| Date | User | Challenge | Status | Toot summary & link |
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| 2025-01-01 11:16:49 | mischk@bunt.social | 1 | Success! | For my TOTA Contacts I designed a custom QSL Card. So I also finished week 1 of #hamchallenge. HC01SIf you had a contact with me and didnt receive the QSL Card via e-mail, I was not able to find your e-mail. Just drop me a line if you like to get it.#amateurfunk #amateurradio #38c3 |
| 2025-01-08 09:28:42 | mischk@bunt.social | 2 | Progress update... | Today I stretched a wire across the yard and listened to see if I could receive the NCDXF IARU beacons. With this improvised antenna in the middle of Berlin I had a noise level of S7 on 20m, unfortunately I could not receive the beacons. In the last few days I have listened a few times via WebSDR. As I only heard OH and 4X on the Berlin KiwiSDRs, I put this down to the propagation conditions. I will continue to observe this...#hamchallenge HC02 |
| 2025-01-10 18:12:52 | mischk@bunt.social | 2 | Success! | Yesterday I was able to listen to OH2B amd CS3B with my improvised antenna (just a random wire, loosely stretched across the backyard in the middle of Berlin). I had a very weak signal and only read at 100W. 14100kHz, 10.25Z. I was not able to catch the signal on the other bands, but I consider the callenge solved HC02S #hamchallenge #amateurradio #hamradio |
| 2025-01-19 15:14:43 | mischk@bunt.social | 3 | Progress update... | after doing my "Support Your Park Weekend" duties at DE-0678, I am looking forward trying the 80m challenge tonight, together with DC4LW and DM8SB. #hamchallenge @hamchallengeHC03 #hamchallenge #pota #amateurradio |
| 2025-01-19 21:11:25 | mischk@bunt.social | 3 | Success! | @DC4LW HC03S ππ» |
| 2025-01-22 07:47:23 | mischk@bunt.social | 4 | Progress update... | @df5go thank you for the link to the vintage call books. I was able to find my call in a book from 1995. HC04 |
| 2025-01-22 12:00:48 | mischk@bunt.social | 4 | Success! | Unfortunally no more informations on the net. (2/2) HC04S |
| 2025-01-29 12:25:13 | mischk@bunt.social | 5 | Success! | updated my QRZ Page. HC05S https://www.qrz.com/db/DK4MJ#hamchallenge |
| 2025-02-12 16:03:18 | mischk@bunt.social | 7 | Success! | HC07SI wrote a little blog article about dxpeditions. The active dxpeditions this week are listed in the DXMB Newsletter of the DARC DX-Referat.Yesterday I spotted D44OA from Leeward Island via WebSDR in FT8. Lets see what else I can hear...https://dk4mj.radio/hamchallenge_dxpedition.html (german language)#amateurradio #amateurfunk #hamchallenge #dxpedition |
| 2025-02-22 13:03:27 | mischk@bunt.social | 8 | Success! | A person on Mastodon asked for help with the amateur radio exam. I pointed them in the right direction and offered to help them study. I think HC08S is done. #amateurradio #amateurfunk |
| 2025-02-23 08:29:48 | mischk@bunt.social | 6 | Progress update... | Der Just For Fun Contest Club richtet heute den 2m Einsteiger Contestaus. Wer Contsting mal ausprobieren mΓΆchte oder Einsteiger*innen helfen, ihre Contestskills zu trainieren, kann heute 15-17 UhrLokalzeit auf 2m in FM hΓΆren und sich beteiligen, damit es auch einigeGegenstationen gibt.AuΓerdem eine Gelegenheit HC06Β der zu meistern.https://www.darc.de/der-club/distrikte/l/ortsverbaende/33/2m-einsteiger-contest/#amateurfunk |
| 2025-02-24 21:31:33 | mischk@bunt.social | 9 | Progress update... | Today I tried to to do a QSO via a 10m repeater for HC09. First I had to check the manual of my TRX, because I never did that before. It was not too complicated to set up the TRX for FM Repeater use. I set up my station in a park (Tempelhofer Feld) and tried to reach DB0BLO, I was able to open the relay and sent my CQ calls, but nobody replied. I scanned the other repeater frequencies but could not hear anyone. I dont know how much it is used anyway. (1/2) |
| 2025-03-02 15:46:53 | mischk@bunt.social | 9 | Success! | For HC09S me and @DC4LW scheduled a QSO today, after we both had no luck with the repeater next door, because nobody answered our calls. I set up my rig outdoors on a lawn, DC4LW worked from home with a rain pipe antenna. I heard him quiet well after he increased the power a bit. Later also DM8SB joined the fun on the repeater with a small antenna in his garden.Sure, we also could have used the local VHF/UHF repeater because we live quiet close to each other. @hamchallenge |
| 2025-03-05 10:13:08 | mischk@bunt.social | 10 | Progress update... | Building a 70cm Yagi for HC10. Very curious if it will work... #hamchallenge #amateurradio |
| 2025-03-06 16:01:33 | mischk@bunt.social | 10 | Progress update... | First try outdoors, failed: there where no FM transponders over my QTH. I tried at least to hear a beacon or something, but only background noise. But Ill try it again, there is a satellite with an FM transponder over Berlin in around an hour. HC10 |
| 2025-03-06 17:51:44 | mischk@bunt.social | 10 | Progress update... | second try also failed. I heard nothing but noise. Are there more crowded satellites? Or some more accessible than others? I listened to FM transponders. I dont have the gear to listen to SSB or CW... HC10 |
| 2025-03-10 07:00:53 | mischk@bunt.social | 10 | Progress update... | because I was not lucky with HC10 and my self build yagi, i did some more research this morning and found https://amsat-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/work_fm_sats-20131010.pdf. They say its also possible to work the sat with an HT and a whip antenna. SO-50 had a fly by so I went outside and gave it a try with my AT-D878UVII and the Diamond SRJ77 Antenna. I pointed my HT to the right direction and constantly adjusted RX frequency. I was able to hear someone calling their callsign. π°οΈπβ
HC10S |
| 2025-03-10 07:01:54 | mischk@bunt.social | 10 | Progress update... | because I had no luck with HC10 and my self build yagi last week, i did some more research this morning and found https://amsat-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/work_fm_sats-20131010.pdf. They say its also possible to work the sat with an HT and a whip antenna. SO-50 had a fly by so I went outside and gave it a try with my AT-D878UVII and the Diamond SRJ77 Antenna. I pointed my HT to the right direction and constantly adjusted RX frequency. I was able to hear someone calling their callsign. π°οΈπ |
| 2025-03-10 07:02:54 | mischk@bunt.social | 10 | Success! | because I was not lucky with HC10S and my self build yagi, i did some more research this morning and found https://amsat-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/work_fm_sats-20131010.pdf. They say its also possible to work the sat with an HT and a whip antenna. SO-50 had a fly by so I went outside and gave it a try with my AT-D878UVII and the Diamond SRJ77 Antenna. I pointed my HT to the right direction and constantly adjusted RX frequency. I was able to hear someone calling their callsign. π°οΈπβ
#hamc |
| 2025-03-11 08:04:45 | mischk@bunt.social | 11 | Progress update... | Prepared my computer for receiving a weather satellite image from NOAA-18, which will fly over later. Installed drivers and software for SDR dongle, configured SDR++ so that I am ready to record the signal when I am outside later. HC11 @hamchallenge |
| 2025-03-12 08:39:36 | mischk@bunt.social | 11 | Progress update... | Unfortunately, I didn't receive anything. I used the antenna supplied with the RTL SDR stick. Maybe you need a more precisely tuned antenna? Or the Statellit was not transmitting? I thought I was receiving at least a weak signal... Any ideas? HC11 #hamchallenge #amateurradio #noaa #swl #rtlsdr |
| 2025-03-12 08:43:36 | mischk@bunt.social | 11 | Progress update... | Unfortunately, I didn't receive anything. I used the antenna supplied with the RTL SDR stick. Maybe you need a more precisely tuned antenna? Or the satellite was not transmitting? I thought I was receiving at least a weak signal... Any ideas? HC11 #hamchallenge #amateurradio #noaa #swl #rtlsdr |
| 2025-04-04 17:19:22 | mischk@bunt.social | 14 | Success! | this one was easy again. I log with POLO and export the logs, then upload them to wavelog and qrz.com. I also save them on my laptop, which is backed up once a month on an external disk. HC14S #hamchallenge #amateurradio |
| 2025-04-07 09:23:59 | mischk@bunt.social | 15 | Progress update... | HC15: "Monitor a transmission and take notes of the field strength" Do I monitor the S-Meter or what value is asked for?@DJ5CW |
| 2025-04-15 07:14:47 | mischk@bunt.social | 16 | Progress update... | this weekend is Parks on the air Spring Support your Park Weekend. A great opportunity to pack your gear and activate the nearby park. HC16 #hamchallenge |
| 2025-04-19 17:56:03 | mischk@bunt.social | 16 | Success! | My activation of DE-0605 went great. I went to the trail 200 meters away from where I am staying at the moment, built up my setup and did all the 10 QSOs only by hunting other stations. 8 Park to Park contacts, and two special calls for "100 years of IARU" events in France and Spain. HC16S #ParksOnTheAir #pota #amateurradio |