached the summit of Marchhorn and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 38 contacts in total working on the 40, 20 and 17 metre HF amateur radio bands.
The summit of Marchhorn is 2962 metres (9718 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.
Mountains, Misc, Nature - Scenic
Links: www.sotadata.org.uk, sotl.as, en.wikipedia.org
By: Mike_bjm