Amateur radio resolutions for 2019 / 2019-01-08

The last time I did those was in 2017: Reviewing my 2016 amateur radio resolutions, and the new ones for 2017 and the hindsight results for 2017/2018 are:

• Improve the holiday/portable setup with solar power and a lightweight multiband inverted V
  No solar power (due to costs) but the portable setup is improved and tested: the fiber mast I bought for playing radio from several locations including amateur radio from a local park. Now to find more time to actually use it.
• Keep doing the digimode contests
  That part went better in 2017 and I had less time and/or energy for contests in 2018. Also in 2018 the interference situation got worse. So my net results in contests improved in 2017 and got worse in 2018.
• Maybe those satellites
  I tried at least receiving them a few times, but no contacts yet.
• Get a 2m/70cm vertical antenna on the roof of the dormer
  It's there, it has already been upgraded to a bigger antenna with higher gain and it's mostly used for 2 meter FT8. But also for actual talking to other radio amateurs sometimes.

The Sotabeams newsletter had an item "Setting your targets for 2019" which had some nice ideas and which triggered me to write this post. Things I want to try :

• Keep learning morse!
• Get more countries on more HF bands in the log
• Moonbounce on 2 meter
• Those digimode contests, and maybe a few phone contests
• Operate HF outside
• At least one satellite contact