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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...

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

@hamchallenge HamChallenge 53: bringe den Bot möglichst oft an seine Grenzen ;)Vielen Dank für den Aufwand, den du in das alles rein...

@hamchallenge HamChallenge 53: bringe den Bot möglichst oft an seine Grenzen ;)

Vielen Dank für den Aufwand, den du in das alles rein steckst.

Today, I participated in the 2m segment of the Winter Fieldday / Bayerischer Bergtag from my usual VHF hill which is also valid for POTA...

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)

#hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk #contest @hamchallenge

Updated my QRZ.com and HamQTH pages and added links to my SOTA, POTA and Mastodon profiles. #hamchallenge #HC05S

Updated my QRZ.com and HamQTH pages and added links to my SOTA, POTA and Mastodon profiles.
#hamchallenge #HC05S

This weeks #hamchallenge was a nice research detour. It gave me both some new insights in call sign history and also revived memories into...

This weeks #hamchallenge was a nice research detour. It gave me both some new insights in call sign history and also revived memories into the times when I was a fresh radio amateur.

To retain my my research results I wrote them down combined with some memories down into a longer text. At the moment just for me, but maybe I'll publish that in future as blog article or something like that.

I started ham radio with a class C (VHF & up) licence and my first call sign was DC8TD. It seems that it was only issued once before in...

I started ham radio with a class C (VHF & up) licence and my first call sign was DC8TD. It seems that it was only issued once before in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

After pasing the morse code test I was issued my current DF5GO. That call sign was also issued only once before. Surprisingly the previous holder lived in the town where I grew up.

Source: old call books available at https://archive.org/details/dlarc

@hamchallenge #HamChallenge #HC04S #amateurradio #hamradio #Amateurfunk

This weekend's evenings we tried to find some DX stations on 80m or 160m using a web SDR. So far no success yet.@hamchallenge...

This weekend's evenings we tried to find some DX stations on 80m or 160m using a web SDR. So far no success yet.
@hamchallenge #HamChallenge #HC03 #amateurradio #hamradio #Amateurfunk

@hamchallenge I just spend some time listening for NCDXF beacons. Here a overview including power levels of beacon heard#HamChallenge #HC02S...

@hamchallenge

I just spend some time listening for NCDXF beacons. Here a overview including power levels of beacon heard

#HamChallenge #HC02S #amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk

@hamchallenge I took the map from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minerva_atlas_1926_(142708849).jpg) and used...

@hamchallenge I took the map from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minerva_atlas_1926_(142708849).jpg) and used LibreOffice Draw to add the other design elements.

For printing I used the DARC service (https://qslshop.de/), which can directly use ADIF data.

For #SOTA and #POTA activations I like to send QSL cards with site specific pictures.However, for the Wank...

For #SOTA and #POTA activations I like to send QSL cards with site specific pictures.

However, for the Wank (https://sotl.as/summits/DL/EW-001) which I activated last year I had no good photo. So I created this design based on an old and thus now public domain map of the Alps.

I might reuse this design idea in future for other summits.

@hamchallenge #hamchallenge HC01S
#hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

What great conditions on 2m today!I participated in the Marconi #VHF #CW #contest for less than three hours. As usual from a small hill in...

What great conditions on 2m today!

I participated in the Marconi #VHF #CW #contest for less than three hours. As usual from a small hill in Berlin with counts for #POTA (#DE0315).

I think, it was the first time that I worked Switzerland from Berlin. Many distant stations had booming signals here just if they were only a few kilometres away.

Summary:
Total: 10640
QSO: 31
ODX: 658 km, thanks #F8KID!
AVG: 343 km/QSO
LOC: 19
DXCC: 8
TRX: FT-818
PWR: 6 W
ANT: 4 el. yagi

#amateurradio #amateurfunk

I shared my VHF station with a second operator and we worked in slots of 30 to 45 min each. While she was contesting on 2m, I did a bit of...

I shared my VHF station with a second operator and we worked in slots of 30 to 45 min each. While she was contesting on 2m, I did a bit of #POTA as our little hill in Berlin is not only good for VHF but also has the reference #DE0315. Using the #QCX-mini and a small #HF-P1 vertical I made 15 contacts on #20m #CW including one US station.

So quite a successful #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk weekend with 36 + 15 contacts.

Summary of a small scale participation in the #IARU #VHF #ContestTotal: 7031QSO: 36ODX: 547 km, thanks #DR9A !AVG: 195 km/QSOLOC: 19DXCC:...

Summary of a small scale participation in the #IARU #VHF #Contest

Total: 7031
QSO: 36
ODX: 547 km, thanks #DR9A !
AVG: 195 km/QSO
LOC: 19
DXCC: 6
TRX: FT-818
PWR: 6 W
ANT: HB9CV

#amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk #draussenfunken #QRP

#SOTA summary of a couple of days of family holidays in the Bavarian Alps:• We activated two SOTA summits ("Wank", DL/EW-015 and...

#SOTA summary of a couple of days of family holidays in the Bavarian Alps:
• We activated two SOTA summits ("Wank", DL/EW-015 and "Großer Kranzberg", DL/WS-058). This was the first time, I activated summits not only on 2m but also on HF.
• We chased 5 five SOTA summits and one GMA summit using our handhelds on 2m FM.

#amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk #draussenfunken

These holidays I invented a new kind of ham radio training course: using the questions of the new entry level syllabus as quiz for the kids...

These holidays I invented a new kind of ham radio training course: using the questions of the new entry level syllabus as quiz for the kids to fill in the time while waiting for our meals in restaurants.

#amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk

I participated today for about 2½ hours in the 2m segment of the VHF/UHF/SHF contest and made 22 contacts.Rig: FT-818 (6 W out) & HB9CV...

I participated today for about 2½ hours in the 2m segment of the VHF/UHF/SHF contest and made 22 contacts.

Rig: FT-818 (6 W out) & HB9CV antenna, so very low EIRP compared to competitors.

#amateurradio #hamradio #contest #contesting #amateurfunk

Unter "gentlemanly", "friendly" und "progressive" verstehe ich auf jeden Fall was anderes...

Unter "gentlemanly", "friendly" und "progressive" verstehe ich auf jeden Fall was anderes https://epa-arrl.org/the-amateurs-code/

Im DARC-Distrikt Berlin geben sie sich aktuell besonders große Mühe ein homogener Haufen alter weißer Männer zu bleiben:...

Im DARC-Distrikt Berlin geben sie sich aktuell besonders große Mühe ein homogener Haufen alter weißer Männer zu bleiben:
"Sogenanntes „Gendern” wird als politisches Statement gewertet und, da es unserem Ehrenkodex widerspricht, sinngemäss korrigiert.genanntes „Gendern” wird als politisches Statement gewertet und, da es unserem Ehrenkodex widerspricht, sinngemäss korrigiert." https://www.darc.de/der-club/distrikte/d/rundspruch/#c169498
#Amateurfunk

This table shows the results after some hours of contest activity on Saturday and Sunday. Rig was:• Yaesu FT-818 (6 W out) for 2 m &...

This table shows the results after some hours of contest activity on Saturday and Sunday.

Rig was:
• Yaesu FT-818 (6 W out) for 2 m & 70 cm
• HB9CV antenna for 2 m
• 4 quad series for 70 cm
• DB6NT transverter with small PA (2.5 W out)
• horn antenna (Saturday) resp. 30 cm dish (Sunday)

I am especially pleased with the 10 GHz score, first time more than 1000 points!

#Contest #hamradio #Amateurfunk #QRP #draussenfunken

VHF/UHF/SHF from a small hill in Berlin ("Rudower Dörferblick") in JO62RJ (POTA: DE-0315). #Contest #hamradio #Amateurfunk #QRP...

VHF/UHF/SHF from a small hill in Berlin ("Rudower Dörferblick") in JO62RJ (POTA: DE-0315). #Contest #hamradio #Amateurfunk #QRP #draussenfunken