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August 5, 2025 Admin

BAA RA Section H-Line group meeting #4 hosted by Dr Andrew Thornett

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August 5, 2025 Admin

Impedance of simple dipole 📡

The impedance of a simple dipole antenna is the measure of how much resistance and reactance it offers to the

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August 3, 2025 Admin

Narrowband post-processing in Affinity Photo Software

According to ChatGPT….. To do **narrowband post-processing** in **Affinity Photo**, especially for astrophotography (e.g., H-alpha, OIII, SII), you can follow

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August 3, 2025 Admin

Comparison between HP ProDesk 405 G2, G3, and G4 Mini computers

The HP ProDesk 405 G2, G3, and G4 Mini are successive generations of small form factor business desktop PCs. The main differences

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August 1, 2025 Admin

Specification of latest HP Prodesk 600 G4 i5 miniPC purchased from ebay.

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August 1, 2025 Admin

HP Mini 600 G4 isn’t detecting the Ubuntu installation after reboot.

It sounds like your HP Mini 600 G4 isn’t detecting the Ubuntu installation after reboot — a common issue that

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To completely reset your HP Mini 600 G4 and remove all traces of BitLocker, Windows, and old partitions.

To completely reset your HP Mini 600 G4 and remove all traces of BitLocker, Windows, and old partitions, you can fully wipe the internal

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July 31, 2025 Admin

European Astrofest 2026 dates

Kensington Conference and Events Centre, The Town Hall,  Hornton Street, London, W8 7NX Opening times Friday 6th February 2026: 9am – 6pm

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July 31, 2025 Admin

Why M57 is a poor radio astronomy target for amateurs using H-Line radio telescopes

In short: no prominent absorption line in Messier 57 is known near the 21 cm hydrogen line (1420.4058 MHz). However, let’s break that

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July 30, 2025 Admin

How to force the Handbrake app in Windows to use MP4 with H.265 and retain your audio quality

If H.265 (x265) in HandBrake is defaulting to MKV instead of MP4, it’s because some video/audio combinations aren’t supported in MP4 containers.

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  • BAA RA Section H-Line group meeting #4 hosted by Dr Andrew Thornett
  • Impedance of simple dipole 📡
  • Narrowband post-processing in Affinity Photo Software
  • Comparison between HP ProDesk 405 G2, G3, and G4 Mini computers
  • Specification of latest HP Prodesk 600 G4 i5 miniPC purchased from ebay.

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