HamChallenge Bot

The #hamchallenge is starting into its second year!

In 2025 we had 70 different participants who submitted 798 toots. The most successful participant was Ian, M0TRT (@ian) who completed 41 challenges!

Thanks to Phil, DL9PK (@phikes) for taking over the organization and operation of the 2026 edition. He rewrote the website, open sourced it (https://github.com/phikes/hamchallenge.org), and collected challenges for the coming year.

Here's to a successful second year, and thanks for all the fun we had in 2025!

Dec 31 at 4:35pmWeb
Show threadDF5GODec 31

@hamchallenge @phikes Thanks for the new HamChallenge 2026!

Is there an archive of the HamChallenge 2025? I would have expected at https://www.hamchallenge.org/2025/ as was the URL pattern of the old challenge. But I get a 404 error there.

Show threadPhil DL9PKDec 31
@df5go There will be in the upcoming weeks :) We'll post about it!
Show threadB. Garfoot - is movingDec 31

@hamchallenge Awww yeah, we back, baby!

Seriously though, thanks to @phikes for taking this on - I was worried we were going to lose it. While I kinda fell off towards the middle of the year, I really hope to participate more next year!

Even the participation I did do in 2025 really helped me expand my radio horizons.

Show threadg7kseDec 31
@hamchallenge @ian @phikes well done @ian and excellent news for 2026
Show threadMatt GumbleyDec 31
@hamchallenge Congratulations @ian, a great achievement there! And thank you @DJ5CW for starting the challenge in 2025, and to @phikes for taking on 2026. I hope to be more radio-active this year and complete more challenges, exploring more of this incredible hobby.. Happy new year to you all! #HamRadio