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We've reached the half-way point in the 52-week Ham Challenge! Week 26 was to monitor space weather such as solar flux index, sunspot number and K/A indices over a week and compare them to band conditions.

Data acquired from HamQSL images posted by a bot in the OARC Discord server. "Band Goodness" is an extremely dubious measure. Bad Science could damage your ecosystem. Consult a professor to determine if Bad Science is right for you.

#HamChallenge @hamchallenge HC26S

Ham Radio Challenge Week 17 - find your closest repeater.

Closest is a semi-private low power AllStarLink node on UHF a few blocks away, two VHF repeaters (#W8RP and #W8UM) with active nets, and the odd UHF to 10 meter band repeater also #W8UM .

Line of sight if you are up high enough are a UHF and a VHF repeater on a county tower, the VHF (#N8DUY) can be heard in a 10-county area plus parts of Canada.

A good guide is from #W8SRC

kb6nu.com/the-kd8lwr-repeater-

#hamchallenge
@hamchallenge HC17S

www.kb6nu.comThe W8SRC Repeater Guide

It's *barely* a success for Ham Challenge week 15. I didn't set up any more advanced monitoring system than just setting a reminder on my phone and trying to get to my radio at hourly intervals, so as you would expect, the data is extremely sparse!
If I revisit this one in future, I will set up a continuous automated measurement system using an SDR and a spare Pi to get a much more useful data set.
@hamchallenge #HamChallenge #HC15S

The important bits of my ham radio log are kept in Obsidian, and my backup strategy for that is to have a copy synced to git on another machine, and another copy backed up with Backblaze.

It's not a contest log (I don't do that) and I'm not perfect about keeping it, but when it works right it lets me keep track of things like who is interested in what on various local discussion nets.

Bonus: completion on call signs, tagging, hyperlinks etc.

#hamchallenge HC14S @hamchallenge

For the 14th challenge, 'Implement and describe a backup solution for your ham radio log.’, I realised that my backup options are simple. I keep copies of my ham log in different places like QRZ, Club Log, HamQTH etc., a copy taken automatically into my personal cloud backup, and my favourite paper logbook. I’m not an active operator and do not have the need for an offsite backup. #hamchallenge HC14S @hamchallenge

#hamchallenge Week 14: My #hamradio logbook #backup system is simple: My central log (to which I live-log contacts and import all my contest logs) is the console logger "YFKlog", which uses a MySQL database backend. It's running on a Hetzner VPS which creates nightly snapshots of the system disk that reach back seven days. In addition, a nightly cron-job creates a database dump which gets rsynced to another VPS in another datacenter. I also regularly upload my log to LoTW. #HC14S @hamchallenge

#hamchallenge week 8: There are few things more rewarding than mentoring new and prospective radio amateurs. In this week's challenge this is what you have to do: Encourage someone to take their #amateurradio exam! Everyone knows a friend, colleague or relative who may have shown interest in our hobby, but just needs a little extra encouragement. Give them hints about ways to study, offer your help and support, tell them about all the fun they will be having once they are licensed. #hamradio