Rewired #6: Confessions of a repair cafe regular
Repairing a cheap step counter watch: a loose battery contact, and a surprisingly clever (yet flimsy) mechanical trick for counting steps.
All OE SOTA Activity Day 2026
The All OE SOTA Activity Day 2026 will take place on 19th September 2026. Its focus is on OE wide portable ham radio operation from a mountain.
Rewired #5: Confessions of a repair cafe regular
Repairing a vintage Swiss hand blender at a repair cafe: cleaning carbon dust, freeing a stuck motor, and giving new life to a sturdy kitchen classic.
Rewired #4: Confessions of a repair cafe regular
A repair cafe volunteer encounters a mysterious "massage tool" — and discovers it's actually a high-voltage electro-stimulation device from Amazon.
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 €.
Rewired #2: Confessions of a repair cafe regular
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.
Rewired #1: Confessions of a repair cafe regular
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.
Sota Antennas #3: EFRW spool antenna
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.
Inside the LXRobotics EMC lab
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.
Raspberry Pi remote shutdown via batch file
Easily shut down Raspberry Pis remotely: use a Windows batch file calling Plink/SSH to issue sudo shutdown for each Pi in one click.