I ‘ve just finished the fliphack on my HV30, now I don’t need mirrors to flip the viewfinder’s image. It was not very difficult to do, but took a lot of time. I followed this guide.

This is my latest purchase on ebay, a very nice portable microphone preamp/mixer. I’ve just brought it home an hour ago.
I’ll use it mainly for my camera, but I’m also planning to record acoustic guitar and other instruments with it.

Wouxun KG-689 wiring schematics:

Data cable wiring:

I’ve bought a used Weller EC2002 soldering station with LR-21 iron from eBay for 90€, so the days of using non-temperature controlled “soldering gun” is finally over :)

I’ll buy a few new tips and a sponge tomorrow.

Pictures
This is how it looked like when I got it:

And this is how it looks like now:

Now it’s working on my desk. It’s pretty strong, I can’t stop it with my bare hands, I hope it’ll rotate my big yagi easily. I’ll perform a full antenna test in our yard tomorrow or on thursday.
UPDATE: pictures are here.

Now it works perfectly on my desk. :)

After I’ve designed the schematics and made the PCB for the rotator, I put it together:

I’ll upload the schematics & source code when I finish the project. I’m using a wonderful PICKit2 programmer/debugger and Hi-Tech C compiler to make my life easier.

The program is almost finished, I hope I can put the whole rotator together [...]

Last summer I got an old antenna rotator from a friend. It’s controller is missing, but at least it still works and it’s only rusty, and needs a little renewing, and of course a new controller.

I’ve made a very simple portable USB charger, using a 9V battery as a power supply. I’m using this to charge my MicroTrack when I’m in a middle of a field recording and power runs out.

I’ve used a 7805 voltage regulator IC, 2 pieces of 0.1uF electrolytic capacitors, a switch, battery holder, USB A connector, [...]