On Monday 4th September 2023, Manuel HB9DQM/P, a radio amateur from Switzerland, reached the summit of Vogelberg and became the first to activate this summit on the amateur radio bands for the Summits on the Air (“SOTA”) group.
He made 32 contacts in total working on the 2m, 40m, 30m and 20m amateur radio bands.
The summit of Vogelberg is 3218 metres (10558 feet) asl. It has a rating of 10 points on the SOTA group database.