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@w2dab.bsky.social

Passionate about Amateur Radio, especially POTA and QRP. Living in the greatest city on earth (IMHO) 72 NYU/ITP Alumni’ 07

34 Followers  |  46 Following  |  24 Posts  |  Joined: 04.12.2024  |  1.9437

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It’s good. These NOAA Sats are near end of life though, so we need new ones. It’s a band aid, albeit a necessary one.

30.07.2025 18:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very nice, how detailed were your prompts? 73

10.06.2025 20:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Finished a case for my Soldersmoke DCR, now to figure out the speaker mounting…

02.06.2025 20:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beautiful day in NYC

24.05.2025 18:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Freakin’ beautiful!

04.05.2025 14:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘ I will ‘ holds a special place in my heart. Went to a concert at my son’s high school / LaGuardia and they did an a cappella version of it!

24.04.2025 14:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Way to go Willi… hope they use the Morserino!

24.04.2025 14:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Permission to buzz the tower, denied… I’m gonna buzz the tower -

24.04.2025 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Took first steps into DMR today by configuring a Pi-Star hat on an old Pi 4B!

24.04.2025 14:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dave W2DAB's NEW YORK CITY Homebrew SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver. Manhattan Construction IN MANHATTAN! FB! ham radio blog, electronics, Homebrew, soldersmoke, QRP, boatanchors, wireless, radio history, radio construction, Dominican Republic, podcast

Finished my Soldersmoke DCR!

soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2025/04/dave...

03.04.2025 18:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sometimes I plug a small battery powered QRP rig into it and just listen to CW.

24.02.2025 20:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you! 73

18.01.2025 23:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Like the mint tin board, where do you get those? 73, Dave

14.01.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Thanks to your post Blur - song 2

10.01.2025 13:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In Between Days - The Cure

07.01.2025 12:14 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe that’s why the song mentions the ‘jitterbug’ a dance that isn’t seen too much these days.

03.01.2025 13:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Morse code

29.12.2024 01:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So amazing, wish I had been a ham when these were around!

29.12.2024 01:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My son got me the Pi 5!

25.12.2024 17:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wow, congrats!

24.12.2024 03:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beautiful, Ten-Tec closure was a great loss to Amateur Radio.

24.12.2024 00:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

yes! Someday, big fan of his videos.

22.12.2024 22:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tried to reach K4SWL but couldn’t get through

22.12.2024 22:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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30/50 States on POTA as a hunter #CW #POTA

04.12.2024 23:40 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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