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Amateur Radio as a Hobby: What to Expect and What Does It Cost to Get Started?
Die kürzlich durchgeführten POTA-Aktivierungen von Michael OE8YML auf den Standorten AT-0112 Schütt - Graschelitzen und AT-0016 Dobratsch waren ein voller Erfolg. Michael konnte beide Parks mittels SSB auf Kurzwelle aktivieren und hat damit wieder einmal seine…
DXCC, WAZ, WPX: The Major Amateur Radio Awards Explained
Introduction: The Fever for the Certificate You just made your first DX QSO on 20 meters -- Japan, with only 100 watts and a wire in the garden. Your heart is still pounding. You checked the…
Contests for Beginners: Why You Should Enter at Least One Contest
Introduction You're sitting in the shack, turning the VFO, and suddenly on 14 MHz you hear a tangle of callsigns, lightning-fast exchanges, and cryptic numbers. "CQ Contest, CQ Contest, OE2S, Oscar Echo Two Sierra." Then someone…
ChatGPT, Claude & Co. for Radio Amateurs: AI as Learning Aid and Shack Assistant
Let's be honest: who among us hasn't asked ChatGPT how long a half-wave dipole for 20 meters needs to be? Or asked Claude to write an Arduino sketch for a CW keyer? Artificial intelligence has long…
New: The OERadio Weekly Roundup with Ferdl
Starting now, there's something new to listen to at OERadio: The OERadio Weekly Roundup — your amateur radio roundup as an audio podcast, hosted by Ferdl, our AI voice. What is the Weekly Roundup? Every two…
New: DX Weather — Fresh Every Friday!
Dear radio amateurs, dear DXers, contesters, Sunday net operators, and everyone who simply enjoys turning the dial: We have news. Big news. About as big as an X9 flare, just without the unpleasant side effects. Starting…
D-STAR vs. DMR vs. C4FM vs. M17 vs. TETRA: The Ultimate Comparison of Digital Voice Systems in Amateur Radio
The world of amateur radio has changed. If you switch on a handheld transceiver today, the choice is no longer just between FM and SSB — you're facing a jungle of digital voice systems. D-STAR, DMR,…
arcOS – The Linux Distribution for Ham Radio
Plug in USB stick, boot, operate. arcOS is a live Linux system with Fldigi, JS8Call, WSJT-X, Winlink, APRS and SDR – built for radio amateurs. Plug & play with Digirig Mobile. Comparison with other ham radio distributions.
Emergency Radio Exercise Klagenfurt: Four Lighthouses, Four Dates in March
The Magistrate of Klagenfurt is running an emergency exercise: on four dates in March, emergency operations will be practised at four different "lighthouses". Radio amateurs are explicitly invited to participate. The dates Date Time Monday, 10…
Memory Channels Processor – Never Type Repeater Data Manually Again
Let's be honest: who hasn't spent an entire evening typing repeater data into a new radio? Frequency, offset, CTCSS tone, name... channel by channel. Fifty repeaters later, your eyes are tired, your fingers are stiff, and…
OERadio Meshmap – All Meshtastic Nodes at a Glance
A real-time map for the Meshtastic network in Austria and Europe – open, live, and without tracking. We've all been there: your Meshtastic node is running, happily transmitting away – and then you wonder: can anyone…
OERadio Goes Mesh – The Path to a Dedicated MQTT Server
How we connect Meshtastic nodes via the internet – and how you can join in. Meshtastic is brilliant. Small LoRa nodes that communicate without internet, without a provider, and without monthly costs. Locally via radio, point…
