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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Kevin Thomas. A top bloke and POT- HQ on the fuss about POTA. #hamradio #pota POTA Is Changing… Or Is It? Q5 & POTA HQ’s Kevin Thomas W1DED Explains youtu.be/k_GaINRbsIg

POTA Is Changing… Or Is It? Q5 & POTA HQ’s Kevin Thomas W1DED Explains

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Greg, KJ6ER, inspired my bunkers antenna and, Joeri, ON6URE, pointed towards the obvious. 4 radials. No PVC covering. PTFE on the radials. And boy, does it perform. #hamradio

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Number crunching: AI safety From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who has attended the UK Hamfest? Any good. I’m building up my steadfastness for a trip tomorrow #hamradio #hamfest

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...

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Anna Mac 👑🪱 🌈🖤🖤 @annamacb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

(Photo shamelessly stolen from someone I don’t know. I would apologise but I’ve lost my moral compass, if you find it, please feel free to return it.) No. YES. Yes. HELL YES!!! No. Ok.

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

50% of all French ‘parks’ for POTA were added in the last six months. Check the activation activity. #hamradio #pota

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally, a bag that holds almost the entire baguette!

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More on the hot air, System 1 thinking, that’s going on regarding the POTA team taking a beat before registering a ‘park’ #hamradio #pota

Can you see the issue? Dogging sites on the air. #hamradio #pota

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Using parks registered and land mass, this is enlightening. #hamradio #pota

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POTAexit - some folks are getting hot under the collar regarding POTA HQ guidance. Check this out. 1/2 #hamradio #pota

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A short bunker blast yesterday. >200 in the log. Thanks for much for finding and working me. LSB and using the Coyote Ugly BOTA PERformer antenna #hamradio #bunkers

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Amplify your amateur radio enjoyment with citizen science #hamradio Your Ham Radio Is a Scientific Instrument! | Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL youtu.be/aIOvGXoclcU

Your Ham Radio Is a Scientific Instrument! | Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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‘I won’t hold it but, let me give you a run down of my equipment…’ the heart begins to sick. #lifeon40 #hamradio

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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Gliobal Risks 2026...

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fascinating- ham radio tool M0ICR showed today that 6.9MHz was the cap for NVIS. Inter G was totally doable. Ergo - feed an efficient antenna and forgot this NVIS nonsense. #hamradio

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Churches on the Air. Tomorrow on 40m. Please listen out for G8FUN. It will be marvellous to get you in the log. #hamradio

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Every success to everyone doing the BIWOTA tomorrow. Stay dry. #hamradio

Bob Meier @bmeier79.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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Trump is the worst of all three!

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 28/08/2026

🇳🇴 Johannessen honours King Harald V at 🇪🇸 Vuelta after his death 🗣️ “We want to honour him in the best possible way by starting and doing the absolute best we can today.” 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/joha... 📸 Cor Vos

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

1:1 choke testing. There is a ubiquitous choke sold by the retails that is - frankly - garbage #hamradio

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@tntsportsus.bsky.social Please have a word with your British colleagues. The ‘Banterway’ for Pro World Tour Cycling is beyond awful. Just give us the cycling. No talking heads, thanks. #cycling

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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A year ago I wrote one of my most popular posts: "the financial crisis theory of everything". It looks at how the 2008 crash led to Trump, the rise of the radical right, Brexit, the war in Ukraine etc... I've taken off the paywall so it's now free to read. samf.substack.com/p/the-financ...

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The financial crisis theory of everything

Last month there was a fascinating poll from More in Common asking people to pick the main reason Britain is “on the wrong track”.

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 22/08/2026

‘I think that 0.09 happened when I passed my apartment’ - 🇸🇮 Pogacar reveals where he won Vuelta opener 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/i-th... 📸 Cor Vos

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G7IZU Radio Reflection Detection @g7izu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Space Weather Proton storm building A solar energetic particle storm is building following an eruption from beyond the east limb. Goes >=10MeV proton levels are approaching the S1 minor radiation storm level. Electron levels are also rising. #spaceweather #g7izu

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 22/08/2026

🇬🇧 Josh Tarling, third in the Vuelta TT a week after the death of his brother Finlay. 🇬🇧 Thomas 🗣️ "To put in a performance like that at the end of the week he's had is just fantastic. It just shows the class of him as an athlete and a person." 📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/we-c... 📸 Cor Vos

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You live and learn. $20 for a standard bar of chocolate on a @royalcaribbeanintl.bsky.social Liberty of the Seas cruise. £3.70 in Rip of Britain. I’ll be calling into Waitrose, on the way home, and buying higher quality chocolate with glee #cruise #scam

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Some of the parks in the UK POTA deserve this medal - just for turning up. This site is a huge step forward. arc.ntwk.co.uk/pota/index.php #hamradio

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

When using NEC modelling, there is often an assumption about ground - how about this? #hamradio

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

@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

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Apple TV and Dark Matter. What is it with Hollywood. I’m watching men in wigs - I can’t watch for wig spotting. #darkmatter

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 24/07/2026

🇫🇷 Alpe d’Huez last night… 🎥 @alefocher

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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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)

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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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

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Jessup_at_large @jessup-at-large.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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.

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 13/07/2026

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)

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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

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POTA Info — Community park field notes

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Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

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)

Dave Owen @davelowen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

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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…