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Good morning  I am looking at the AnyTone AT779UV as a mobile / mini base station, because I am not picking up much local activity in Burton.   The radio has three transmitted power levels of 5, 10 and 25w.   Would I be able to use the radio at the full 25w under a foundation licence, which is 25w maximum ? read

Icom IC-756ProIII, lovely boxed condition £675Icom IC-706MKIIG lovely condition £475Yaesu FT-817ND, immaculate, boxed with BNI DSP board installed £450Kenwood TS-570D VGC £400Yaesu FC-102 ATU £140 All available for pickup and Test in Chelmsford Essex, or can post at cost, happy for a visit to test any of the equipment at my QTH, G0KOM, email adrian@theradioham.com  read

there was a reminder in this months radcom for Hams to re validate license detail on the OFCOM licensing portal as ofcom will be starting on phase 2 and 3 of the ham licensing consultation where licenses may be re-assigned after 5 years of inactivity if memory is correct when you go onto you personal details page of the portal there is ... read

Ofcom must be getting fed up of FOI requests because they now have a list of allocated callsigns on their website which is, in theory at least, a bit easier to find than the FOI spreadsheets.   It's on https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/our-research/opendata in spectrum open data section.   Not perfect because it only includes ones that are described as Amateur radio license so it misses a ... read

Hi M0GUY! I'll look into this, most interesting. As I'm a tinkerer I might just have a go at making one myself - I've got a drawer full of Pi's & bits looking for something to do... Thanks too for the paddle stl & scad files! 73's Kim M7KEW read

Hello,   Anyone learning morse code (CW)?   I've designed and selling a little morse code trainer works with Paddle and Straight keys.   I've donated one to the NRC at Bletchley Park if you want to try it out.   https://morse.topbytes.net read

Yagi's don't normally need impedance matching baluns, but a 1:1 balun isolates the feed line / coax from the antenna to prevent the coax being used as part of the antenna and causing SWR issues so a 1:1 current balun will help Peter M0PWX (Not Pete M0PSX who runs this site) read

Hello all. I have a VHF yagi that was gifted to me. The box containing the balun was knackered and the guts had corroded so I have replaced the box but I am struggling to find a concrete answer on the best balun. Most seem to suggest a 1:1 but there are contradicting answers. Can anyone help? read

i forgot the file, the CSV you can import into chirp is in the zip file attached Peter read

Hi Paul, can you remember if you used software like "Chirp" or manually programmed them from the keypad? if chirp you will need a programming cable and ideally the pc/laptop you used last time, if you find the pc / laptop used  last time you may have saved the config, if so you can just re-upload to your radios  if not you will ... read