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Becoming a radio amateur – Getting started is easier than you think
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to communicate with people all over the world via radio without the Internet? This is exactly what amateur radio makes possible! It opens up a fascinating…
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Amateur Radio as a Hobby: What to Expect and What Does It Cost to Get Started?
You’re interested in amateur radio but not sure what to expect? Don’t worry — you’re not alone. Every year, hundreds of people in Austria discover this fascinating hobby. Whether you want to talk to stations…
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DXCC, WAZ, WPX: The Major Amateur Radio Awards Explained
Introduction: The Fever for the Certificate You just made your first DX QSO on 20 meters — Japan, with only 100 watts and a wire in the garden. Your heart is still pounding. You checked…
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Contests for Beginners: Why You Should Enter at Least One Contest
Introduction You’re sitting in the shack, turning the VFO, and suddenly on 14 MHz you hear a tangle of callsigns, lightning-fast exchanges, and cryptic numbers. “CQ Contest, CQ Contest, OE2S, Oscar Echo Two Sierra.” Then…
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ChatGPT, Claude & Co. for Radio Amateurs: AI as Learning Aid and Shack Assistant
Let’s be honest: who among us hasn’t asked ChatGPT how long a half-wave dipole for 20 meters needs to be? Or asked Claude to write an Arduino sketch for a CW keyer? Artificial intelligence has…
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New: The OERadio Weekly Roundup with Ferdl
Starting now, there’s something new to listen to at OERadio: The OERadio Weekly Roundup — your amateur radio roundup as an audio podcast, hosted by Ferdl, our AI voice. What is the Weekly Roundup? Every…
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New: DX Weather — Fresh Every Friday!
Dear radio amateurs, dear DXers, contesters, Sunday net operators, and everyone who simply enjoys turning the dial: We have news. Big news. About as big as an X9 flare, just without the unpleasant side effects.…
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D-STAR vs. DMR vs. C4FM vs. M17 vs. TETRA: The Ultimate Comparison of Digital Voice Systems in Amateur Radio
The world of amateur radio has changed. If you switch on a handheld transceiver today, the choice is no longer just between FM and SSB — you’re facing a jungle of digital voice systems. D-STAR,…
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arcOS – The Linux Distribution for Ham Radio
Plug in USB stick, boot, operate. arcOS is a live Linux system with Fldigi, JS8Call, WSJT-X, Winlink, APRS and SDR – built for radio amateurs. Plug & play with Digirig Mobile. Comparison with other ham…
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Emergency Radio Exercise Klagenfurt: Four Lighthouses, Four Dates in March
The Magistrate of Klagenfurt is running an emergency exercise: on four dates in March, emergency operations will be practised at four different “lighthouses”. Radio amateurs are explicitly invited to participate. The dates Date Time Monday,…
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Memory Channels Processor – Never Type Repeater Data Manually Again
Let’s be honest: who hasn’t spent an entire evening typing repeater data into a new radio? Frequency, offset, CTCSS tone, name… channel by channel. Fifty repeaters later, your eyes are tired, your fingers are stiff,…
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OERadio Meshmap – All Meshtastic Nodes at a Glance
A real-time map for the Meshtastic network in Austria and Europe – open, live, and without tracking. We’ve all been there: your Meshtastic node is running, happily transmitting away – and then you wonder: can…
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OERadio Goes Mesh – The Path to a Dedicated MQTT Server
How we connect Meshtastic nodes via the internet – and how you can join in. Meshtastic is brilliant. Small LoRa nodes that communicate without internet, without a provider, and without monthly costs. Locally via radio,…
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Together Instead of Against Each Other
Thoughts on the culture of amateur radio — from someone who hasn’t always got it right himself. Amateur radio thrives on diversity: tinkerers, contesters, DXers, outdoor operators, SOTA activators — and yes, eccentrics too. Some…
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Meshtastic in Carinthia: Three Nodes, a Solar Panel, and Surprising Range
Hello everyone! Hermann here, OE8HSF, from Knappenberg near Hüttenberg – at a good 1,000 metres above sea level. You probably know the feeling: you stumble across a topic on the internet, think “I’ll just have…
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MFJ-1982MP: 42 Metres of Wire, 9 Bands, One Happy Ham
You know the feeling? Standing in the garden, 42 metres of wire in one hand, coffee in the other, wondering: where is all this supposed to go? That is exactly how my adventure with the…
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The OE8RADIO Dog Runs Through Carinthia – APRSRunner: Build Your Own APRS Runner
He knows no boundaries. No mountains. No rivers. No lakes. The OE8RADIO dog is on the move in Carinthia, spreading the good word – at a solid 80 km/h, straight across the landscape, through forests,…
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BandWacht – Automatic Band Monitoring for Radio Amateurs
BandWacht is a new open-source tool for automatic band monitoring for radio amateurs. The software connects to any WebRX receiver on the internet, analyses the spectrum in real time, and notifies you immediately when activity…
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OE8CKK APRS Service – Smart APRS Services Straight to Your Radio
The OE8CKK APRS Service is an interactive APRS service for radio amateurs that delivers a wide range of information directly to your radio via APRS message – no smartphone app, registration, or internet required. Everything…
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oeradio.at – Your Radio Dashboard for Carinthia and Beyond
oeradio.at is more than a website – it’s a live dashboard for everyone who’s into radio. Whether you’re a licensed radio amateur, CB radio operator, or PMR user – right on the homepage you can…
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OpenHamClock – The Amateur Radio Clock for Browser and Shack
With OpenHamClock, there’s a modern, open-source tool that provides radio amateurs with a wealth of information at a glance – right in the browser. The project combines a world map, DX cluster, propagation data, satellite…
