I’ve made some progress on my goal list for 2021.
2021 Goals Completed:
- Teach a Tech Class – finished the first week of June with 6 licenses granted in RI
- As of June 16, I have 1,772 Qs in the log for 2021 (goal was 1,500)
2021 Goals Underway:
- 40 out of 50 POTA here in RI (likely stalled until the fall)
- 1462 out of 1500 for DXCC Challenge (increase of 10 so far)
- 160m DXCC Challenge stuck at 93 (+ a QSL)
I suspect I may fail my goal on the last two. I spent most of my spare time in Jan/Feb/Mar working POTA (rather than 160m contacts). And many of my needed DXCC contacts depended on DXpeditions, mostly canceled due to COVID.
In March, I decided to sign up for the CW Academy and spent April/May working on that about 10 hours a week. That allowed me to add 2 new goals:
- Increase TX speed to 25 WPM (I manage 27 fairly easily), and RX to 35
- Participate in 50 CWT contests by year end (I’m at 24, with 28 weeks to go)
