The 52 week ham radio challenge - 2025 from KB6NU.com

 

2025

Week	Type	Difficulty	Challenge	Toots / Finished by
1	😂	🟢	Create a QSL card design!	4 / 1
2	📻	🟢	Monitor as many NCDXF IARU beacons in one week as possible	0 / 0
3	📻	🔴	Work another continent on 80m or 160m.	1 / 1
4	🧑‍🤝‍🧑	🟠	Research the history of your callsign!	1 / 1
5	🖥️	🟢	Update your profile on QRZ.com, HamQTH.com, etc.	0 / 0
6	📻	🟢	Take part in a contest!	0 / 0
7	📻	🟢	Find out which DXpeditions are active this week.	0 / 0
8	🧑‍🤝‍🧑	🟠	Encourage someone to take their ham radio license exam	0 / 0
9	📻	🟠	Try to work an FM repeater on 10m	0 / 0
10	📻	🟠	Listen to an amateur radio satellite	0 / 0
11	📻	🟠	Receive a weather satellite image	0 / 0
12	📻	🟢	Make a contact with an "unusual" antenna.	0 / 0
13	😂	🟠	Make a QSO from an unusual location and post a picture!	0 / 0
14	🖥️	🟢	Implement and describe a backup solution for your ham radio log.	1 / 1
15	📻	🟢	Monitor a transmission and take notes of the field strength	0 / 0
16	📻	🟢	Make a contact with a xOTA station.	0 / 0
17	📻	🟢	Which VHF/UHF repeater is closest to your location?	0 / 0
18	📻	🟠	Make a QSO in one digital voice mode.	1 / 1
19	🛠️	🟠	Simulate an antenna!	0 / 0
20	📻	🔴	Decode the RTTY transmission of DWD on 10101 kHz	0 / 0
21	📻	🔴	Create a GNU Radio flowgraph!	0 / 0
22	🛠️	🔴	Simulate an electric circuit!	0 / 0
23	📻	🟢	How many language can you hear on the radio this week?	0 / 0
24	🖥️	🟠	Make a contribution to an Open Source ham radio software package.	0 / 0
25	📻	🟠	Locate local noise sources in your shack/flat/house.	0 / 0
26	📻	🟠	Observe the solar data such as sunspot number, flux, K and A values over the week.	0 / 0
27	🖥️	🟢	Listen to the June 2025 SAQ transmission.	0 / 0
28	📻	🟠	Receive a station on 6m via sporadic E	1 / 1
29	📻	🟠	Make your own xOTA activation.	0 / 0
30	📻	🟠	Make a contact with another participant of the challenge	0 / 0
31	📻	🟠	Try a mode you have never tried before. Hellschreiber? JT65?	0 / 0
32	📻	🟢	Listen to a broadcast station from another country	0 / 0
33	🛠️	🟠	Build an antenna and make a contact with it.	0 / 0
34	🛠️	🔴	Match an impedance!	1 / 1
35	📻	🟠	Receive a weather fax transmission on HF	1 / 0
36	📻	🟠	Operate your whole station from battery power for one day	0 / 0
37	📻	🟢	Work 10 DXCCs on FT8	0 / 0
38	📻	🔴	Make a contact on Morse code!	0 / 0
39	📻	🟠	Make a 2-way contact with an output power of 100 mW or less.	0 / 0
40	📻	🟢	Which QSLing methods do you use, physical and electronic?	0 / 0
41	😂	🟠	Write a poem on your biggest ham radio pet peeve!	0 / 0
42	📻	🟠	Receive a SSTV image	0 / 0
43	🛠️	🔴	Create a 3D printable design related to ham radio!	0 / 0
44	📻	🟠	Receive a QRSS signal on the HF bands	0 / 0
45	🛠️	🟠	Fix something that is broken.	0 / 0
46	🖥️	🔴	Write a useful computer program!	0 / 0
47	🧑‍🤝‍🧑	🟢	Submit an idea for the Ham Challenge 2026!	0 / 0
48	📻	🔴	Transmit a QRSS signal on the HF bands	0 / 0
49	😂	🟢	Clean up your shack and post the most curious item you found.	0 / 0
50	📻	🟠	Receive an APRS message or beacon	0 / 0
51	🧑‍🤝‍🧑	🔴	Write something about ham radio with public impact.	0 / 0
52	🧑‍🤝‍🧑	🔴	Create an Infographic or Webcomic!	0 / 0