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Steve Bunting

@M0BPQ

Steve's ham radio tweets

 London
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Joined December 2009
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The lovely people @ARDC_73 are looking for volunteers. If you'd like to shape the future of amateur radio with someone else's money then look here ardc.net/volunteer-with-ardc…
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The BBC kids show Hey Duggee has those beautiful in jokes for parents. This cb radio section made me laugh.
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An RTL-SDR dongle, aimed at empty sky, now makes my passwords. Useless — /dev/urandom was right there. Fun — every character carries measured entropy, not vibes: NIST SP 800-90B, half thrown away. radio-noise-key-generator 0.1.0 73 de OK1BR #hamradio #rtlsdr #sdr #linux
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Did you know your website and email redirect is broken @PI4CC ? I was looking for info on your HP BPFs and the wayback machine hasnt archived the images
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It takes a big team to run @scouts #JOTA @GB2GP and this group of volunteers are all amazing. Thank you for giving up your time to inspire young people!
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Photos all taken by the Scout Content team - all credit to them for great pictures!
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The @FlexRadioSystem radios were put to good use @GB2GP Scout #JOTA this weekend. Being able to run outreach activities in a large room and remote to our stations over the LAN was perfect
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It’s #Jota at ⁦@GB2GP⁩ this weekend and we’ve got young people making yagis to radio direction find their way towards a transmitter. The winners got some ⁦@ARDC_73⁩ stickers!
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I'm speaking at @theRSGB convention tomorrow on behalf of @ARDC_73. Swing by and say hello if you have a moment. I have free ARDC merch to give away! (spoiler - it's just some stickers, but nice stickers!) rsgb.services//public/events…
ARDC (@ARDC_73) profile pictureARDC@ARDC_7310 Oct 2025
Speak with a team member at @PacificonOrg or @theRSGB 2025 Convention if you want to learn more about ARDC, and for those of you at the latter, be sure to attend our talk on Sunday afternoon! #ardc #amateurradio #hamradio #science #technology
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Steve Bunting retweeted
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ARDC@ARDC_737 Oct 2025
We have several committees to choose from, so there’s sure to be an option for anyone that’s interested in volunteering with us. Deadline to apply is October 31. #ardc #hamradio #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #science #technology
ARDC (@ARDC_73) profile pictureARDC@ARDC_731 Oct 2025
We’re currently recruiting for our 2026 volunteer cohort. Interested? Check out the link to our related blog post. You have until October 31 to apply! #ardc #hamradio #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #science #technology
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I’m on the Grants Advisory Committee and there is always an interesting set of proposals to read and a great set of experts to learn alongside. I’m staying for another year. Don’t let that put you off though 🤣
ARDC (@ARDC_73) profile pictureARDC@ARDC_7316 Sep 2025
Want to make a difference? Volunteer with us at ARDC! We’re now accepting applications for our 2026 volunteer cohort, which includes some new roles. Check out our latest blog post for more details: ardc.net/join-ardcs-2026-vol… #ardc #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #technology
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TheFastShow@TheFastShow130 Jun 2025
The weather in the UK right now 🌞🌞🌞 #thefastshow #heatwave #scorchio
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I want to finish ARRL WAS on 12m whilst we have solar max, but I am struggling to find Alaska. Any tips? PSK-R suggests I'm not even hearing one even though I leave my yagi pointing that way. I've had false hope from a KL7 in Texas.....
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LORA aprs igate running for weeks, but only gates when I’m within 1/2 mile. Other local gates like @m0taz hear my mobile much better. I guess the lilygo boards have no front end filtering? So mine is being flattened by the mobile phone cell on the tower? I’ll add this!
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Im pretty sure it’s tuned to pass 432mhz so might be rubbish as 439MHz Lora filter. Let’s see over the next few days. Maybe an @Uptronics preamp/filter would be better
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I bought a SSB electronics preamp from @DxShop. (Pre)Amplifies as advertised with 12V up the coax. SWR is fine with no dc applied. When I add @g4hup Bias-tee the ant shows 2.4:1 Swr with 30W. Swapped bias tee for a @m1geo one that works great on my 2m system same result 2.4:1 1/
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Removing the bias t and use back to back adapter, swr is fine so cables ok. VNA sweep on bias Tees suggests the insertion loss is as advertised. The same result with two sequencers. The preamp has vox at this power. What’s going on? 2/
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Thanks for the contact @4s7ab !
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It was the Marconi 2m contest this weekend in Region 1. For once we had an tropo opening and I made lots of cw contacts from London with just 25W - best was over 1500km
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The 2m Marconi contest is usually a slog from the uk as we are too far from Central European centre of activity. This year we got a duct! Al worked with barefoot transverter and 9 elements.
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