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I am looking for ideas on how to use a concrete boundary marker to secure a mast to hold the end of a End Fed Half Wave. The picture below shows the type of marker and I was thinking of using saddle clamps to secure the mast to the marker but the only holes run north to south and I don't ... read

Not sure, but I read somewhere that the whole thing has been delayed because Ofcom was experiencing problems with their database...  Do Ofcom have an e-mail address for licensing enquiries? Perhaps it may be worth contacting them directly and asking them. If you do, could you let us know their response here? read

Hi! Does anyone know when we will be able to change our 2E0 callsigns to the new M9 ones? I regularly check my Ofcom page but never see an option to make the change. read

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I bought this antenna about 5 years ago on eBay. To me it works great but it didn'tcome with any instructions and I don't really know how it works (soon I will as I'mstudying for my icenses). I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me howit works and how to use it effectively.I was going to try and ... read

I bought this antenna about 5 years ago on eBay. To me it works great but it didn'tcome with any instructions and I don't really know how it works (soon I will as I'mstudying for my icenses). I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me howit works and how to use it effectively.I was going to try and ... read

Hello New to cat control of TX I installed HRD on an old W7 32 bit machine.  Seemed to install ok.  I thought i'd use it on a better machine with w10 and 64 bit.  The App just won't open .  I suspect HRD was only written for 32 bit machines - am i right? I can always use the window s ... read