Dave Owen
@davelowen.bsky.social
Financial services, father, husband, allotment novice, radio amateur, runner, cycling, fitness, good food, jazz, bass guitar, rock, blues. Derbyshire, UK
England - a straw coloured roasting hot land - POTA in the heat. The POTA PERformer is efficient - how come people pay more to waste watts? Antenna choice - why use anything but this? … (for POTA and alike) youtube.com/shorts/w9Z6x... #hamradio
Antenna choice - why use anything but this? … (for POTA and alike)
YouTube video by G3LRC’s Ham Radio
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@ultrahuman.bsky.social Ring. £350 or thereabouts. A hardly used Ring on eBay won at £32. Are we switching off this so called health data craze and listening more to our bodies? #sport
Apple TV and Dark Matter. What is it with Hollywood. I’m watching men in wigs - I can’t watch for wig spotting. #darkmatter
It made me wonder. Why are we so anchored on ground radials when elevated are more efficient in modelling? Fewer, less spend and more efficiency. Then, how few can we get away with? #hamradio High Performing Antennas - 64 Radials or JUST 2? The Shocking Test Result youtu.be/wSkVN4tseLk
High Performing Antennas - 64 Radials or JUST 2? The Shocking Test Result
YouTube video by G3LRC’s Ham Radio
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I was given a challenge. A limited budget and how to access amateur radio Ham Radio on a Budget: FREE Listening + Kits Under £50 (Beginner Guide 2026) youtu.be/dHA_dySC3OM #hamradio
Ham Radio on a Budget: FREE Listening + Kits Under £50 (Beginner Guide 2026)
YouTube video by G3LRC’s Ham Radio
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A mystery ATNO POTA today in a stunning spot. 56 in the log in under an hour. The FlexRadio Aurora remains a dream to use in the field. 73. #hamradio
Hey wonderful people at @icom-uk.bsky.social what a great project to sponsor. arc.ntwk.co.uk/pota/index.php #hamradio #parksontheair
POTA Info — Community park field notes
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This is fantastic! It could be (should be) a seamless part pod a POTA activation. Before AND after. Our active group of local POTA friends usually text (or net on 2m) our POTA recons. This is great.
When your hotel during the 🇫🇷 Tour de France is so questionable that sleeping on the balcony feels like the better option 😅 🇳🇴 Anders Halland Johannessen and 🇳🇴 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility)
Fellow radio hams. When activating a POTA, do you wish that you could know more about this park? Check this out. arc.ntwk.co.uk/pota/ #hamradio
POTA Info — Community park field notes
arc.ntwk.co.uk
Hard lessons learned coming back to amateur radio. Learn from what I’ve realised and save a few £s. I Wasted Money Coming Back to Ham Radio — Don’t Make My Mistakes (2026) youtu.be/ZYoQHNhJX-8 #hamradio
I Wasted Money Coming Back to Ham Radio — Don’t Make My Mistakes (2026)
YouTube video by G3LRC’s Ham Radio
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A few weeks in using the FlexRadio Aurora in the field The Ultimate Portable Rig - FlexRadio Aurora: Thoughts, Some Weeks On… youtu.be/4ZpconfapYQ #hamradio
The Ultimate Portable Rig - FlexRadio Aurora: Thoughts, Some Weeks On…
YouTube video by G3LRC’s Ham Radio
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Funny how nobody worries about your knees until you start running. You can smoke, drink, eat like a raccoon at midnight, sit all day, sleep badly, stress yourself into the floor… and most people call that normal life. But the moment you start running? “Isn’t that bad for your knees?”
Celebrate ten years of freedom and sovereignty with the Brexit Benefit Loo Roll From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Ham radio operators arguably treat EMF with a good dsah of wilful blindness. EFHW Cooked My Baby? Why Calculators Fail Urban & Portable Hams youtu.be/eg5FXBwSuqA #hamradio
EFHW Cooked My Baby? Why Calculators Fail Urban & Portable Hams
YouTube video by G3LRC’s Ham Radio
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@carltonkirby.bsky.social @pippayork.bsky.social I read this. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/carlton... You TdS coverage was a wonderment of sheer brilliance. Many thanks both. 💓
'I have only love for the haters': Carlton Kirby opens up about his opinion-dividing career in commentary
The TNT Sports commentator on his ‘Partridge’ years and surviving the wrath of those who don't have any time for his Kirbyisms
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Yes @gozwift.bsky.social My car has Tron mode. What about Zwift? #tron
2 meter band nets. What happened to the art of conversation? Instead it’s a-meter readings, audio judgements and illness updates #hamradio
I can’t believe that tonight will be the last ever edition of the Tour de France highlights on @itvx.com. Another crown jewel of global sport lost to terrestrial TV. Thank you Gary Imlach and team for a wonderful show. Summers will not be the same again
An HF contesting weekend again and therefore more bike time available. The TdFFaZ event was very enjoyable. Thanks @gozwift.bsky.social #cycling
Every now and then, a new technology allows a new economic system to develop. We are living in one of these moments, this is a critically important change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYM...
No Energy Bills? The Radical Plan To Make Energy Much Cheaper!
YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH
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My first use of a DX Commander Expedition out on a POTA DX Commander Expedition fist time use - POTA Activation youtu.be/_r_Hifhk3nQ #hamradio #radio
DX Commander Expedition fist time use - POTA Activation
YouTube video by G0OES’s Ham Radio
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Thought for the day. People selling SLR cameras on eBay take the worst photos of the cameras that they are selling. How come? #photography
The green jersey on Zwift today. The legs are good and inspired listening the to the latest @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social KM0 episode. It’s superb and ep. 2 should be easily as good. #cycling #TdF #zwift
