Category: Amateur Radio
Low-Band DX: 160m and 80m at Night for Worldwide Contacts
160 m and 80 m are considered the supreme discipline of shortwave DX. During the day they barely reach beyond your own region, but at night worldwide, intercontinental paths open up. Anyone who pulls weak signals…
AREDN: Mesh Networks Using Wi-Fi Hardware for Amateur Radio
Imagine turning a second-hand Wi-Fi router costing EUR 30 into an amateur radio network node that automatically connects with other nodes, forms a self-healing IP network and runs services such as VoIP telephony, video surveillance or…
Emergency Go-Box: Building a Portable Emergency Radio Station
When conventional communications fail during a blackout, earthquake, or severe storm, radio amateurs are often the last link to the outside world. A prepared emergency go-box — a fully equipped portable radio station in a rugged…
New: Digital Voice in Austria – DMR, D-STAR, C4FM, TETRA and SVXLink at a Glance
Digital voice can seem daunting at first: DMR, D-STAR, C4FM, TETRA, SVXLink — different networks, different radios, different rules. To make it easier to get started, we have built a new overview series on digital voice…
Station Grounding and Lightning Protection: Protecting Your Shack from Surges
Station grounding and lightning protection are among those topics a radio amateur happily puts off — until the first thunderstorm rolls over the mast. Yet this is not about comfort or squeezing out a few extra…
Amateur Radio Exam in Austria 2026: The Complete Guide
Are you interested in amateur radio and want to become active on the bands yourself? Then your path leads through the amateur radio examination at the Austrian telecommunications authority . In 2026, Austria offers three different…
OE8YAK – Anna-Maria: Three Category Wins in a Row at the AOEE
Amateur radio has these quiet, exceptional talents who are talked about far too rarely. One of them holds the callsign OE8YAK and goes by the name Anna-Maria . Anyone who has read the AOEE result lists…
New Website: Homebrew Instead of a Kit — oeradio.at Now Runs Static
If the new green looks familiar: oeradio.at has been completely rebuilt. WordPress is history — the site is now static, much faster, and open source.
Amateur Radio You Can Touch: Two Activity Days at HTL Villach
Good ideas deserve repeating. Christian OE8AGV, a teacher at HTL Villach, has once again brought amateur radio into school as part of the activity days and shown students what our hobby is really all about. The…
VOACAP Online: Understanding and Using HF Propagation Predictions
Anyone who operates on HF knows that propagation conditions determine whether a QSO succeeds or not. But must we leave it to chance? No — VOACAP Online lets you predict, plan, and optimise HF radio contacts.…
SOTA First Activation of the Lorenzenkopf (2541 m, OE/KT-325) by OE8GSY and OE8DSQ
We drove up from Lainach in the Möll Valley into the Kreuzeck group, where we met Tina, OE8TIK. Together we continued on to the Obere Alm. The Obere Alm in the Kreuzeck group – where Tina…
xOTA at the Pyramidenkogel: SOTA, POTA and TOTA in One Activation
A joint report by Harald (OE8DSQ) and Gerlinde (OE8GSY). Some summits you can „bag“ several times over – and that is exactly what we did. On 13 April 2026 we climbed the Pyramidenkogel and combined three…
