Zoli is a student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Newcastle University, and started his course in 2009. He is the chairman of the Newcastle University Amateur Radio Society.
About
He is an enthusiast in his profession, and is greatly interested in radio communication and embedded devices. Before relocating to the UK,
he lived all his life in Hungary, and worked as a repair service
technician for three years after graduating from Theodore Puskas Telecommunications Technical Secondary School.Since then, he repaired tens of thousands of electronic devices, that gave him extreme fluency in problem solving, and a unique view on different technical / technological problems. After these years, where many would be fed up with their jobs, his thrive for new experiences led him to where he is now.
Has his Hungarian callsign (HA5DZS) since 2005, the British (foundation: M6DZS since November 2009, intermediate: 2E0DZS since May 2010, and the Advanced: M0MBA since November 2010). He currently owns a Kenwood TM-731E as a VHF/UHF base station rig, a Yaesu FT-727R handheld, and he was donated with a nearly-wrecked Yaesu FT-101, which is in fully working order after he spent a few months restoring it. More info here. He soon will be in the air on HF again, all he needs now is a suitable aerial.
He is usually listening on the Calling Channel (145.500 MHz) on VHF, and on the GB3NT repeater (433.000 MHz) on UHF. Give him a call when you are near Newcastle!
Free and Open-Source Software (and hardware!)
Zoli also believes in free software, and always looks for FOSS alternatives, and he managed to get rid of almost all proprietary-licenced software products. Also, now owns three fully-operational workstations, a 'homebrew' server in Hungary, and he manages them using remote administration tools (such as SSH), without problems so far. The recently acquired computer at the Angel of the North Amateur Radio Club employs free software solutions for amateur radio purposes. He also made a security DVR PC using linux.Of course it's not just about using linux, but porting it to small electronic devices as well, and he created a -working- toolchain for non-x86 processors to compile a kernel to boot linux on his old Palm T|X. More on the Projects page.
Music
He loves playing the guitar, even if he knows he is not a good guitarist.
Recognising melody patterns and predicting music using them is an amazing
experience. He wrote some article on guitar pick-ups which is here, (in
Hungarian only, but observing the images would outline the topic of the essay almost exactly).He has brought his guitar to the UK, but unfortunately he can't play as much as he would like to. Also, he is looking for a band to play in, strictly at a hobby level.
