The inspiration for this challenge is a QST Stray I saw about a year ago. A club in the Midwest challenged their club members to make a contact using an incandescent light bulb for an antenna. How about other items? Every time I go into a Home Depot I see many items which could be used to build an antenna: an extendable paint handle, rain gutters, metal flashing, paint cans . . .
The Eastern Mass ARRL section is sponsoring this challenge, and will expand it to the other New England states if there is interest. Let’s put on our tin hats and prowl the aisles of our local hardware store for antenna inspiration . . .
The schedule and timelines will be published soon on the Challenge website.
For questions and more details contact me at
AF1R@arrl.net