I fat fingered reposting politics, sorry about that. Almost as bad as posting slop.
W2DON
@donvision.bsky.social
Radio amateur in N. California, USA. Enjoying learning CW, contesting and activating SOTA & POTA. Electrical Pretendgineer. Guitarist, recordist, commercial music composer. Politics and bots get blocked.
Another trip to a state park, another crowd of people wondering what I’m on about hoisting a 40ft/12m pole to slope a 66 ft wire.
The First Operating Class CW club has a lot of members but John G4RCG really is first class. Can’t always pick him up from the UK in California late at night but it’s great to talk to him when I can. 
The vibe of Deltron 3030 ages better every year youtu.be/RQRq98sdD08
Deltron 3030 - Turbulence (Remix)
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Just a little crispy, 80m tuning coil screw arcing to the chassis.
New backyard monument to my insanity. N6BT Bravo84, a vertical dipole on 40m (primary band) and 80m (tuned for about 75 kHz of usable bandwidth). Claimed 90% efficient within those resonances!
CW POTA!! This was a special one bc I talked with my friend Suke JM7OLW in Japan on 15m
“The Chupacabra is your misunderstood friend” - Brian Kenney Fresno
A carrier tone was interrupted tonight for CW POTA at US-0189 Don Edwards Wildlife Refugee
Late shift at N6RO, sharing late night duties with the man himself for a Multi Operator, Single Transmitter entry. You are seeing a happy OM at 1am running good rate on 80m. I had some good rate earlier too, 20m CW to Japan was lit at 140 contacts/hr in spurts. SSB on 20m peaked out at 200 Q’s/hr
Scientists Teach Father To Communicate Emotions Using Rudimentary Hand Gestures
40m still gave some joy tonight from California on my low dipole. Got CW QSOs along to East Coast and DX to Australia. Dusted off the mic to get Chile calling on phone. Even when condx are bad there’s good stuff going on!
Tom's Daily Space Weather Report@tomdf5jl.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe effects of the announced CME: increased solar wind speeds, unsettled to stormy geomagnetic activity. There have been around a dozen M-class flares in the last 24 hours. The MUF dropped to 10 MHz, we have disrupted DX conditions. Trend: a slow return to normal. #spaceweather #hamradio #hamr
This little one was waiting for me at a favorite POTA spot. Translation is something like keep going, it will get better?
Spectacular day on the 2-meter band. Average ODX: 1,900 km with 5 watts. #radio #amateurradio #dxing #dx #propagation
CWTs are too much fun. Except when someone calls me at 40something WPM.
Homer Simpson Retreats into a Bush
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ARRL DIGI raw scores are out, hoping I can take a top spot in the Pacific Division for single op one radio category. Not bad for low dipoles in a backyard!
Around midnight I came back to “Suke” JM7OLW on 20m. Mid QSO he asked me to try 15m. I’ll be damned if he wasn’t loud there too! Worked him on both openings on 100W. First time I’ve experienced a late night 15 m open. Had heard about those upper bands opening up long after dark. Two log entries!
Making beeps at John Muir Nat’l Historic Site for Parks On The Air
Last night saw an ultra-rare, powerful Don-to-Don @ Don CW POTA contact, as the sun set over Don Edwards Wildlife Preserve overlooking the SF Bay. Thanks to Don, VE3DQN calling me 2400+ miles away.
