| January 09, 2026 11:02 UTC | 1 | Progress update... | I tried some repeaters on Echolink in the last days, but didnt have luck to get someone. Today I called CQ via Echolink and had a nice QSO with Harry G0LHX from England. Well we talked about the weather and exchanged late seasons greetings :) anyway... the challengs is not solved yet. hc01 @hamchallenge #hamchallenge |
| January 10, 2026 10:35 UTC | 1 | Progress update... | Today, I managed to make a QSO via a repeater in London (GB3LV) using #Echolink. The repeater is connected to a larger network, and I had a QSO with EA7KNK from Spain. Many repeaters seem to be connected via a wide variety of networks, so you can connect via Echolink and then end up via Allstar in Spain on another repeater or an operator's hotspot in Turkey...
In any case, the first Hamchallenge of the year has been completed #hc01s #hamchallenge @hamchallenge
If anyone else is still working on the challenge, I am now QRV on DB0BLO, which can also be reached via Echolink (call for DK4MJ). |
| January 10, 2026 10:42 UTC | 1 | Success! | Today, I managed to make a QSO via a repeater in London (GB3LV) using #Echolink. The repeater is connected to a larger network, and I had a QSO with EA7KNK from Spain. Many repeaters seem to be connected via a wide variety of networks, so you can connect via Echolink and then end up via Allstar in Spain on another repeater or an operator's hotspot in Turkey...
In any case, the first Hamchallenge of the year has been completed HC01S #hamchallenge @hamchallenge
If anyone else is still working on the challenge, I am now QRV on DB0BLO, which can also be reached via Echolink (call for DK4MJ). |
| January 27, 2026 04:30 UTC | 5 | Success! | The nearest access point to Hamnet is only 1.6 km away as measured in a straight line, but i am on the second floor with many houses in between, so I am unable to establish a radio connection.
I connected to Hamnet via VPN and browsed around a bit. The web part seems a bit like the early Internet, with many private or club sites and broken links. I wish I could add a personal website, hosted on a Pi, to Hamnet. HC05S @hamchallenge #hamchallenge #amateurradio |
| January 27, 2026 05:05 UTC | 6 | Progress update... | βWhistle a DIGI- or CW-QSO!β what do you mean by that, @hamchallenge ? HC06 |
| February 12, 2026 08:55 UTC | 7 | Success! | I sent a "thank you" card via snail mail to Brett, KE9BOS, developer of vailmorse.com to thank him and the team behind the platform. I use it regulary to practice.
HC07S @hamchallenge #amateurradio #cw #morse #hamchallenge |
| February 12, 2026 11:58 UTC | 8 | Success! | I play a lot with LoRa-APRS recently. You can stalk my call DK4MJ-7 on aprs.fi... With the lora transceiver I can also receive messages. Im working on a handheld device with a keyboard to also send...
Today I installed aprsd and aprsd WebChat. I'll keep it online for today so you can send messages via aprs to DK4MJ-7 and I may answer later. @hamchallenge HC08S |
| March 13, 2026 12:22 UTC | 12 | Success! | @hamchallenge
there is a new outdoor activity program in OK, OM SP, DL and OE: Towers On The Air. So I signed up and activated my first tower in Berlin: Wolkenhain at Kienbergpark; at the same time POTA Park Kienbergpark and GMA Kienberg. HC12S #amateurradio #pota #tota #gma |
| April 23, 2026 15:09 UTC | 2 | Success! | Today I went to POTA Park DE-0996 BΓΌrgerpark Marzahn π΄.
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 DrauΓenfunker 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 π. @hamchallenge HC02S #amateurradio #hamchallenge #pota |
| April 23, 2026 15:17 UTC | 17 | Success! | 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 FlieΓtal. 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 |
| May 09, 2026 19:55 UTC | 18 | Success! | twice a year my radio club goes to a quiet village in Brandenburg for making and building radio stuff. I used the weekend to finish some small projects I had on my workbench for month. I built the 70cm Moxon antenna by @gaspode , the DARC β50 Ohmβ dummy load and the AIOC for my cheapo HT. At least I modded my FT 891 with a PowerPole plug. So... HC18S @hamchallenge #amateurradio #make #build |