Phil DL9PK

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New to this. Coding. Ham Radio. Music.
@ham-js/cathttps://github.com/ham-js/cat
52 Week Ham Radio Challengehttps://hamchallenge.org
CQSpotshttps://cqspots.info

#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

draussenfuchs.de | Die Funkfuchssuche für Groß und Klein

#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 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.

#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 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 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.

#hamchallenge week 16 - Operate in an uncommon digital mode

Which mode did you choose? What hardware or software did you use? Were you able to make a QSO? https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/34/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.

Built my first transceiver (QMX+) and made the first QSO! Thanks to DL9PK and all the great people from the QMX community for all the support while debugging to get it up and running.

Thumbs up for @hamchallenge
HC15S

#hamchallenge week 15 - Build your own radio and make a QSO with it!

Whether you acquire a kit or come up with your very own transceiver design is up to you. What did you build? How well did the building go? Any problems that came up and how did you deal with them? What was your equipment used in building? How well does your device work? https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/16/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 week 14 - Make 10 contacts on a UHF/VHF calling frequency!

Time to call your local hams. Who did you reach? How long did you have to call CQ for? Which mode and frequency and which rig did you use? https://www.hamchallenge.org/challenges/15/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.