Today we participated for about two hours in the VHF contest with my FT-818 and a HB9CV antenna. I made 11 contacts and the teenie made additional 8 contacts using my trainee call sign. #HC06S
Later today I introduced the teenie to the learning material available on https://50ohm.de/ #HC08
@hamchallenge #HamChallenge #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk #QRP #VHF #Contest
📝 New #blost - "Jumpstarting my CW Journey"
Talking about getting back into Morse code, practicing, and getting on the air with the #SlowSpeedTest this week.
Putting @hamchallenge #HC06S in the "W" column. I managed 8 QSOs on the 20m band as part of this evening's #SST.
Counting the 4 #POTA hunts I managed in the hours leading up to the contest, that makes 12 QSOs in #CW. Not bad for my first day.
There are technically other week's challenges I could also count for this, e.g. "try a new mode" or "have a QSO in CW", but I have other goals in mind for those weeks.
The #HamChallenge this week: Do a contest.
As a new ham, it's hard to imagine ever taking contests that seriously. I like that more people are on the air. I dislike communication as competition.
Nevertheless I had fun doing my first not-a-contest recently: Winter Field Day 2025!
I did all 8 highly contrived QSOs on VHF/UHF. I (unsuccessfully) activated a POTA spot and hunted (a successful) POTA activation.
#WFD2025 #US2755 #simplex #POTA #HamContests #EmComm #portable #HC06S
@hamchallenge
Today, I participated in the 2m segment of the Winter Fieldday / Bayerischer Bergtag from my usual VHF hill which is also valid for POTA (#DE0315).
In two hours I made 15 contacts to German and Czech stations using my trusty FT-818 (6 W out) and a 4 element yagi.
With today's activity I accomplished three #HamChallenge|s at once:
• #HC06S (Contest)
• #HC29S (xOTA activation)
• #HC38S (Morse contact)