| Date | User | Challenge | Status | Toot summary & link |
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| 2025-01-01 12:03:27 | ei7ijb@mastodon.radio | 1 | Progress update... | I'm starting on 'The 52 week ham radio challenge - 2025', picking up the 1st challenge, 'Create a QSL card design!'. The idea of collecting QSL cards from around the world is what interested me to pickup this hobby. I’m glad that there are operators and experimenters out there who are continuing the concept of a physical QSL card. I have this perfect QSL card for myself in my head and I will look to put that down on paper. #hamchallenge HC01 @hamchallenge |
| 2025-01-04 00:07:13 | ei7ijb@mastodon.radio | 1 | Success! | I searched for the right software and finally decided to use Paintbrush for this challenge. The software was easy to use and I had no trouble in framing the details on the card. The final QSL card turned out well. #hamchallenge HC01S @hamchallenge |
| 2025-01-04 00:34:48 | ei7ijb@mastodon.radio | 2 | Progress update... | I'm starting on the 2nd challenge, 'Monitor as many NCDXF IARU beacons in one week as possible'. I was interested in the NCDXF beacons when I first heard about the same in a ‘Foundations of Amateur Radio’ podcast episode and later in a TSM article shared with me. I couldn’t hear anything from my QTH at that time and over the years I had tried, unsuccessfully, with different portable receiver and antenna combinations. This will keep me busy for the week. #hamchallenge HC02 @hamchallenge |
| 2025-01-08 21:58:27 | ei7ijb@mastodon.radio | 2 | Progress update... | I don’t have a HF setup that would allow me to receive the NCDXF beacons. I located KiwiSDR receiver in Éire and tuned to the beacons around 1900 UTC. I could only hear 3 stations, CS3B, ZS6DN and 4U1UN, on 14.100 MHz. Nothing heard on any other frequencies. I have few portable antennas that I might look to setup over the next few days. The challenge continues. #hamchallenge HC02 @hamchallenge |
| 2025-01-12 20:47:49 | ei7ijb@mastodon.radio | 2 | Progress update... | I couldn’t get the HF setup to receive the NCDXF beacons and so I had used a KiwiSDR receiver for the challenge. I will leave this challenge open until I can get a basic HF setup. #hamchallenge HC02 @hamchallenge |
| 2025-01-14 20:55:44 | ei7ijb@mastodon.radio | 3 | Progress update... | I'm starting on the 3rd challenge, 'Work another continent on 80m or 160m'. Similar to the previous week’s challenge, I might have to start with a WebSDR. #hamchallenge HC03 @hamchallenge |