Rewired #3: Confessions of a repair cafe regular
Replacing a proprietary electric wheelchair cable quoted at 400 € with a standard 40 € M12 connector — a practical repair that saved the owner over 1000 €.
Replacing a proprietary electric wheelchair cable quoted at 400 € with a standard 40 € M12 connector — a practical repair that saved the owner over 1000 €.
Repair cafe session: fixing a garage door remote with a broken-off button and diagnosing a hot spiced wine heater with a tripped thermal fuse.
Repair cafe fix: A Sangean PR-D7 radio with a cracked PCB and broken copper traces brought back to life with wire bridges and hot glue.
Discover the pros and cons of the EFRW spool antenna. Includes 3D design files, tips on using 24 AWG litz wire, and a guide to finding the best "random" wire lengths for 40m-10m bands.
My company LXRobotics is offering free EMC lab access for non-profit ham radio projects in Hagenberg. Discover our measurement equipment, including TEM cells and biconical antennas, and get your EUT tested.
Easily shut down Raspberry Pis remotely: use a Windows batch file calling Plink/SSH to issue sudo shutdown for each Pi in one click.
The All OE SOTA Activity Day 2025 will take place on 13th September 2025. Its focus is on OE wide portable ham radio operation from a mountain.
OM David, M0JKS, has designed a very small and lightweight substitute microphone for the stock Elecraft KX2 mic. Very handy for SOTA ;)
A micro build report on the Kanga QRP Endfed Halfwave ATU which I used for building a 15 m EFHW for SOTA activations.
On May 1st, 2025 I participated in the annual AOEE - All OE Emergency Exercise - via portable station in front of Pregarten's St. Anna church.