Category: The Jammer – Satire on Air
SATIREThe 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 that…
SATIREThe 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 the…
SATIREThe 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 in…
SATIREThe 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 textbook…
SATIREThe 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 third.…
SATIREThe 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 doesn't…
SATIREThe 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. He…
SATIREHumility 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 does.…
SATIREThe 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…
SATIREThe 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 is…
SATIREThe 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, has…
SATIREGustl 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 —…
