Category: The Jammer – Satire on Air
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SATIRE The Species of the Long-Service Certificate Collector — How Klaus Klagemauer Became Immortal by Merely Being There
A Störsender satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Klaus Klagemauer, OE0KLG, has been around for nearly sixty years. He likes to say so, and he says it often. For Klaus, “sixty years” is not a span of…
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SATIRE The Reflex-Flexxer — Or: How Reinhold Reflexxer Always Owns the Pricier Rig but Is Only Heard on the Repeater
There are radio amateurs who listen. And then there is Reinhold Reflexxer, OE0FLX. Reinhold doesn’t listen — Reinhold waits. He waits for the moment someone proudly mentions their new rig. Because then, and only then,…
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SATIRE Rare DX: How Klara Kurzwelle Triggered a Pile-Up Just by Existing
A Jammer satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Klara Kurzwelle, OE0KKW, is a radio amateur. That should really be the whole sentence. She passed her exam with nearly full marks, built her own dual-band antenna, and has…
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SATIRE The YouTube Ham — 47 Subscribers and a Greenscreen Shack
A Jammer satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Kevin Klickzahl, OE0KKZ, is an amateur radio operator. It says so in his QRZ bio. Right below “Content Creator | Ham Radio Enthusiast | Tech Reviewer“. Above the callsign…
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SATIRE The Three ??? and the Missing NanoVNA — Or: How Three Hams Solved a Crime That Wasn’t One
It was a Tuesday in May when Jürgen Eichmeister, OE0VNA, entered his shack and discovered that his NanoVNA was missing. Not just any NanoVNA — his NanoVNA. The one he used every morning before breakfast…
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SATIRE The Contest Robot — Or: How Konrad Kurzruf Logged 47,000 QSOs and Never Had a Single Conversation
Konrad Kurzruf, OE0FNN, is not an ordinary radio amateur. He is a machine. A biological machine with two hands, a headset, and a logging programme that scrolls faster than the human eye can follow. Konrad’s…
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SATIRE The Antenna Guru — Or: How Werner Wechselanpassung Simulated 47 Antennas and Never Built One
There are people who build antennas. And there is Werner Wechselanpassung, OE0SWR. Werner simulates antennas. Has been doing so for seven years. With a devotion otherwise seen only in monks at Tibetan monasteries — except…
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SATIRE The Club Emperor — How Fridolin Seilschaft Seized Power With a Smile
A Störsender satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Fridolin Seilschaft, OE0FSS, is the friendliest person in amateur radio. Short in stature, with thinning hair and a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. Ask anyone — at…
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SATIRE The FUNCtionary — How Eberhard Ehrenamt Managed the Hobby Without Ever Practising It
A Störsender satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Eberhard Ehrenamt, OE0EBA, is deputy secretary of the local chapter, advisory member of the regional technical committee (non-voting), and for three years now the acting coordinator for repeater allocation…
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SATIRE The Locator Denier — When Maidenhead Becomes a Culture War
A Störsender satire by Hansl Hohlleiter It was a perfectly normal Saturday afternoon on 40 metres. The sun was shining, the bands were open, and Markus, OE0MGL, was calling CQ. Clean SSB on 7.130. A…
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SATIRE The QRG Loudmouth — How Diethelm Besserwisser Turned the Hobby into a Solo Act
A Störsender satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Diethelm Besserwisser, OE0DBW, has a QO-100 ground station. If you didn’t know that yet, don’t worry — he’ll tell you. During the first QSO. And the second. And the…
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SATIRE The Repeater Troll — How Helmut Heulton Silenced an Entire Frequency
A Störsender satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Helmut Heulton, OE0HHT, has logged exactly two hundred and forty-seven QSOs, most of them by accident — someone landed on his frequency and he responded out of reflex. Helmut…
