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  @johndextersantos9541Күн бұрын

  for a person who knows how a capacitor works The easier analogy would be is to think of the antenna system as a capacitor with the antenna and the ground as the two ends of it. It is more resistive when we do not have the ground part of the antenna

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  @banjopickins14 күн бұрын

  Vince, I want to try my first Delta Loop. My thought is for 13 Colonies Special event coming up. I have 450 and 300 ohm window line. I also have three 23 foot poles to use for raising antenna up. I have 10 watt QRP and tuner if needed. Going for CW too. Would you recommend a best Delta Loop for me in Maryland for 13 Colonies Special Event. Thanks N3EIE.

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  @HamShackReviews14 күн бұрын

  I use number 4 and would recommend it to anyone for DX, since 13 col. is stateside I would suggest number 3 as the easiest to install. Number 1 works nicely also, you will need an antenna analyzer for tuning.

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  @banjopickins14 күн бұрын

  @@HamShackReviews Thanks, N3EIE

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  @jamesabc37215 күн бұрын

  Is that a 1:1 current or voltage balun? And how high off the ground are your ends for 20 meter vee?

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  @HamShackReviews14 күн бұрын

  I use a current balun from balun designs, model 1115d which also has a choke in it. The ends are roughly 18-20 feet estimated, that was the height I had available.

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  @jamesabc37214 күн бұрын

  @@HamShackReviews Thank you! So do you think your angle is between 100 and 120? Estimate only!

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  @HamShackReviews14 күн бұрын

  @@jamesabc372 I am around 100, its best to keep it between 90 and 120.

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  @doccpu716 күн бұрын

  I hear so much about symetrical grounds run along the ground . but all it does is make a bunch of horizontal antennas that cancel each other out. If you only have a few going to one side it acts as a folded dipole and actually puts out a nice signal in a horizontal way. As long as it matches the coax the radio doesnt care if its a symetrical ground plane which radiates little or a horizontal radiator which gets out there.

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  @zingodingo281617 күн бұрын

  Excellent work!

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  @HamShackReviews17 күн бұрын

  Many thanks!

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  @norrinradd895217 күн бұрын

  Found this video while researching loop antennas. Solid info. Thank you so much.

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  @HamShackReviews17 күн бұрын

  Very welcome!

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  @TheShawna118 күн бұрын

  The device mimics a USB key board….actually just the two CTRL keys for dit and dah in straight key mode one CTRL key.

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  @HamShackReviews18 күн бұрын

  Yes, but it lets you use your own key and learn on it.

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  @TheShawna118 күн бұрын

  Yes the paddle one lever is one CTRL key the other side lever is the other CTRL key.i bought one myself about 3 months ago still studying Morse and am practicing sending on the practice channel

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  @NullaNulla19 күн бұрын

  Thanks bloke, was getting REALLY annoyed with the red which is generally a "DO NOT USE" colour for anything webpage related, at least in major blocks anyway. I went to "0000cc" instead and it looks bloody awesome.

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  @HamShackReviews18 күн бұрын

  Glad I could help!

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  @kclin096825 күн бұрын

  TU

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  @drmisfit25 күн бұрын

  i can only add 6 pictures in my browser and when i add a picture it removes one in the browser and automatically adds that to my bio page

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  @HamShackReviews25 күн бұрын

  The video shows how to add images to qrz bio, nothing about what browser you are using. Try adding 5 at a time. They should not go right into your bio, first into qrz, then you add them into your bio where you want them.

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  @drmisfit25 күн бұрын

  @@HamShackReviews sorry i meant when i go to add a image it will take a image out of my image collection i can only seem to add 6 thats the limit regards peter

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  @KenPryor28 күн бұрын

  Very helpful, thanks!

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  @michaelhartmann9971Ай бұрын

  RESPECT !!! thank you

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Any time!

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  @michaelhartmann9971Ай бұрын

  Vince, you could really have a very popular ham radio channel. you explain things so well. please invest in some gear for your channel. I'm leaning in to hear you I've been in the hobby since 1993.. you explain things perfectly you're brilliant . 73 de ac0v

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  @michaelhartmann9971Ай бұрын

  cool channel... keep it up pls invest in a better MIC ac0v 73

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Some of my earlier videos had a poor mic, Today I use an Electro-voice RE 320 and Scarlett 2i2 USB interface. Sorry about the earlier videos, I feel the information is still valuable and decided to leave it up.

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  @michaelhartmann9971Ай бұрын

  I love your very comprehensive and chill way of explains things ... de ac0v

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  @HamShackReviews18 күн бұрын

  Glad you liked it!

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  @ericwalker3368Ай бұрын

  Can you work other bands with 80 meters Sky Loop?

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  If you set it up with ladder line to the tuner, or to a balun with a short coax jumper to tuner you can use it one the band its cut for and above.

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  @davidhart4789Ай бұрын

  Would have been nice if they had stated that when using it with an IOS IPAD you have no sound when sending. Makes it really hard to do.

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  It would, maybe they did not know. I have never used an ipad for ham radio and did not know either. Here is a chance to upgrade the shack. HiHi

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  @wyominglife3202Ай бұрын

  Best description I've seen yet. Thanks!

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  @kd5txoАй бұрын

  Thanks for sharing your knowledge. My favorite antenna is a 80 Meter full wave horizontal loop antenna fed with 450 Ohm Ladder line. At the rig end, the ladder line gives into a 4:1 Balun and then into a tuner via short coax jumper cable. Tunes all bands,super quiet receive and fantastic DX performance on higher frequency bands....just be sure to unplug the antenna from the radios when actually not in use. You can rubber band a fluorescent tube to the coax and enjoy thunder storms as the tube will flash with lightening strikes...good fun!

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  @jimj227Ай бұрын

  I want to make one like that. Do you know your wire and ladder line lengths?

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  You have to figure the wire length according to the lowest frequency used, ladder line length I like to use just what I need. I have adjusted its length to lower impedance.

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  I did not know about the tube flashing thing, I will try that. Thank you

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  @arthurziegler6021Ай бұрын

  I have one, love it.

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  @jamesabc372Ай бұрын

  Hey Vince,a few questions about the Delta loop. Since I want vertical your number 6 configuration for 20 meters. Is the quarter wave stub length 70.7 divided 4? My balun will be 4:1 current balun and I want to run 450 ohm window line from the antenna to the balun and coax short run. Is this a good configuration? The 450 ohm line will be perpendicular to the elements. Fed at the top right side for vertical

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  I am not sure of the math without figuring it, it would be dived by 3 since the delta loop has three sides. Leave the wire a little long because it is easier to shorten it than to add to it. I put the flat side in the air and fed mine at the bottom point directly directly with the balun(2.5:1 and no ladder line). However, my square loop was fed with ladder line down to the balun. It created two adjustments with wire length and ladder line length. Both work great.

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  @jamesabc372Ай бұрын

  @@HamShackReviews wouldn't the window line make it more multi band and mechanically not so heavy On the wire at the .25 wavelength location? Thanks for your help. I put the flat on top because of my yard location.

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  @jamesabc372Ай бұрын

  Vince, your Delta loop antenna drawing #6 where do I put the window line for vertical polarization ?That is the only configuration because of space. So the flat top is #6 drawing. The loop is up and down not horizontal with ground. Thanks for all of your ideas. I will let you know what happens. I like the balun design equipment,but I can't afford right now. But I will be using a 4:1 balun because I want multiple bands.

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  @nealbeach4947Ай бұрын

  Maybe not destroying ham radio but is destroying ham radio operators. I know several that have never spoken into a microphone and would be dead in the water if you took away their computer.

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  It is a sad to just push a button with no human interaction. Some try to say CW is like that, however, CW is loaded with human interaction. Very sad

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  @aerobill2010ableАй бұрын

  Grest Job! thanks for Your help!!

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  You're welcome!

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  @fraserdonachie5792Ай бұрын

  … hi Vince - do you happen to know if the USB Interface device will work with an iPad? Thanks …

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Hi, I have not personally tried it but if other USB devices work with the IPad I would think the interface would also.

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  @KenPryorАй бұрын

  Very helpful, thank you! I've been out of the hobby for a while and wanting to get started again. You write better with a mouse than I do, that's for sure.

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Glad it was helpful!

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  @AlvinMcManusАй бұрын

  How much does it cost? I heard $35 per application whether or not the callsign is granted.

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  I got mine before these new payment rules were in effect, so I can not give you a accurate answer but I believe you will have to pay the 35.00 now. Come back and let me know how it works.

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  @timdbl7804Ай бұрын

  Not all vertical antennas essentially need ground-radials, of course. I like the T2LT "flowerpot" vertical dipole, for this reason. Install it at a reasonable height, and I think ground-losses will be tolerable; I suggest mount it at least a half-wave above ground at the bottom-end.

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Installed at a reasonable height no longer makes it a ground mounted vertical so I can see your point, Mounting it at least a half way length above the ground removes the need for ground radials. However, short radials like the Gap Titan antennas have would be beneficial.

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  @EpiclyRecklessАй бұрын

  what software do you download for yaesu's? the one at the very end of the video

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  You need the cp210x from silicon labs

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  @daveduffy2292Ай бұрын

  I used this Same method to export fro QRZ to HRD. thanks buddy great help..it took me minutes after days of hardship

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Glad it helped

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  @charlesfritzii8991Ай бұрын

  What mic are you using on your K4?And what type of mic desktop or a boom mic?

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  I use the Electro-voice RE320, I have used the Heil PR40 and PR781 boom mics. I have not used a desk microphone with the K4.

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  @subramanianr7206Ай бұрын

  You must reconcile with many of your explanations because they are not correct. Especially what you said about current flowing on the outside of the outer shield whenever a current flows on the centre conductor is absolutely wrong. Infact current flows on the inner surface of the shield. CMC (common mode current) tends to flow on the outside of the outer shield only when the coaxial cable from the feed point is not brought vertically downwards but at an angle so that it lies parallel to one of the arms of the dipole. Please read well and do videos. Wish you good luck. De VU2RZA

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Current or signal flows on the center conductor, I was talking about common mode current that flows on the ground which is considered the outside of the coax. I will check the video again.

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  @subramanianr7206Ай бұрын

  @HamShackReviews thanks for the prompt reply 👍 Yes, I will appreciate if you can go through the video again, titled "how coax works" A coaxial cable, in effect, has 3 conductors. 1. Outer surface of the inner conductor. 2. Inner surface of the outer conductor. 3. Outer surface of the outer conductor. When you connect one end of the coaxial cable to a voltage (power) source (transmitter) and a load (antenna) to the other end, current flows on the outer surface of the inner conductor towards the load and the return current flows on the inner surface of the outer conductor towards the source; this is called the differential mode current. This current is, at any given instant and any given point along the cable is of equal magnitude but of opposite polarity. None of the current flows on the outer surface of the outer conductor. What we want is only the differential mode current and no CMC, vertical current, longitudinal current, or simply antenna current. (Yes, the CMC has these many titles!) If a dipole (a flat top or inverted V dipole) is installed in free space (meaning no nearby objects and the feed point is at least half lambda high above the ground) and the coaxial cable is brought vertically down at least quarter lambda long before you may want to deviate the course to be taken to the shack, there is no need for a CMC choke. But then, a CMC choke, one at the feed point to the dipole, and another at the point of the cable entering the shack is preferred. This arrangement will take care of any RF trash, (EMI) radiated from a nearby strong source (like a BC radio station or one of your own another antenna) OK, let me stop here. De VU2RZA

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  @DonzLockz2 ай бұрын

  Very interesting info.👍🍻🤠🇦🇺⁷³

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Thanks 👍

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  @JxH2 ай бұрын

  A few raised ground-plane radials typically has less loss than burying miles of wire in the dirt. Many higher frequency antennas are/were elevated ground-planes; low loss. Even an HF vertical may benefit from an elevated installation, with a few elevated ground radials. Especially if they're laid-out in the direction you want to reach. An End Fed Half-Wave is high impedance at the feed point, and can use a simple ground stake or even a very short counterpoise. A half-wave vertical (fed in the middle, elevated feed point) doesn't need a ground plane. If you're (very) near the ocean, then you likely won't need much wire. In summary, there are other options than burying miles of wire in the dirt.

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  @HamShackReviews2 ай бұрын

  Thank you for the other options, very good information. This video was talking about ground mounted verticals, when first installed mine did not have a radial system. When I added one the addition made a very noticeable improvement.

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  @paulgoulet79822 ай бұрын

  Great Explanation! I use the 600-ohm version of the ladder line and do not twist the wire to a height of about 70 feet without issue. Keep the videos coming.

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  @W2QH2 ай бұрын

  the LCWO "Convert to text" is the one of the best way to practice. I suggest use the Program "Just learn Morse Code" as this program can do the same thing, and has more very helpful LEARNING features. TIP After pasting text to the box, edit the text. take out all punctuation marks except the PERIOD and COMMA, edit all words that over 7 characters long, and edit out un-common words. there is a very good reason for ths.. do not be concern with gramma or if the sentences make sense. make several MP3 files and load them onto your cell phone to practice when you have free time, peace and quite time. There are so many "Learn CW" videos on YT, my head would spin if I was just learning CW.

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  @lanceriffle48412 ай бұрын

  Thanks, that helped. Wondering however if you have found a workaround to keep the 6 digit Grid Square. Now it only records the 4 digit. The FT* Digital Club requires 6 digit Squares. I now have 3000 contacts with 4 digit grid squares. Thanks!

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  No, but to be honest. I was not looking for one.

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  @GH0ST3692 ай бұрын

  It depends on ground moisture content, soil composition and if there are metal structures near by, cirrect?

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  @HamShackReviewsАй бұрын

  Yes, ground moisture content and soil composition are important but radials can make up the difference if one or two of these are insufficient. Metal objects are almost always a problem.

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  @michaelmartin59952 ай бұрын

  Agreed on the BAL issue. It does more good to have one in the signal path than the small amount of power lost. Good explanation and diagram.

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  @michaelmartin59952 ай бұрын

  I like this “cheatsheet!” I used your notes to refresh my own. I have also told my Ham friends about your webpage and YT channel.

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  @HamShackReviews2 ай бұрын

  Thank you, it is appreciated.

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  @TacticsGaming2 ай бұрын

  I’d love it if you explained what all the modes do and what they mean!

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  @HamShackReviews2 ай бұрын

  Well HF, VHF, and UHF are frequency ranges in analog. C4FM in a digital mode mode that is commonly used on VHF and UHF. Maybe this will be a good video idea, Thank you

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  @michaelmartin59952 ай бұрын

  This channel’s content is excellent. Keep rocking bro!

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  @michaelmartin59952 ай бұрын

  Really nice practical demonstration. Good info, well done!

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  @iphone2web2 ай бұрын

  Thank you for breaking down each option.

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  @9165RADIOS2 ай бұрын

  I hope to just show Frequency collumn, But, I have to open/unhide a bunch before I find Freq...

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  @radioman32292 ай бұрын

  so can you use your own key... and if so , how do you connect it

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  @HamShackReviews2 ай бұрын

  There is no way to connect a key to LCWO, you have to use a mouse button. I will recommend a called Vband. You can purchase an interface and use your own key. best of all you can practice alone or with other people around the world. Here is the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3aH0bGHd8K0k7g.html

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  @ronmolihan55033 ай бұрын

  Thanks Vince, sounds very helpful.

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  @lawrence1md3 ай бұрын

  Do you have to pick within your region? Say 9? There are only 3 available

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  @HamShackReviews3 ай бұрын

  You can pick any region number, you can also try a callsign cancellation if you want your region. That's what I did.

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  @lawrence1md3 ай бұрын

  @@HamShackReviews thank you for the quick response. I’ll give it a go

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  @lionelswl293 ай бұрын

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  @luish197793 ай бұрын

  👍

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  @richardandrew99384 ай бұрын

  Thaks for the help.