2022 was a good year in terms of my goals. I was able to complete all 5.
- Teach a CW Academy Course (Winter 2022)
- Teach a Technician Course (Spring 2022)
- Conduct NCRC’s first electronic VE exam (Spring 2022)
- Build my QRP-Labs QCX 20m Transceiver (Actually did 30m and 40m)
- Participate in 120+ CWTs for the CWops Gold Medal (Completed 163)
I’ve had to cut back on my activities for health reasons (easy to find new radios, not so easy to replace body parts). But I still think I can manage some decent 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 award for hunting 1000 parks
- Obtain 50 States Parks on the Air award
Perhaps I might be able to complete more than one of the “or” goals and manage more goals, or perhaps I might come up with another one to add to the list (50 states award added Jan 4).
Notable in other areas, I completed my 10th year as Secretary of the Newport County Radio Club, and saw the membership grow to just under 200 (it was in the 20s when I started a decade ago). I did apply for, and receive an ARRL grant to build out our electronic testing resources. It wasn’t a particularly good year for DX for me (likely because I was busy with other things, as well as pandemic travel restrictions). Hopefully 2023 will be better (as I sit in front of my rig trying to copy FT8WW’s weak 20m CW signal).
