oeradio.at is more than a website – it’s a live dashboard for everyone who’s into radio. Whether you’re a licensed radio amateur, CB radio operator, or PMR user – right on the homepage you can see at a glance what’s happening in the radio world: propagation conditions including the 11m band, DX spots, satellite passes, SOTA and POTA activations, latest news, and local radio nets. All automatic, all in real time.
Here’s an overview of all the features waiting for you on oeradio.at.
Dark/Light Mode
In the top right corner you’ll find the theme switcher – choose between Dark Mode, Light Mode, and Auto (follows your system setting). Your choice persists across sessions without cookies – purely via localStorage.
UTC Clock & Propagation Strip
At the very top of the page runs the Propagation Strip – a compact bar with the most important solar and propagation data:
- UTC Clock – always visible, accurate to the second
- SFI (Solar Flux Index), SN (Sunspot Number), A-Index, K-Index
- Band conditions for all shortwave bands (80m to 10m) – colour-coded from red (poor) to green (good)
- 11m band (CB) – propagation conditions for the CB radio band are also displayed. When it shows green, it’s worth checking channel 9 or the DX channels!
- Data source: HamQSL.com Solar XML, automatically cached
For CB radio operators, the Propagation Strip is worth its weight in gold: at a glance you can see whether skip conditions are possible on 11m – without having to scan the airwaves yourself.
HAM NEWS Ticker
The red HAM NEWS ticker shows current news from the radio world as a scrolling marquee. The stories come from multiple RSS feeds:
- Amateur Radio Daily – daily digest
- ARRL – American Radio Relay League
- DX-World – DXpeditions and news
- HAMSPIRIT – German-language radio news
- Deutschland-Rundspruch – DARC news
- AMSAT-UK – satellite radio news
Clicking a headline opens the original article. The sources are freely configurable in the admin – additional RSS feeds can be added at any time.
DX Cluster Spots
The yellow DX SPOTS ticker shows the latest 15 DX cluster spots from HamQTH in real time. For each spot you see:
- Spotter callsign → DX callsign
- Frequency
- Spotter’s comment
- Age of the spot (e.g. “3 min ago”)
Clicking a spot takes you directly to the QRZ.com profile of the DX station.
SOTA Spots
The green SOTA ticker shows current Summits on the Air spots from the last 20 minutes. OE activations are prioritised and highlighted in green. Each spot includes callsign, summit reference, summit name, frequency, and mode. Clicking opens the summit page on SOTL.as.
POTA Spots
The dark green POTA ticker shows current Parks on the Air activations, also from the last 20 minutes with OE focus. Clicking leads to the park page on pota.app.
Satellite Ticker (NEW!)
The newest addition: the cyan-coloured SATELLITES ticker calculates directly in your browser the upcoming passes of amateur radio satellites over your location. No external service needed – the orbital data (TLEs) are fetched server-side from Celestrak and cached.
What you see:
- Upcoming passes: Name, frequency, AOS/LOS times (UTC), maximum elevation
- Live passes: Pulsing LIVE badge with current elevation when a satellite is currently above the horizon
- Detail popup: Click shows AOS/LOS with azimuth, max elevation, duration, progress bar for live passes, and link to N2YO
Currently tracked satellites:
Additional satellites can be added in the admin at any time.
Local Activities & Radio Nets
The red ACTIVITIES ticker shows recurring local radio nets and activities. Clicking an entry opens details with description and link. Currently listed:
Your radio net is missing? Get in touch!
The list of local activities thrives on your contributions. And not just licensed radio amateurs – we’re happy to include CB radio nets, PMR meetups, and Freenet rounds too! oeradio.at aims to be a meeting point for all radio enthusiasts in the region.
Is there a regular radio net in your area that isn’t listed yet? Whether it’s:
- A weekly repeater chat net
- A CB radio meetup on a particular channel
- A PMR radio net in your valley
- An emergency communications exercise
- A builders’ meetup, field day, or regular radio evening
We’ll gladly add it! What we need:
- Name of the net
- When (day, time, interval)
- QRG (frequency, repeater, or PMR/CB channel)
- Short description (optional)
- Link (optional, if there’s a website)
Simply send the info by email to [email protected] or get in touch via the contact page. Adding an entry takes just a few minutes.
Fully GDPR Compliant
All features on oeradio.at are implemented in a privacy-friendly manner:
- No cookies – neither for tracking nor for language selection
- No external requests from the browser – all data (propagation, DX spots, TLEs, news feeds) are cached server-side
- No CDNs or Google Fonts
- External links (QRZ, SOTL.as, N2YO) only open on active click
- Statistics via WP Statistics – IP anonymisation, no tracking, DNT is respected
Multilingual
oeradio.at is available in four languages: Deutsch, English, Italiano, and Slovenščina – fitting for our border region of Carinthia/Koroška. The language switcher is always accessible in the header.
At a Glance
Get Involved!
oeradio.at thrives on the community – and the community is all radio enthusiasts, whether licensed or not. Especially when it comes to local radio nets, we need your input: Which net is still missing? Is there a regular PMR net in your valley? A CB radio meetup? A repeater talk worth knowing about?
Let us know and we’ll add it. Together we’ll make oeradio.at the best radio dashboard in the region.
But it’s not just about radio nets – also if you:
- Have an idea for a radio tool that would make sense on oeradio.at
- Are looking for a specific tool or feature that doesn’t exist yet
- Would like to write reports – field days, contest reports, homebrew projects, travel reports
- Want to share something with the radio community – news, event announcements, tips
- Like to build things and want to showcase your projects – antennas, SDR, portable gear, test equipment
…then get in touch at [email protected]. We look forward to every contribution!
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