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
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2.3.2025 19:12Today 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...@hamchallenge HamChallenge 53: bringe den Bot möglichst oft an seine Grenzen ;)
Vielen Dank für den Aufwand, den du in das alles rein steckst.
2.2.2025 19:03@hamchallenge HamChallenge 53: bringe den Bot möglichst oft an seine Grenzen ;)Vielen Dank für den Aufwand, den du in das alles rein...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)
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2.2.2025 17:54Today, I participated in the 2m segment of the Winter Fieldday / Bayerischer Bergtag from my usual VHF hill which is also valid for POTA...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 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.
21.1.2025 21:32This weeks #hamchallenge was a nice research detour. It gave me both some new insights in call sign history and also revived memories into...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
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21.1.2025 21:18I 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...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
I just spend some time listening for NCDXF beacons. Here a overview including power levels of beacon heard
#HamChallenge #HC02S #amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk
10.1.2025 11:14@hamchallenge I just spend some time listening for NCDXF beacons. Here a overview including power levels of beacon heard#HamChallenge #HC02S...@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.
4.1.2025 11:29@hamchallenge I took the map from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minerva_atlas_1926_(142708849).jpg) and used...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.
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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
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.
8.9.2024 18:57I 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...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
8.9.2024 15:53Summary of a small scale participation in the #IARU #VHF #ContestTotal: 7031QSO: 36ODX: 547 km, thanks #DR9A !AVG: 195 km/QSOLOC: 19DXCC:...#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.
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30.7.2024 10:40#SOTA summary of a couple of days of family holidays in the Bavarian Alps:• We activated two SOTA summits ("Wank", DL/EW-015 and...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.
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27.7.2024 19:57These 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...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
7.7.2024 19:11I 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...Unter "gentlemanly", "friendly" und "progressive" verstehe ich auf jeden Fall was anderes https://epa-arrl.org/the-amateurs-code/
6.5.2024 12:48Unter "gentlemanly", "friendly" und "progressive" verstehe ich auf jeden Fall was anderes...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 & 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
5.5.2024 19:36This 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 &...VHF/UHF/SHF from a small hill in Berlin ("Rudower Dörferblick") in JO62RJ (POTA: DE-0315). #Contest #hamradio #Amateurfunk #QRP #draussenfunken
4.5.2024 15:12VHF/UHF/SHF from a small hill in Berlin ("Rudower Dörferblick") in JO62RJ (POTA: DE-0315). #Contest #hamradio #Amateurfunk #QRP...