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W2DON

@donvision

Radio amateur in the USA, extra class. Enjoying learning CW and activating SOTA & POTA Electrical Pretendgineer. Guitarist, recordist, commercial music composer.

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FB OM! I need to sort 80m at my station to maybe get you in the log next time

10.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to see this result! First major international Morse code contest less than a year after starting to self study.

Not sure how many chances I’ll get
to win NA for a major contest overlay on my backyard wire antennas from the W6 so I will take it hah.

10.03.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah ok, won’t be active there myself.

09.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I miss his updates here! Rare for me to work him. I got one P2P long ago w him.

09.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜uge?

05.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

fb!

04.03.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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100W is hard to turn back to QRP from!

01.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CW POTA with green hills, sunshine and clean air? I’m in.

#MorseCode #ParksOnTheAir #AmateurRadio

01.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope all goes well with both endeavors

01.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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W6 SOTA activators meet up last week. Several mountain goats and a seven summits finisher! Then there’s
me, eating any leftover pizza!

25.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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M/M @ N6RO for ARRL DX CW

22.02.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is there is a hidden message here

22.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Gary never misses!! I have two Gus/Lenny cards and now Charlie.

He makes me want to print up another variant of my own card, so I’m not just sending him the same one every time

19.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lenny, Gus and now Charlie?? My cup runneth over!

19.02.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#SOTA activation today of Sollube EA2/BI-033. Strongs winds, but at least no rain! 1st day in 2 weeks!
VHF-SSB and 20m CW (with poor prop, but +-40 Qs)
Used my new 4el 145 yagi with good results (a bit heavier than expected πŸ˜…) #hamradio

18.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.02.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A good rainy day POTA. 100W pushed my beeps over the North Pole to England and France + to the East Coast

#ParksOnTheAir #AmateurRadio

17.02.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

CW is allowed almost everywhere on the bands here lol

15.02.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.02.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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First summit on the air this year!

14.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀞

14.02.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This will allow two operators on one band at the same time, one running or calling out and the other looking for stations calling

11.02.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Put in some work this weekend at contest station N6RO to add in-band 15 m capability. Four vertical dipoles tuned for 15 m band, one is active and the other are reflectors.

850 feet of LMR600 was suspended over the working vineyard to service this new antenna array.

11.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if i have to sell my Swarovski Shrek because of AI i will be furious

11.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 634 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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At this kid went back to normal after eating an apple

05.02.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Back at #ParksOnTheAir after a month away with contesting and family time. I wrapped up UTC midnight on Monday, minutes before a solar flare hit! Conditions were excellent.

#hamradio #amateurradio #morsecode

04.02.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stepstorm what are you doing

29.01.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trials are the compromise!

27.01.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.01.2026 05:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s still at it too! just replaced the truss rod and saved it from being wall furniture

21.01.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0