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I go to a local ACE Hardware and they have both SAE and metric set screws in stock. I then see what fits and use blue Loctite when installing.

Probably the best solution for this would be a decent mobile antenna on a mag mount sitting attached to a steel baking sheet. If you wanted to stay with the antenna attached to the HH, I use ones from Signal Stick.

Will that result in pickled contacts? I

??? Generally if you leave a battery-powered device on, the wattage in the battery decreases.

On the railing your signal would look like a football if you could see it. Better EW but still usable for a shorter distance NS.

Isn't that what I said?

The railing will also work. The signal from your radio will be stronger going in the same direction as the railing, but still omnidirectional for all practical purposes.

All repeaters are +5 - period. The gods at the FCC have spoken and we must obey. Unless a digital code is followed by the I (eye) it is normal.

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As a Moxon is a variation of the Yagi, the driven element should be between the director elements and the reflector. the reflector is around 5% larger than the driven element and the directors 5% shorter as they go toward the front of the antenna. I'm not certain of the spacing between the elements.

BS The key point is you need a compatible driver for the cable. Cables using the FTDI chjp/driver set are almost 100% interchangeable between radios. The only time I've found they aren't is when the radio requires a specific driver to access a proprietary feature found in their cable's chipset.

As Steve says, but there's more to it than just getting a battery. You'll need a charger for the battery, something like Amazon.com: 14.6V 10A LiFePO4 Battery Charger Special for 12V LiFePO4 Battery, Trickle Charger for Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery, Battery Maintainer, Built-in Safety Protections, Support Fast Charging : Automotive along with the crimp tools for the connectors. You'll need a couple of crimp on connectors for the battery. They'll need to be .250 inches wide for an F1 tab. Quicksilver Radio will sell you a premade power pole connector for the battery box Play-Series™ Powerpole Mount.

Why did you attempt a firmware update? Was there a problem with your radio the update was supposed to fix? The old saw, "If it isn't broken, why fix it" applies. This goes along with the caution that an incorrectly applied update will make your radio unusable.

Probably the station ID being broadcast in Morse Code.