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MAYDAY from the airwaves: Belarus begins a death penalty purge of radio amateurs
(steanlab.medium.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2026
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Fucking insane, and very sad.
I recall that during the cold war, US intelligence agencies were worried that American hams might be sending secrets to amateurs in the USSR. They commissioned some report and the findings were basically "The only thing these nerds talk about are signal reports and radio equipment".
Step 1. Buy PC
Step 2. Connect to Internet
Step 3. Open terminal
Step 4. Ping, speed test, trace route, and cURL all day to see if you're still connected
Step 5. Join a community and ask other users what equipment they're using to ping, speed test, trace route, and cURL
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