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.

A few pictures about my new dual-band car antenna. I bought it on eBay. More images are here. As you can see, I can bend down the antenna when I’m going into the garage. It works perfectly, I can hear everyone from Tatabánya in Tata (distance: 10-15km) very fine. I even talked with HA1TN Noybi […]

We’ve been at the BURABU on Saturday. It was a little disappointing, there was only a flea market for a short time (after 2pm, most of the hawkers began to pack and go home). But this was the first time that I was at a radio amateur meeting, so it was interesting as well. I […]

I’ve been at HA2SZG’s place this morning, we’ve put up his latest homebrew antenna, a dual-band J-Pole. It works fine, although it gives 1S value lower when connected to the ~20m H155 feedline. It’s definitely better than the previous 2el HB9CV. More pictures here.

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Me and my ham buddies decided that we should go out and have a dinner to celebrate the arrival of our licences. Mozso, Gabesz and me went to Budapest on friday afternoon. We bought some radio and electronic accessories in DND and Elektrokontha, then went to the IMAX cinema at the Arena plaza to watch […]

This is my “new” antenna tuner, an MFJ-945C. I’ve bought it on eBay from the USA, it’s used but it’s in a great condition. I’m very happy with it, it works perfectly and it’s relatively small. More images here.

This is my new radio, a Yaesu FT-857D all-mode amateur radio, arrived yesterday. I’m very happy with it, now it only needs a stronger power supply. More images here.

We’ve spent a great evening with the #qka team at the Turul monument on the hill at Tatabánya. Here are some pictures.

I’m planning to buy an amateur desktop/mobile HF transceiver, so I made a little desk for it from some chipboard I found in the storage. More images are here.