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Elecraft KX3, Internal ATU, Internal Battery Charger/Batteries, Windcamp protective panels fitted, perspex cover, and Stand,  Elecraft MH3 Microphone, oringal box and manuals and embroidered Dust cover, this is as new and in immaculate condition, pickup in Chelmsford £1000 Adrian G0KOM   read

Have you connected to the right COMM port? If you're in Windows then you can check your COMM ports by going to Control Panel >> Device Manager >> Ports. If on Linux then you can open a terminal(Ctrl+Alt+T) and type in " dmesg | grep tty " and it should show you your COMM ports (usually start with "tty"). Check your ports without the radio ... read

Don't worry, I've figured it out now. I asked Pete on the EssexHam Monday Net and learnt that you can sent him the text file at pete@essexham.co.uk to get it put on the website. read

Hi all, Trying to add a repeater to my little radio, but no idea how to do it. The software with the radio does not seem to work, and my computer won't download it from the website. I have managed to connect via CHIRP software but I'm lost when it comes to adding the details for the repeater. Any help appreciated :) read

FT-817ND fitted with the BHI DSP module,  boxed in an immaculate conditon, all its orginal bits, just not used much anymore £475 Collection Chelmsford, G0KOM read

I've been planning on writing an article on Essex Ham for a few weeks now but I haven't been able to find out how to write it yet. Any help would be very much appreciated.   73 and Thanks,               M7XMP. read

Hello, taking my foundation just next week. Looking to start with a simple set up,.no frills ans easy to do.    Also wondered about field days or weekenders? What clubs should I join?  read

I’m quite sure you wouldn’t be legal to transmit on any of the amateur radio bands even with a licence, passing information to each other using codes etc isn’t allowed. I understand many airsoft/paintball hobbies use the baofengs and other Chinese HT’s for this purpose on PMR frequencies but these HT’s are illegal for PMR as they tx 3w to 10watts ... read

Yes it is legal to have a transceiver and use it for listening while you are waiting to get your licence read

Hi, Im just about to book in my exam for foundation and when passed am currently just wanting to use better radios (uv-5r) for Airsofting. Am I right that I would scan for a channel between144.0 and 146.0 which is not in use and then use that frequency for the day with my team mates albeit that they too are holding a ... read