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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 7h

Propagation has finally open today. Yeah...! Kazakhstan, Australia, Hungary, France, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Denmark, Netherlands, Russia, Wales, Spain, Scotland, USA A "productive" day on the radio!😏 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBAndRadio #CBRadio #FT8 #HamRadio #DXRadio #HFRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 17h

First contact of the day... Kasakhstan with 308RC051 on FT8 some 5860Km away...! 👍 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #FT8 #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today contacts... Ukraine, Canada and Italy on FT8... Voice has been impossible for quite some time due to the crappy propagation and high QRN... 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #FT8 #HamRadio #DXRadio #HFRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Contact with 4CB04 in Argentina some 12.400Km away... Yup... Early evening propagation is opening for South America...👍 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #FT8 #HamRadio #DXRadio #HFRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DX contacts for the day... Ukraine, Spain, South Africa, Uruguay and USA on FT8...! Great...! 👍 📶📻🎙️🎧💻 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #HFRadio #DXRadio #FT8 #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seems Legit... 😏 But CB these days, at least here in Europe is not such an anarchy as it is in the US, there are a few twats but the people are normally nice and some are on it only for the DX just like any Ham operator... I've returned after 40+years away from the hobby and I'm loving it...! 👍📶📻🎙️🎧

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Contacts for the day...! Russia, Australia, Italy and Greece... On FT8... Not bad considering the crappy propagation conditions today... 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRado #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today I got the farthest contact on the Log11DX Cluster... 16.395Km to 43KN03 in Australia... Almost on the other side of the "Orb" from my position... 😏 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #HFRadio #DXRadio #FT8 #ShortWaveRadio #HamRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Contacts for the day... FT8 was possible for a few hours... 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #FT8 #DXRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

1st contact for the day... South Africa on FT8 with -10dB 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #DXRadio #FT8 #HFRadio #HamRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good afternoon Ppl...! Just got division 50 (Russia) on FT8 with -13dB...👍 Nice contact to start my DX Saturday...! 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My latest DXCC Spots Map... Is looking good... 👍 Now, starts the most challenging part to fill up all the most distant and smaller divisions...

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

91EK260 in Java/Indonesia on USB with 5/8. 👍 Not bad considering the high S6 QSB/QRM. Now I'm just waiting to compare it when I change for a new proper RF 287 UF 7mm coaxial cable next month. I'm going to make some upgrades on the antenna by installing a surge protector and new quality cable... 👍

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good "morning" "Radio Active" people...! My first contact for the day... Division 308 Kazakhistan... 👍 Another "rare" division for my DXCC...! 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A very "productive" day on DX today... St. Pierre et Miquelon Island, Thailand, Norway, Italy, Russia, France, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Guadeloupe Island and Canary Islands. 👍 Propagation seems to have changed a little bit for the better... 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CBRadio #11Meters #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hurray...! 70 divisions contacted since February this year... Not bad on 11 meters and using a cheap Sirios GPE 5/8 vertical antenna... 👍 My latest contact was with St. Pierre & Miquelon - 141RC002 with +3 dB 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CBRadio #CitizenBandRadio #11Meters #FT8 #DXRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

QSO's for this afternoon... Poland on FT8 and Sweden on USB with 5/7 only 200 Km under the North polar circle.👍 The propagation is still crappy for most of the rest of the world, only North-East seems to work. 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CBRadio #11Meters #CitizenBandRadio #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

3 contacts today on FT8... Finally I got WSJT-CB working as it should by changing my call-sign to a shorter one...! 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #DXRadio #FT8 #HamRadio #ShortWWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today contacts... Belarus, Australia, Poland and Lebanon Not bad for the current condition of the 11 meters band...! 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #FT8 #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Another FT8 contact with Costa Rica...On FT8...! 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CBRadio #11Meters #FT8 #DXRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

First contact of the day... 43KN03 in Queensland/Australia... some 16.124Km away...! 👍 When propagation is a crap for voice, digital still works "miracles"... 🙏 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #FT8 #DXRadio #HFRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My 2 contacts today... Argentina and Indonesia...! Propagation has been lousy for Europe but great for long distance skip...! 👍 #CBRdio #11Meters #CitizenBandRadio #DXradio #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another contact on USB with 91EK260 in Java/Indonesia with 5/7 Great propagation for Southeast-Asia but a crap to everywhere else... 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

1st contact for the day... 4AT181 in Argentina on FT8 with -10dB...! Not bad considering today crap propagation conditions... 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #FT8 #HFRadio #DXRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My DXCC "achievement" since February 2026 on 11 meters... 66 Divisions...! 👍 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #HFRadio #DXRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Another first for my DXCC...! 69PA105 in Costa Rica with -15db on FT8...👍 Not bad considering the crappy propagation conditions... 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #FT8 #DXRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1st Contact of the day... 91KPI107 - Dalilo Ijo in Java/Indonesia with 5/7 some 13500Km away...! 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #11Meters #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New contact with division 04 Argentina...! -15dB on FT8 some 10200Km away...👍 Not bad considering the crap propagation conditions... 📶📻🎙️🎧 #11Meters #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #FT8 #DXRadio #HFRadio #HamRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My contacts for this afternoon...Scotland, Oklahoma and Georgia in the US... 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBradio #DXRadio #HFRadio #11Meters #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In the modern age of telecommunications cables are still the most reliable and fast way for the Internet communications... Here is a great site that shows live international traffic on all the submarine cables around the world...!

geocables.com

Live Traffic - Real-Time Cable Pings | GeoCables

Live submarine cable network map with real-time traffic flow, active outages, and geographic event correlation. Independent layers + persistent time scrubber.

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is my dream antena to use here at my position due to ocasional high winds were a conventional directional antenna suffers a lot... The Old Super Scanner 3 elements directional vertical. Amazing tech from the late 70's that unfortunately no one makes any more... Maybe I can DIY one myself 🤔

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My only contact yesterday... 11 Meters propagation continues quite awkward at my position... 3SD505/ID activation for Brazil Independence Day 2026 with 4/5 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #11Meters #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #HFRadio #DXRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My first contact for the day...👍 2OP095 in Maine for the 2nd time this week...! Propagation has these things... 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #11Meters #CBRdio #DXRadio #HFRadio #ShrtWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Meanwhile in Southern Europe... 😏

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Contacts for the day... Propagation is still very patchy on 11 Meters Brazil on FT8 and Crete on USB 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #11Meters #HFRadio #DXRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Propagation for the East opened this late afternoon. A few contacts with Spain, France and Balearic Islands. 11 Meters is slowly returning to "normality". Tonight we might have some showers and is low clouds with 26ºC. 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #11Meters #CBRadio #DXRadio #HFRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A great investigative report about a myth spread for years by the corporate oligarchs to excuse their own failures and incompetence...! To watch and think...!

youtu.be

They Blamed Ham Radio for the Titanic. Then Gave Them the "Useless" Frequencies.

YouTube video by Ham Radio Launchpad

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

M;y 2 contacts for today...! Northwest US and Venezuela... Propagation has opened for the west what is quite rare ate my position...Glad to reach the other side of the "pond"... 😏 Productive evening on the 11 Meters band...! 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #11Meters #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #DX #HF #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Just got in contact with the US state of Maine... Propagation at my position is closed for the East, but open for the west which is not common... Some weird solar wind storms messing things up...😏 3/5 with 2OP295 - John 📶📻🎙️🎧 #11Meters #SCitizenBandRadio #BRadio #DX #HF #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Well... Propagation on the Higher bands is still a crap in Southern Europe today... 😒

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The possible contacts for the day... Propagation on 11 Meters has been terrible the last week... One voice contact with France and 3 on FT8 whas all I could do... 📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #CBRadio #HFRadio #DX #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My new RM KL503 "toaster" has arrived and its already installed... Now some testing time. It seems that is working fine and as I've seen yesterday night it already improved my local communications with stations around 80Km away. The RX pre-amp it's also a nice feature for weak signals reception... 👍

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Land of the "Free" They say... It looks more and more like an authoritarian surveillance police state...! 😡

youtu.be

Ham Arrested for Killing Weeds Under HF Vertical -- Amazing Tale!

YouTube video by Ham Radio Perspectives

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Well... I just end up with my only working USB port on my old radio shack laptop completely toasted due to a thunderstorm yesterday... Even with all the installation protected with surge-protectors a near strike manage to fried a USB hub and the only USB port still working on my old Vaio laptop... 😒

static.klipy.com

Lightning Thunder Storm

ALT: Lightning Thunder Storm

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Well... Just ordered a 300W "toaster"...! What is quite curious is that I end up saving around 40€ by buying it on a French site than on any provider in my own country... This is what happens when you live in a country with low salaries buy high taxes, everything becomes more expensive... 😒

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My first afternoon playing with FT8 on 11 meters! Quite a few contacts with: The Netherlands, Spain, France, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Italy and finished the day with a voice QSO on USB to France. Still have much to learn though... 👍📶📻🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #11Metres #FT8 #DX #HFRadio #ShortWaveRadio

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Finally got FT8 running on my station... I got a cheap USB audio+PTT-VOX control interface and it's working great. Now I just need to learn more about how everything works...! 😏

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Radio Pirates @radio-pirates.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

My QSO's for this afternoon... Two activations one in Slovenia and another in France...! 👍📻📶🎙️🎧 #CitizenBandRadio #11Meters #CBRadio #RadioDX #HFRadio #hortWaveRadio

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