Dave Owen
davelowen.bsky.social
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
Yes @gozwift.bsky.social My car has Tron mode. What about Zwift? #tron
October 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
2 meter band nets. What happened to the art of conversation? Instead it’s a-meter readings, audio judgements and illness updates #hamradio
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
August 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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
July 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
An HF contesting weekend again and therefore more bike time available. The TdFFaZ event was very enjoyable. Thanks @gozwift.bsky.social #cycling
July 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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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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July 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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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July 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Freaking Starlink
Is down globally. Since when did we think ‘F****! I can’t ride my bike as Zwift will be down? Red pill required. #starlink #cycling
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
‘CQ POTA…’. It’s all happening the Parks on the Air super location the National Memorial Arboretum. #HamRadio #radio #pota #NMA
July 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Thought for the day. People selling SLR cameras on eBay take the worst photos of the cameras that they are selling. How come? #photography
July 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
POTA. It’s getting g out of hand here in the UK. The dogging sites are bad enough and now towpaths and even worse, ways. Eg. The Staffordshire Way. It’s a line on a map that probably means 50% of licensed amateurs in Staffs could claim it constantly. #hamradio #pota
July 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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
July 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Working @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social I interviewed Philip Lymbery about the failings of British factory farming and how we can put things right to achieve a nature-friendly future. @philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk Link to interview: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
Sixty Harvests Left: Interview with Philip Lymbery
Philip Lymbery, author of Sixty Harvests Left, speaks to Bloomsbury Editor Kieron Connolly about the economic inefficiency of factory farming and how our daily habits can make a difference.
www.bloomsbury.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cycling fans & insiders. What is the news on the street regarding the new bike sponsor for Ineos? #cycling #tdf2025
July 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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If you are following #TdF2025 get the perfect daily podcast from @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social with @grahamwillgoss.bsky.social and @lionelbirnie.bsky.social as they follow the race on the ground.
#TdF2025 Stage 8 for @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social: Putting the Cheval in Laval.

Lionel visits the Louison Bobet museum, we gallop through today’s sprint finish with some help from Whitey’s Whiteboard, plus Picnic PostNL’s Matt Winston on the big picture for Oscar Onley’s Tour.

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July 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
At last!! Phew! We have DX Condx. Enjoy the radio everyone. 73 de G0OES #hamradio
July 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My positive V centre-fed dipole using a 7ft Firestik antenna. A thought experiment with ChatGPT came up with this arrangement. It’s a ‘Band Buster’ at the moment. #hamradio #POTA
June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I am reading a Bill Bryson book about a trip to Australia. It made me think. Other than the usual danger of dogging sites, activating a Parks on the Air in Great Britain, we have none of the dangers of an Australian POTA. How do they overcome most things trying to eat or kill them? #hamradio
June 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
These new DT Swiss wheels on @gozwift.bsky.social are well worth an upgrade. So digitally fast! #cycling #zwift #fitness
June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Only amateur radio can have EMF safety standards and has antenna kits with radials and guy ropes so camouflaged that they will harm more people than any EMF will! #hamradio #radioamateur
June 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Topical. Oasis live!! However, it’s a Parks-on-the-Air thing. It’s where I do my playing about with antennae #hamradio
June 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Sprinters’ jersey. Yay!! Zwift - a hybrid of cycling and amateur radio’s FT8. It has it all. #hamradio #cycling #zwift
June 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The new Yaesu Frazzle. No wonder that they are only sending them to tame reviewers. Come on Yaesu, you can do much better than this! #radio #hamradio #yaesu
FTdx101mp fault update. Both FETS have gone faulty! New replacements on order from Japan. YAESU suggests 6 weeks turn around under warranty.
June 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Recently I spoke at an event in Lille with an eminent French novelist. Asked to define the essence of Britishness, she remembered a survivor of the 7/7 bombings who, when asked on camera how he was feeling, had replied: 'Well, I've had better days.' She thought this was a magnificent response.
June 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM