| 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 |
| 2025-07-26 15:16:05 | mischk@bunt.social | 29 | Success! | I regulary do #POTA, and some month ago I also even did a #SOTA Activation at the Harz mountains.My last activation was on thursday in DE-1023, one of the new POTA parks in Berlin. HC29S HC16S |
| 2025-07-29 07:46:31 | mischk@bunt.social | 30 | Success! | @ian well in that case, I had a QSO with @DC4LW this year, so I can consider HC30S done too. Anyway, would be cool to make some QSOs to other Fediverse hams and Hamchallenge attendees too. I will setup my dmr hotspot this week again, maybe that's a good and easy way ;) |
| 2025-09-07 21:24:59 | mischk@bunt.social | 6 | Success! | This weekend I joined some radio friends from Club D-08 for the IARU Fieldday Contest. It was an interesting experience hunting for new stations in the middle of the night or endless calling CQ. We had so much fun in the field and I am grateful tonhave been invited to this event. Best QSO: I proudly put DC75DARC ( Special call for 75 years DARC) in our contest log. #HC06S #hamchallenge #amateurradio |