Category: The Jammer – Satire on Air
SATIREMesh Is Fresh — Or How Mario Maschenwerk Wired a Whole Valley and Nobody Had Anything to Say
Twenty euros, no exam, no provider, no shutdown date — and yet the community is building the finest silent network in Austria. Hansl is in it himself. Which is exactly why he gets to write this down.
SATIREThe Weißt-eh-Runde — Or How Ottokar Oberlehrer Abolished Emergency Comms Before the Power Went Out
A Jammer satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Every morning at seven o'clock sharp, as reliable as coffee trickling into the cup, the repeater OE0XRR opens up — and with it perhaps the most enduring institution in Austrian…
SATIREThe Copyright Cavalier — Or How Wilfried Wasserzeichen Privatised the Commons
A Jammer satire by Hansl Hohlleiter There are radio amateurs who share their knowledge. And then there is Wilfried Wasserzeichen, OE0WWZ, who licenses it. The distinction is sacred to him, and he defends it with a…
SATIREThe Command-Post Chief — Or How Egon Eilmeldung Turned a Thunderstorm into a Command Decision
A Jammer satire by Hansl Hohlleiter There are radio amateurs who simply pursue their hobby. And then there is Egon Eilmeldung, OE0EGN, who makes world history . At least in his own perception, which — one…
SATIREGus Big-Signal Strikes Back — Or: How Hansl Got a Message and Kept Writing Anyway
After the article "Gustl Großsignal Searches for Himself — and Finds Nothing" , it was only a matter of time. Three days, to be precise. Then came the WhatsApp message. And another one. And another. Your…
SATIREThe Radio Specialist — How Siegfried Pickerl Stuck His Logo Over Motorola and Proved Himself Right
A Störsender satire by Hansl Hohlleiter Siegfried Pickerl, OE0PIC, is a specialist. Not a radio amateur — a specialist. He's happy to explain the difference, at length, unprompted. A radio amateur, says Siegfried, tinkers. A specialist…
SATIREThe 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 time…
SATIREThe 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, a…
SATIRERare 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 been…
SATIREThe 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…
SATIREThe 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 to…
SATIREThe 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 logbook…
