Category: The Jammer – Satire on Air
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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 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…
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SATIRE The Briefcase Operator: Portrait of a Privileged Quiet Tyrant
⚡ THE JAMMER SPECIAL — Hansl Hohlleiter reports You might not recognise him immediately. He’s not the one shouting on the repeater or breaking into the net. No, the Briefcase Operator is subtler than that.…
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SATIRE Humility in Amateur Radio — Or: How Rudi Rapportjäger Came Fourth and the World Had to Know
There is a virtue in amateur radio that is as rare as a quiet QSO on 14.313 MHz: humility. Most of us know the word. Some can even spell it. But live it? Hardly anyone…
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SATIRE The Repeater Cop — Or: How Edwin Ehrenkodex Documented 4,327 Violations and Still Was Never Heard
Edwin Ehrenkodex, OE0EEK, is no ordinary radio amateur. Edwin is a guardian. A watchman. A beacon of operating procedure in a world of Q-code deniers and callsign mumblers. His territory: the VHF/UHF repeaters of his…
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SATIRE The EmComm Prepper — Or: How Herbert Hochsicher Owned Three Generators and Couldn’t Start Any of Them
There are radio amateurs who prepare for emergencies. Who have a backup generator, a wire antenna in the basement and perhaps a power bank. And then there’s Herbert. Herbert Hochsicher, OE0HHS, is not prepared. Herbert…
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SATIRE The Digital Refusenik — Or: How Sepp Seitenband Held Back Progress (Almost)
There are radio amateurs who move with the times. Who try FT8, set up DMR, install VARA. Who embrace new operating modes like children with a new toy. And then there’s Sepp. Sepp Seitenband, OE0SSB,…
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SATIRE Gustl Großsignal Searches for Himself — and Finds Nothing
It was a perfectly normal Sunday morning. Gustl Großsignal, OE0GGS, was sitting in front of his laptop configuring his handheld. For the third time this week. Why it wasn’t working again, he didn’t quite know…
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SATIRE A Dirty Iceberg: The Most Expensive DXpedition in History is Coming
A dirty iceberg, 130 metres long, 50 metres wide and 16 metres tall. And half the amateur radio world is losing its mind. The crew of the Polarstern – Germany’s floating pride, a research icebreaker…
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SATIRE QRZ.com Down — But the Shop Still Works. Of Course.
There are things that are certain: death, taxes, and QRZ.com going down at some point. But what happens when one of the most important websites in amateur radio simply vanishes — without a message, without…
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SATIRE The Website OM — How OE8YML Forgot How to Operate and Pays an AI to Be Funny
There are hams who operate. There are hams who build. There are hams who sit on club committees. And then there’s Michi, OE8YML. Michi does none of that. Michi runs a website. And on this…
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SATIRE The King of Shortwave — How Rudi Röhre Conquered the World with “Very Little Power”
Meet Rudi Röhre: 40 years licensed, three flagship transceivers, a 30-metre mast, 1,200 watts he calls “very little power”, and a deep personal hatred of anything digital. A portrait of a man who has conquered…
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SATIRE The Honeypot — Or: How to Milk an Entire Amateur Radio Community with Honey
Every community has one. Someone who always smiles, always helps, always brings cake. Until you look at his hands. What happens when honey replaces ham spirit — and friendship is just another word for free…
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SATIRE Solo Is More Fun — How to Claim a First Activation All for Yourself
Three OMs plan a SOTA first activation. Two wait at the parking lot. One is already on top. What happens when ambition outweighs honor — and mountains were missing from someone’s childhood.
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SATIRE The Easter Bunny Transmits Back
What happens when an unknown operator with the callsign OE0HASE shows up on HF over Easter weekend, transmitting cryptic coordinates? Exactly what you’d expect: absolute chaos. Your Hansl investigated — with chocolate on his fingers.…
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SATIRE The Local Chapter – A Club Within a Club That Isn’t One
A satirical look at local delusions of grandeur in amateur radio club life. There are clubs. And there are local chapters. The difference? Exactly – none. At least if you ask the local chapter. The…
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SATIRE Hamspirit – Your Survival Guide for the Amateur Radio Club
A satirical guide for anyone wanting to join an amateur radio club – and who should know what they’re getting into. You’ve just passed your amateur radio exam, your first callsign in hand, and a…
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SATIRE BREAKING: Austria Changes Amateur Radio Prefix — OE Becomes AT
⚡ JAMMER SPECIAL — Hansl Hohlleiter reports It has happened. What has been whispered in the back rooms of the telecommunications authority for years is now official: Austria is changing its amateur radio prefix. Instead…
