{"id":1670,"date":"2025-10-20T04:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2025-11-09T18:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:31:57","slug":"tom-ke6sro-mg47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2025\/10\/20\/tom-ke6sro-mg47\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom KE6SRO \u2013 MG#47"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\nmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman \\(Body CS\\)&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;\nmso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Tom KE6SRO achieved the title of \u201cMountain Goat\u201d this past Saturday, October 18, after activating W6\/CT-044 Onyx Peak.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>This makes him the 47th to earn this award from our W6 association.&nbsp; Tom hiked with his son, Brian KG6BCF.<span 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