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#hamchallenge week 23 - Organize or participate in a fox hunt

In a fox hunt small transmitters are hidden and your goal is to find them using a directional antenna and a radio. Linked below is a project by our friend Harm, DK4HAA to get you started. It's originally in german but the link is to Google's translation of it. This is an especially fun challenge to do with kids!

https://draussenfuchs-de.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/41/toots #hamradio

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HamChallenge Bot May 25

#hamchallenge week 22 - Show and Tell: Your manpack

What is your go to portable equipment? If you don't have a manpack yet, why don't you build one? If you can't build one: What would your ideal manpack look like? Transceiver? Power? Backup logging? Antennas? The backpack itself? Let us know

https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/40/toots #hamradio

52 Week Ham Radio Challenge 2026

52 weeks, 52 challenges. The #hamchallenge is meant to inspire you to extend your horizon in amateur radio by weekly challenges that touch all aspects of ham radio.

HamChallenge Bot May 18

#hamchallenge week 21 - Read your transceiver's manual and use a feature you never used before

What was it? How did you find it? Was it easy to use? https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/39/toots #hamradio

52 Week Ham Radio Challenge 2026

52 weeks, 52 challenges. The #hamchallenge is meant to inspire you to extend your horizon in amateur radio by weekly challenges that touch all aspects of ham radio.

Lieven - DF1CN May 18

I modified my ZS6BKW to work on 160m. I replaced my balun with an alligator cable that connected the center pin of the coax to both terminals of the ladder line.
It worked. Running 50W on FT8 I managed one qso with DL7GP (135km). I got -17 on my report. That's an improvement to the last time, where I just matched the antenna on 160m and got zero decodes.
While this is progress I am still looking for a 160m antenna.
#hamchallenge @hamchallenge
HC20S

HamChallenge Bot May 11

#hamchallenge week 20 - Build the cheapest antenna you can and make a QSO with it

What antenna did you build? How much did it cost? What was your QSO (band, mode, power, RST)? Be competitive https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/38/toots #hamradio

52 Week Ham Radio Challenge 2026

52 weeks, 52 challenges. The #hamchallenge is meant to inspire you to extend your horizon in amateur radio by weekly challenges that touch all aspects of ham radio.

HamChallenge Bot May 4

#hamchallenge week 19 - Come up with a ham radio challenge and share it with us

Remember many of the ideas here came from your fellow ham radio operators, be a part of it! https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/37/toots #hamradio

52 Week Ham Radio Challenge 2026

52 weeks, 52 challenges. The #hamchallenge is meant to inspire you to extend your horizon in amateur radio by weekly challenges that touch all aspects of ham radio.

HamChallenge Bot Apr 27

#hamchallenge week 18 - Complete a project no matter how big or small and write it up

Share your project with us! https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/36/toots #hamradio

52 Week Ham Radio Challenge 2026

52 weeks, 52 challenges. The #hamchallenge is meant to inspire you to extend your horizon in amateur radio by weekly challenges that touch all aspects of ham radio.

🌈 mischk 🇮🇱Apr 23

Last weekend - POTA Activity Weekend - I invited some radio friends for a little hike in the north of Berlin. We walked through POTA Park DE-1205 Tegeler Fließtal. At some point where the DE-1093 Berliner Mauerradweg crossed the Nature reserve we made an activation. I really like to do outdoor radio with fellow radio amateurs. Its fun to do it together and a good way to share the hobby. @hamchallenge @phikes HC17S #amateurradio #POTA #hamchallenge

🌈 mischk 🇮🇱Apr 23

Today I went to POTA Park DE-0996 Bürgerpark Marzahn 🚴.
Weather was great, not a single cloud but also not hot. The conditions were meh. I wanted to make a contact with @ian because he posted about his rove this morning, but I could not hear him on 20m. Anyway, I had a contact to US and one to Canada.
I also took my new radio. I got a used X6100 from a fellow Draußenfunker and I tried the FT-8 Mode for the first time.
I also tried to answer some CW calls, but they didnt hear me OR I was way too bad and slow for them to answer me 😆. @hamchallenge HC02S #amateurradio #hamchallenge #pota

HamChallenge Bot Apr 20

#hamchallenge week 17 - Get together with others for a (preferably in-person) radio activity

Where did you meet and what did you do? An outdoor programme? A field day? A ham fest? We hope you had great fun! https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/35/toots #hamradio

52 Week Ham Radio Challenge 2026

52 weeks, 52 challenges. The #hamchallenge is meant to inspire you to extend your horizon in amateur radio by weekly challenges that touch all aspects of ham radio.