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he last two columns explained what pointers are and how they are used. In this month’s column, we will continue to show how to use pointers. A very useful feature of the C language is the structure. It allows you to collect different types of data, but organize them together. For example, recently I added a beam heading feature to our T41-EP SDT (Software Defined Transceiver). What I needed was a way to keep track of the ham radio prefix of a country, that country’s name, and the longitude and

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