Tag: amateur radio
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POTA Austria – Your Line to the OE POTA Team
If you know us, you know: POTA is all about getting out into nature with your radio. Whether at a mountain lake, in a national park or simply at the edge of a forest – the main thing is being outdoors and on the air. New Contact Address We now have a dedicated email address…
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Ice skate deep snow activation at Freiberg (OE/KT-106)
I had my very first SOTA QSO with Michael OE5HKT on Buschberg OE/NO-207 at 491m on June 14, 2025. Arnold OE1IAH took me and a few other newly licensed people under his wing that day, and we all felt the same way. Everyone shook and stuttered their way through the QSOs and was drenched in…
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Akkublick – battery planning for radio amateurs
Battery view – battery planning for radio amateurs Akkublick is a battery planning tool for radio amateurs. The tool helps you calculate the optimal battery capacity for your portable radio operation and ensure that you have enough energy for your activations. 🎯 Features Capacity calculation: Calculate the required battery capacity based on transmission power and…
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CQ SOTA – Funk, frost, cold fingers and a barking co-operator
Spontaneously – and in the increasingly desperate hope of escaping the persistent fog in the valley – we decide to go on an after-work trip to the Dobratsch one wintry afternoon. Also there: Finot, our always over-motivated leader, Alina and me. The sun is shining on us at the top of Villach’s local mountain, but…
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Kabelblick – coaxial cable attenuation calculator
Calculate the signal loss of your coaxial cables With Kabelblick you can quickly and easily calculate the attenuation of your coaxial cable at any frequency. No matter whether you work on shortwave, VHF, UHF or even in the microwave range – Kabelblick shows you exactly how much signal is lost in the cable. Start Kabelblick…
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First Contact – Learn shortwave propagation through experimentation!
You probably know this: You sit in front of the rig, turn the VFO and ask yourself – why is there nothing going on at 20m while the place is full at 40m? Or why does the ZS6 from South Africa suddenly come in with S9+20 at 10m, even though the tape was completely dead…
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🏕️ Wavelog – the online logbook for portable radio operation
A flexible logbook that can be accessed at any time is particularly important for portable radio operations (e.g. POTA, SOTA, field days).With Wavelog, a modern, web-based amateur radio logbook is now available on oeradio.at, which is particularly suitable for mobile use. 🔗 https://wavelog.oeradio.at(The link can be found permanently in the menu under Tools.) 📡 Why…
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Setting up MSI2500 SDR (RSP1 Clone) on Ubuntu – step-by-step instructions
This guide shows how to get an MSI2500 based SDR receiver (like RSP1 Clones) running on Ubuntu Linux with GQRX. The instructions are also suitable for beginners without much Linux experience. What is the MSI2500? The MSI2500 is an SDR receiver chip that is installed in many inexpensive SDR dongles. These devices are often sold…
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Radio and skiing at the end of the world
The story started with our visits to the radio camp in Döbriach on Lake Millstättersee. The idea was actually to get our son interested in radio engineering. But it infected me with the radio virus. I met a lot of new people there and was also part of some Sota activations. Having always enjoyed mountain…