I’m coming round to the arguments put forward by Rick @MØLEP, Tom @M1EYP, Barry @GM4TOE, Pete @WA7JTM, Gerald @G4OIG and others for not having back-to-back annual challenges, so no specific SOTA challenge for 2025.
Whilst the 2024 10m Challenge was fun for me [I worked far more long-haul dx in the last 12 months on 10m to ‘exotic’ places like North America than in all the previous years since first being licensed] it probably did pull a lot of us away from more general and personal goals (and other bands!). It did in my case: In late 2023 I was just discovering the joys of minimalist HF radio for SOTA activations ……
…. but I put that to one side about that time and went back to using ‘proper’ antennas to get in on the solar-cycle-max 10m miracle that everyone else was raving about on this reflector.
Back then I found the rapid set-up and pack-up times for my minimalist HF kit made it ideal for cold-weather activating, and I like the idea of doing a lot more. With my seldom-used MFJ 1830T and MFJ 1815T whips on the KX2 I would like next year to focus on 30m (my favourite band for lots of reasons) and 15m (little used by me and with solar-cycle near-max it should yield good dx in 2025).