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There are few amateur radio experiences that are higher than even a SODIS summit in the Austrian Alps, and the youthful participants in the recent youngsters on the air camping region 1 got to experience both, as we hear from Dave Lee, M9PLB. By bus, by hiking and even by cable car, young campers representing 29 countries enjoyed a view from the Austrian Alps and a taste of active-aking summits on the air on 31 July after almost a full week of the youngsters on the air camp. They feel tested the QRP rigs they had built in a workshop, and they simply took in the panorama some 2,000 metres above sea level. Although they found that VISTAs breathtaking, the highest altitude experience during their week of the camp was already behind them. Two days earlier, the 94 campers made contact with astronaut Sophie Adonaut KJ5LTN aboard the International Space Station with the help of VK W.