Filip SQ5CBA

Filip SQ5CBA

Stary Mokotów · Warsaw

About me

Technique, antenna
and patient listening

For me, amateur radio is a blend of engineering and operating practice — and the joy of every successful QSO.

My name is Filip. I was born in Mokotów and I’ve lived here all my life — and it’s from here that I work the amateur bands under the callsign SQ5CBA. I’ve been drawn to radio for a long time; I obtained my radio licence in 2026, so I’m a new operator on the bands — all the more hungry for the airwaves.

I’m into radio contacts, CW telegraphy, building and tuning antennas, and everything that happens between the transmitter and the ionosphere. Day to day I operate on the amateur VHF and UHF bands — from analogue FM via repeaters to the digital modes C4FM and D-STAR — and I also venture into the microwave 23 cm band.

This site is my radio calling card and a place for projects — including my own Morse code trainer that I use to learn and reinforce CW characters. I’m open to new friendships and continuous learning — if you hear me on the band, don’t hesitate to call. See you on the air, 73!

Radio licence number DC.WML.5101.3925.2026.2
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Antique radio receiver in a wooden cabinet with a brass tuning scale
receiver · tuning scale
Antenna

Diamond X-200N
above the rooftops

All my work on 2 m and 70 cm is on a single mast on a tenement chimney — high above the ridge and the treetops.

Diamond X-200N antenna on a tenement chimney — white vertical mast against a blue sky, with Warsaw’s rooftops in the background enlarge ⤢
Full profile of the mast · 2.5 m above the chimney
Mast with a Diamond X-200N antenna bolted to a chimney on a tenement’s felt roof, with black chimneys and a satellite dish alongside enlarge ⤢
Mounting · chimney clamps
Close-up of the Diamond X-200N base with four radials and an N connector, a gloved hand holding the mast enlarge ⤢
Base · radials and N connector
View from the tenement roof towards greenery and neighbouring tenements, with the lower part of the antenna mast on the right enlarge ⤢
Panorama of Old Mokotów rooftops with the antenna mast on the left and the skyscrapers of central Warsaw on the horizon enlarge ⤢
Panorama · central Warsaw on the horizon
Felt roof of a tenement with an antenna, a satellite dish and neighbouring tenements; Warsaw’s skyscrapers in the background enlarge ⤢
QTH · tenement roof in Mokotów
Antenna cable routed over the roof edge and through the metal flashing towards the window enlarge ⤢
Feed line · cable drop from the roof

I transmit on a Diamond X-200N — a dual-band vertical for 144 / 430 MHz, 2.5 m. Collinear: 2 × 5/8 λ on two metres and 4 × 5/8 λ on seventy centimetres. The flattened radiation pattern sends energy towards the horizon — where the repeaters and stations are.

The mast stands on a tenement chimney in Mokotów, above the ridge and treetops — here it’s not just gain that counts, but mounting height. The run to the radio is 28 m of HyperFlex 10 Sahara FT8 cable: about 1.3 and 2.4 dB of loss.

144 / 430 MHz6.0 / 8.0 dBi2.5 m · 200 WN-type socket
More about the antenna and the feed line
Awards

Confirmed on paper

Commemorative awards earned during activity on the bands — each is a series of confirmed contacts.

HF50SPK award for station SQ5CBA — 50th anniversary of Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy, 1976–2026 enlarge ⤢
Commemorative award

HF50SPK — 50 years of Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy

Award for contacts with the special event station HF50SPK, operating to mark the 50th anniversary of Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy — the oldest landscape park in Poland (1976–2026).

Station SQ5CBA Contact period 29.06 – 05.07.2026 Issuer Podlaska Grupa Radiowa SP4PGR Award Manager Krzysztof SP4JEY
Special award “Spirit from the Ether” for station SQ5CBA — “Holidays with Ghosts on the Air” event, station SP5DUCH enlarge ⤢
Special award

Ghost from the Ether — Holidays with Ghosts on the Air

Special award for making contact with the special event station SP5DUCH during the summer award event “Holidays with Ghosts on the Air” — a meeting with the castle’s ghost on the air.

Station SQ5CBA Special event station SP5DUCH Event Holidays with Ghosts on the Air
Acknowledgement for taking part in the “Zakłady Mechaniczne ‘Ursus’” award event for station SQ5CBA — 67th place, 40 points, 8 QSO enlarge ⤢
Acknowledgement of participation

Zakłady Mechaniczne “Ursus”

Acknowledgement for taking part in the award event commemorating Zakłady Mechaniczne “Ursus” — the legendary Warsaw tractor factory. Final ranking: 67th place with a tally of 40 points from 8 contacts.

Station SQ5CBA Event period 18.07 – 26.07.2026 Result 67th place · 40 pts · 8 QSO Organiser RadioDyplom.pl
Certificate “Holiday Chillout” from the ‘Summer with Radio on the Air’ event for station SQ5CBA enlarge ⤢
Commemorative award

Holiday Chillout — Summer with Radio on the Air

Certificate “Holiday Chillout” awarded for taking part and positive energy in the summer amateur radio event “Summer with Radio on the Air” — the sound of the waves, a touch of the ether and full relaxation — ham radio, beach edition.

Station SQ5CBA Event Summer with Radio on the Air For taking part and positive energy on the air
QTH

Where I transmit from

The station operates from Old Mokotów in Warsaw — the corner of Rakowiecka and Opoczyńska, a stone’s throw from Pole Mokotowskie.

Map of Mokotów with the SQ5CBA station marked at the Rakowiecka/Opoczyńska junction © OpenStreetMap
Station location

Warsaw · Mokotów

The antenna operates in the very heart of Mokotów. Nearest landmark: Pole Mokotowskie metro station. Click the map to open the full version.

Latitude 52.20706° N Longitude 21.00562° E DMS 52°12′25.4″N · 21°00′20.2″E Locator KO02ME