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I made some pole sections from a load of 22mm PVC pipe and a handful of straight connectors. If you cut four lengths of pipe to about 50 cm and solvent weld a Tee piece to one you use as a top you just slot them together. Then tie the top of the slim jim to the tee and use a bit of lace to hold...

Ohh, I spent a few years in the RAF base as a kid growing up, lovely big houses, but the disused bungalows were full of mould in the middle of the base. Make sure to pack plenty of suncream.

Morning All, I'd just thought I'd let you know that the DC4 sharpening stones now have the inside of the leather on the back of the case as the outside. Evidently someone picked up on people turning the cases inside out to use as a leather strop and have manufactured them to be so. Seems to be...

Different combinations of electrical tape can help with IDing cables, nail polish works quite well too.

Oooh, I just rejigged mine this morning, have a butchers.

That's the one, play it a couple of times with the board and you'll see how to play with just the cards.

DIXIT is a good one, you normally pay it on a board but you can use just about anything to keep track of points. It's a really good game to working out how other people thought trains run.

They can be really tiny but then you've got the balance of visibility if you want people to use them or discretion if you want them to not be found. Next time you walk past a bus stop in a town, have a look as to where and what size the NFC tag is they usually have one for the ad company.

Have a gander at this then... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-12/people-are-emailing-trees/10468964?nw=0&r=HtmlFragment

I bought a strip of them a few years ago about 25mm disks with an adhesive back I think they run at about 40p each. If you download NFC Tool for Android you'll see what you can do with them but the brief list is: Text, URL, Social Network links (URLs again), Create a prefilled E-mail, Add...

There's a download cable, you can get it from amazon, goes from USB to the Mic and speaker jacks. The software should be free.

A loaded bergan with a waterproof bag will float if there's a bit of air in the top. Consider that the density of water is 1kg per litre and that to float the density of the bergen needs to be less. If you have a 100 litre bergan that weight 20kg you'll be more than fine, plus you can use it as...

A heathen from Royal Ag! Joking aside nice one, it looks like a cracking lot, we never had much like that at Harper.

I've seen jute rope used to good effect, make a narrow rope ladder with steps about 6" apart and lay that under, just make sure to stake the top of the ladder in. Bear in mind if you have a wheel slipping and another stuck you can put as much acceleration on as you want but the free wheel will...

Two keys for the house, car keys, a Bluetooth tracker in case I drop them while walking the dog, a plaited leather loop to hang them, a tritium vial, and a tube of matches which are mostly used for church.

I picked up a little GT-3TP and it seems to work well, From where I live (Melbourne) I've picked up Dudley on the other side of Birmingham, stations from the peak district, Nottingham, and Stoke on Trent. That's just with the little antenna that comes with the device. I'm picking up a Slim Jim...

Currently loaded onto the Essex Ham course for the 17th of October, looking forward to the exam. My only blank is the call signs and which prefixes are for which area. As an aside would it be worth setting up a monthly forum call? If we could get something on the 145MHz band most people should...

I treated myself to a Baofeng GT-3TP just receiving until I get my foundation licence, is there any particular VHF frequency this forum uses?

I'd council against Kombat, for many years theirs and the Web-Tex stuff just fell apart instantly, Keep with the Sheffield knife.

No worries, it's easy to get confused over the internet, I bet there are some military back packs with the suspension systems but they'll cost a bomb. If you do go for the PLCE route see if they'll add the male clips as well, they're dead handy if you stash stuff behind the pouches, pop the...