Date | User | Challenge | Status | Toot summary & link |
2025-01-02 23:15:57 | AF0AJ@mastodon.radio | 1 | Success! | Let's get moving with #hamchallenge week one! I just created my actual QSL card a few weeks ago, and had them printed already. But rather than cheat, I designed an alternate for the challenge, just playing around a little with some Colorado-centric film photos I've taken. I'll post an image of the "real" one too (which is the black-and-white one).HC01S #hamradio @hamchallenge |
2025-01-07 13:58:54 | AF0AJ@mastodon.radio | 2 | Success! | It was interesting learning about and listening to the NCDXF beacons (totally unaware they were out there). Last evening on 20m, I could hear all the dashes for 4U1UN, W6WX, and KH6RS, as well as the first three for VE8AT.What's interesting is how little actual audible difference there was between 100W and 10W. HC02S@hamchallenge |
2025-01-14 20:17:08 | AF0AJ@mastodon.radio | 3 | Success! | Repost: Forgot to tag I'm going to jump the gun slightly on #hamchallenge Week 3, since continent-crossing is pretty tough on 80m with my set-up (I've managed Japan just once); forget 160m!This morning, I snagged an FT8 contact (only just) with NH6D in Hawaii, which is Oceania, another that doesn't happen much for me. I'm gonna count it as a win!If I cheated too much, I'll do Week 4 twice, using one of my previous callsigns. 🙄 HC03S |
2025-01-18 14:11:18 | AF0AJ@mastodon.radio | 4 | Success! | I nearly forgot about #hamchallenge Week 4... My callsign.Looks like the first in the AFØ series (AFØAA) was taken as a vanity callsign some time back, and that the rest from AFØAB forward were issued in sequence, including mine, in July 2024. It's certainly never been issued previously.I was planning to get back one of my older callsigns via vanity, but after receiving AFØAJ, it felt right, and I kept it.HC04S |
2025-01-26 15:57:48 | AF0AJ@mastodon.radio | 5 | Success! | I generally keep my ham profiles up-to-date, but Week 5 reminded me that I'd not updated them to reflect the new IC-7300 my dad gave me for Christmas. So, QRZ.com and HamQTH.com both refreshed accordingly.#HC05S |