Category Archives: Goals

2023 Goal Review and New Goals for 2024

Posted on January 3, 2024 by robert

I had an ambitious set of goals for 2023: Teach a class (either Technician or CW Academy) Participate in 120+ CWTs for the CWops Gold Medal Build my QRP-Labs QDX Digital Transceiver Activate 10 new parks in CT or obtain … Continue reading →

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Reached CWops CWT Gold Award

Posted on October 5, 2023 by robert

As of 0300z today (11 PM last night, acutally), I completed my 120th CWT (CWops CW Contest).  There are four short 1 hour contests per day (1300, 1900, 0300, and 0700Z), so at least 208 each year.  CWops awards medals … Continue reading →

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POTA Hunter Award for 1000 Parks

Posted on August 22, 2023 by robert

I just received confirmation that I have 1,000 unique parks confirmed as a hunter.  That was also one of my goals for 2023.  At this point I only have one goal left: To build my QDX Digital Transceiver and get … Continue reading →

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POTA Hunter Award for 900 parks

Posted on July 10, 2023 by robert

Yesterday I received confirmation for park #900 ().  This puts me closer to one of my goals for 2023, working 1000 parks. My goals for 2023 are: Teach a class (either Technician or CW Academy) Participate in 120+ CWTs for … Continue reading →

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Completed CWT #150 This Afternoon

Posted on November 9, 2022 by robert

My internal goal for the year was to complete 150 CWTs, which I just did this afternoon.  Only 120 are required for the Gold Medal, but I wanted to get a few more under my belt.  Actually, in theory I … Continue reading →

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Goals Completed for 2022: CWT #120

Posted on August 18, 2022 by robert

I was able to complete CWT number 120 early this morning at 0753Z.  Of course there are 76 more CWTs remaining in 2022 (4 a week for 19 more weeks), but I doubt I’ll be staying up until 4 AM … Continue reading →

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Goal Review 2022

Posted on March 31, 2022 by robert

I started the year with 5 goals.  Two have been completed and two are underway: Teach a CW Academy Course – This goal has been completed after teaching 16 classes in January and March.  All seven students were advanced to … Continue reading →

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2021 Goal Review and 2022 Goals

Posted on January 2, 2022 by robert

For the first time ever, all goals for a year were completed in 2021 Teach a Technician Class (Completed) Reach 1500 Band-Points in the DXCC Challenge (Completed with 1,521) Complete DXCC on 160-Meters (Completed) Reach a total of 50 park … Continue reading →

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At 16,000 QSOs in LotW

Posted on November 10, 2021 by robert

Not hard to do these days, given all the CWTs I’ve been participating in, as well as POTA activations. The percentage of confirmed contacts has been dropping, primarily due to the large number of state-side QSOs I’ve had.  Apparently, few … Continue reading →

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50 RI Parks Activated!

Posted on November 9, 2021 by robert

Lynn and I had anticipated that today would be a stellar fall day in Rhode Island, and it certainly was.  We left the house around 11 AM, and by noon (1700Z) I was on the air at the Blackstone River … Continue reading →

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