Category: The Jammer – Satire on Air
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…
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.…
