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Call Sign : 26-CT-4849 Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2023-05-30 QTH or Location : Ipswich, Suffolk Equipment Used : Baofeng UV5R / 888S / 88E, POCSAG pager TX, various Realistic/Uniden Bearcat scanners, RTL-SDR,XHDATA D-808 Age : 52
Subject: Introduction / Callsign request (Issued) Tue May 30, 2023 1:53 am
Hi Everyone - I'm Alex from Ipswich, Suffolk (but previously from Caversham, Reading) - been interested in radio since a very young age (both broadcast and communications, was a CB user back in the 80s, and on occasions even a pirate broadcaster/DJ on Band II!). Also been a scanner enthusiast for a few years (particularly in the 90s), where I live I can still monitor marine VHF which is still active, and living near the North Sea means tropo brings in Europe on Band II (I like to listen to keep up my language skills, can understand French, Dutch and German)
Today I volunteer at the local community radio station as a broadcast engineer (helped them relocate the whole studios in 2012) and as part of my work have set up licenced PMR systems (UHF handhelds and POCSAG pager TXs - I have an Ofcom Suppliers Light licence to legally test and configure these and get site licences for the businesses that use the kit). Now considering returning to the hobby side of radio comms, with a bit of 446 DXing and maybe even 11m now SSB is (finally!) legal - (if I can find a way of preventing a magmount potentially scratching up my car paintwork, another hobby of mine is car detailing!)
Please can I request a callsign?
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StevieG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3239 , Jolly Roger 272, 26-TG-987 , 26-RB-060 , 26-CO-3239 Posts : 2522 Times Thanked : 120 Join date : 2019-09-30 QTH or Location : SW London Equipment Used : Icom IC 7610, Stryker sr955hpc, Colt Excalibur SSB, President GrantII JacksonII McKinley EU, CRTSS6900N,CRTSS9900, KPO DX5000 Plus, Cobra 148 GTL-DX MK2, Cobra 2000 GTL, Zetagi B550p, Bremi BRL200, RM KL200P, KL203P, KL703, Sirio 4000, Sirio 3000 Bull, Stryker SR-A10, Antron99 Fire up , Hawkins Thunderbolt SSD58+ , Sirio 827, Heil pro micro headset, KPO NM532-KPO NM452- Astatic 575M6 Astatic D104 Silver Eagle, Delta M2 , UR6QW 8 Band eq, Uniden and AOR scanner Age : 63
Subject: Re: Introduction / Callsign request (Issued) Tue May 30, 2023 7:15 am
Hi Alex, welcome to the CTDX Group, Victor or Gary will be along shortly to issue you with a call sign 73s Steve.
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GaryWilson CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Ham 2E0GGQ Posts : 4431 Times Thanked : 381 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 59
Thanks Gary! (or merci, curiously some buttons on the forum are displaying in French!)
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4467 Times Thanked : 161 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
The Sirio mag-mounts come with a rubber boot that sits between the mount and the paint to prevent scratching. I understand your concerns as detailing is another hobby of mine, too.
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Subject: Introduction / Callsign request (Issued) 
