Previous operations include over a dozen dxpeditions as A61AD, A52DG, and /KH9, /VP9, /VS6, /BV2, /4X and /9V.
Don is an active contester and member of YCCC. Formerly the ham known as WB2DND, he wrote one of the first computerized logging programs (for N4NW, another Stafford DXA member).
Don has piloted over a dozen DXPeditions starting with the VK0IR expedition in 1997 and including VU7RG, 3Y0X, VK9ML, D68C, K8XP/KH9, 9M0C, ZK1XXP, and ZL9CI. He as been Webmaster for BS7H, 3Y0X, K5K, A52A, VK0IR, 9M0C, ZK1XXP, WB2DND/KH9, BQ9P, ZL9CI and other dxpeditions.
An avid CW operator, Don has been a member of FOC since 1993.
In 2006 he was an inductee in the CQ Magazine DX Hall of Fame.